Cave Hill Commemoration

In the early summer of 1795 Russell, Neilson, Simms, McCracken and one or two more of us, on thesummit of McArt’s Fort, took a solemn obligation—never to desist in ourefforts until we had subverted the authority of England over ourcountry. Tone, Autobiography. The Society of United Irishmen Commemoration Committee is organising aguided walk to McArt’s … Read more

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International Conference on Hunger An internationalconference on hunger, featuring nearly fifty speakers—including Homi K.Bhabha, Terry Eagleton and Seamus Deane, among many others—willcommemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine on 19 and 20 May1995, at New York University’s Loeb Student Center. Sponsored by theGlucksman Ireland House, a centre for Irish Studies at NYU, theconference is … Read more