Posts Tagged ‘Sligo’
19 November 2018: ‘100 years of women’s votes’, Sligo
On Monday 19 November 2018 a seminar entitled ‘100 years of women’s votes’, to commemorate the achievement of women’s suffrage in 1918, and to explore the place of women in politics today took place at The Model, Sligo. Speakers will include Carole Coleman, Helen Pankhurst, and Micheline Sheehy Skeffington; follow this link for the full programme. From…
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On Sunday 11 November 2018 two events took place in Sligo Town to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War. At 11.11am, a silent procession left Quay Street to conclude at the war memorial at the top of Mail Coach Road. The event was non-political, non-religious and non-military. Participants were…
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