Event Listings

Fri    7.30pm History Ireland Hedge School, Lispole Community Hall, Co. Kerry. Thomas Ashe—martyr, musician, sportsman and Gaeilgóir, Mary McAuliffe, Richard McElligott, Joe Higgins, Micheál Ó Moráin.

Fri–Sat Friend and Foe 1917: U-Boat activity and rescue in Waterford Harbour, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. Two-day centenary commemorative event.

Sun     2pm Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Killeagh graveyard. Fenian Rising 150th anniversary field trip, with Griffin Murray, Aidan Harte & Martin Millerick.

Wed     7pm History Ireland Hedge School, Richmond Barracks gymnasium, Inchicore, Dublin 8. ‘After my last song’—the life and death of Francis Ledwidge, Michael O’Flanagan, Eunan O’Halpin, Miriam O’Flanagan, Robert Ballagh, Liam O’Meara.

Thur     10am–4pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Hands-on History—one-day history ‘camp’ for post-primary students. Enquiries: +353(0)1 3030259/3030346, learning@nli.ie. Thur     1pm Ulster Museum, Botanic Avenue, Belfast. ‘I hope we can stop it’—the rise of Sinn Féin in Ireland in 1917, Diarmaid Ferriter.