Nick Maxwell September 2 Mon 8pm Celbridge Historical Society, Celbridge Library. Irish women and World War II, Mary Muldowney. 6–7 Fri–Sat Birr Historical Society, conference on Birr workhouse. Speakers: Willie Smyth, Mary E. Daly, John Joe Conwell & Margaret Hogan. Enquiries: www.birrhistsoc.com. 6–7 Fri–Sat Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism and Dept of History, NUI Maynooth. … Read more
As a bimonthly history magazine it is unusual for History Ireland to ‘break’ a story which then goes on to become national news. The exception was Niall Meehan’s ‘Platform’ piece—‘Church and state bear responsibility for the Bethany Home’—published three years ago (HI 18.5, Sept./Oct. 2010). Up to that point, particularly in the wake of the … Read more
[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