12 June 2017: ‘Commemoration and conflict in Ireland’, Queen’s University Belfast

On Monday 12 June 2017 the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, hosted the second symposium of the ‘Commemorating partition and Civil Wars in Ireland, 2020-23’ project, entitled ‘Commemoration and conflict in Ireland’. Speakers included Gavin Foster (Concordia) and Anne Dolan (TCD), and the event also incorporated a keynote lecture by Richard Kearney (Boston…

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‘1916 and me/2016 and us’ interview series launched

History Hub, UCD’s public history website, has have recently launched a series of interviews exploring the political, social, and cultural legacies of the year 1916 for people and communities across the island of Ireland, north and south. ‘1916 and me / 2016 and us’ consists of more than 40 interviews, recorded in Dublin and Belfast…

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