Posts Tagged ‘Waterford’
1 December 2018: ‘Waterford in 1918: The contribution of Cathal Brugha’, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
On Saturday 1 December 2018 a conference on Waterford in 1918: The Contribution of Cathal Brugha took place in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, to explore the contribution of Cathal Brugha (1874-1922) to Waterford and national politics. While Brugha is well known as a prominent figure at a national level during the Irish Revolution, his connections with …
Read More10-11 November 2018: Events to mark centenary of 1918 armistice, Waterford City
On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November a number of events took place in Waterford City to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War on 11 November 1918. At 10am on Saturday 10 November a commemorative mass was held in Ballybricken Church, Mayor’s Walk, Waterford. Later that evening, at 8pm, a lecture…
Read More9-10 March 2018: ‘The Redmondite tradition in Waterford’, City Hall, Waterford, Co. Waterford
On Friday 9 and Saturday 10 March 2018 Waterford City & County Council presented a conference on ‘The Redmondite tradition in Waterford’, under the auspices of its ‘Waterford in 1918’ initiative. Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond was first elected MP for Waterford in December 1891 and served until his death in 1918. His son, Captain…
Read More15-16 December 2017: SS Formby & SS Coningbeg centenary commemoration, Waterford City
On Friday 15 and Saturday 16 December 2017, as part of Waterford Winterval, a series of commemorative events took place in Waterford city to mark the centenary of the loss of the Waterford steamships SS Coningbeg and SS Formby torpedoed on a journey from Liverpool to Waterford in December 1917. The Formby left Liverpool around…
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