The War of Independence in County Clare

[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20190916-HistoryIrelandShow-106.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” David Fitzpatrick’s Politics and Irish Life, 1913–21: provincial experience of war and revolution (1977) reassessed In association with Clare County Library  recorded @ Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis on Saturday, 14 Sept 2019 at 2pm The … Read more

October 01

1971 Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act(1960) was invoked to prevent RTÉfrom reporting on the activities of illegal organisations. 1949 Mao Tse Tung proclaimed the birth of the People’s Republic of China after his Red Army defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist troops.

October 04-06

Fri–Sun North Wexford History & Heritage Festival, Gorey, various venues. Seminar on the ‘decade of centenaries’; annual Byrne-Perry lecture; schools essay competition; walking tours.

September 21-22

Sat–Sun Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Autumn School, Gleesons Hotel, Roscommon. hayden.tallaght@gmail.com, 087-9374277.

EVENTS

September 02 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2. Undimmed by the shadow of Rome? Ireland in a European world (100 BC–AD 500), Alexandra Guglielmi. 09 Mon 6.30pm Rathmines Library, Dublin 6 (rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie, 01-497 3539). First Dáil and first shots, Maeve Casserly. 10 Tues 8pm Genealogical Society of … Read more