Nick Maxwell [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130829-HistoryIrelandShow-026.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” History Ireland Hedge School @ 1913 Centenary Weekend, Assembly Room, Rathdown County Hall, Dún Laoghaire Sat 24 Aug 2.30pm Looking at the Lockout Tommy Graham in the chair with Padraig Yeates, Eamon McCann, Brian Hanley, Ann Matthews
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130828-HistoryIrelandShow-025.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” History Ireland Hedge School @ the History Festival, Duckett’s Grove, Co. Carlow recorded Sat 15 June The Famine: a series of unfortunate events or genocide? Tommy Grahm in the chair with Robert Ballagh, Meredith … Read more
Sat 11.30am–5pm Battle of Aughrim Visitor Centre, Aughrim, Co. Galway. Battle of Aughrim: game changer, various speakers. Sat 1pm Adelaide Memorial Church, Myshall Community Centre car park, Co. Carlow. Guided tour of the church and Tober Bhride Park, led by John Kelly. Sat 2pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Scribes through the ages—monks … Read more
Wed 12pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Beekeeping in Ireland: a medieval tradition that continues to modern times. Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Conference Room of Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Past times of the Casino: the Marino allotments of 1917, Noel Carolan. dublinstudies@dublincity.ie Wed 7pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, … Read more
In August 1838 the English artist William Evans of Eton (1798-1877) visited Connemara, and recorded what he saw in a collection of 41 watercolours. Having been acquired by the National Gallery in 2008, the collection is currently on display for the first time in its entirety. When Evans made his journey, Connemara was in the … Read more