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

By Editor | 31/05/2017 |

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

By Editor | 02/12/2016 |

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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