November 14
Thur 7.30pm Eblana Forum, Dún Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue. Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Paul Callery.
Nick Maxwell
November 02
1986 At a Sinn Féin Árd Fheis, delegates voted to change the party’s constitution to allow members to sit in Dáil Éireann. Gerry Adams (37) was elected president. 1815 George Boole, the founder of pure mathematics and of computer science, first professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork (1849), born in Lincoln.
Making history
Making History (1988), few have commented on the impact this has had on the study of Irish history and its dissemination to a wider public. Translations was the first production of the Field Day Theatre Company, set up at the height of the Northern ‘Troubles’ to explore a cultural ‘fifth province’ that would transcend political … Read more
Events
November 02 Mon 7pm Irish Labour History Society & Communications Workers’ Union, Norton House, North Circular Road. Communicating the union, Francis Devine. 02 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Burials in settlements or settlement in cemeteries? Archaeological evidence for the treatment and role of the dead among the living … Read more
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa: his life and afterlife
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20150930-HistoryIrelandShow-052.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” @Glasnevin Cemetery Visitor Centre, 7 pm, Thursday, 17 September 2015 Hedge School master Tommy Graham with historians Judith Campbell, Gabriel Doherty, Shane Kenna and Conor McNamara. A History Ireland Hedge School supported by the Commemorations … Read more