Postgraduate Bursaries The British Association for Irish Studies has established a scheme to support postgraduate research in Britain on topics of Irish interest. The Association will award four bursaries of £1,000 each to postgraduate students, based in a university in Great Britain, conducting research on any aspect of Irish Studies. The aim of the awards … Read more
Joe Christie, the charismatic republican who died on 29 May, is shown here addressing a Dublin meeting shortly after playing a leading part in the arms raid on Armagh Barracks in 1954. Note the placards in three languages; UCD students borrowed from the opening words of Virgil’s Aeneid: ‘ Arma virumque cano’ (this is a … Read more
1798, 1848, 1898: Revolution, Revival and Commemoration Organised by the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland at NUI, Cork, on 26-28 June 1998, this multidisciplinary conference will explore the nature, impact and legacy of the Irish revolutionary tradition and the ways in which insurgency is remembered and commemorated, both in Ireland and overseas. The … Read more
Nice one Síle Following our trenchent criticism of the powers-that-be in the last issue for their inadaquate funding of our national institutions it is only fair to give credit where it is due. Last December the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Síle de Valera, announced £13,000,000 expansion programme for the National Archives … Read more