The Department of History, University of Aberdeen, announces a major conference, History at the margins: Scottish and international perspectives on women from 29 June to 1 July 1996, which will examine the experience of women and women’s history in geographically ‘peripheral’ areas of Europe such as Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Scandinavia. Speakers include: Ida Bloom … Read more
1995 marks the 250th anniversary of the ‘45 which also coincides with the quincentenary of the foundation of the University of Aberdeen. Organised in conjunction with the Thomas Reid institute, the college provided the ideal location for a week-long conference in August on Jacobitism and the Scottish Enlightenment. This unique gathering brought together many of … Read more
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Garda Síochána, a historical society has been established. Its first newsletter appeared in July 1995 and a winter lecture series is already underway. Hon. Secretary, Sgt. John Duffy is eager for all suggestions and he hopes that the society will engage the attention of both … Read more
By Lorna Siggins No Taoiseach. No British prime minister. No armed security. No jostling hordes of press. Not even one international jurist was present yesterday to witness the decommissioning ceremony in a south Dublin house.There was just one weapon, bearing little resemblance to a late20th-century Armalite. ‘Destroyer’ read the inscription on the barrel. Wrapped in … Read more
A plaque commemorating the founding of the United Irishmen was unveiled in Belfast’s Clifton Street cemetery on Saturday 7 October by Douglas Gageby, former editor of the Irish Times and Patron of History Ireland, who said that the United Irishmen ‘were above all good people, brave people, people with aspirations for harmony among the people … Read more