Nick Maxwell Fri 1.05pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street. International Women’s Day lecture: What did the women do anyway?, Liz Gillis. Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road. ‘Crusader and rebel’: the military career of Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster, Daniel Brown.
Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. The second wave of Irish feminism, Catriona Crowe. Adm. €3.
MARCH 03 Thur 1pm National Museum, Kildare Street. Beating the retreat? The final hours of the Rising in Moore Street, Franc Myles. 03 Thur 7pm DLR 1916 Rising Committee, dlr Lexicon, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire. Captain Jack White, Leo Keohane. 03 Thur 7pm Trinity College Dublin and Glasnevin Trust, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum. From shoebox to … Read more
1970 The Alliance Party, drawing support from moderate unionists, Catholic liberals and the New Ulster Movement, was founded by Oliver Napier and Robert Cooper. 1926 Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland (May 2011), born, the eldest daughter of King George VI. 1918 Manfred von Richthofen, the … Read more
1922 The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was formed. Including the Ulster Special Constabulary, by the early summer there were some 50,000 employed as regular or part-time policemen in Northern Ireland. 1869 Margaret Tennant, pioneer in public social work, who was chief adviser on women’s welfare in the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War, … Read more