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The Battle of Ashbourne
Collins Barracks, AV Room Introduced by Maire Treasa ni Cheallaigh Easter week 1916 in Fingal and Ashbourne. An account of the activities of the Fingal...
12:30 - 13:15
The Rising Around the Country
“How My Suffragette Grandmother Became an Enthusiast for Revolutionary Nationalism, and other Revolutionary Relatives”
Trinity College, Edmund Burke Theatre Introduced by David McCullagh, RTÉ “My clever, dogmatic, intolerant – for many years alcoholic – grandmother Bridget Dudley Edwards,...
13:00 - 14:00
Protestant Rebels in 1916
Trinity College, Robert Emmet Theatre Introduced by Brian Dowling, RTÉ Historical, literary and journalistic accounts of the Easter Rising frequently give the impression that...
15:15 - 16:00
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From the Dungannon Clubs to the GPO
The Gresham, Trinity Suite Introduced by Colm O Mongain A group of Volunteers gathered in Coalisland at Easter 1916 to join the rebellion, but...
14:00 - 15:00
Rebels’ Priests: The Capuchin Friars and the 1916 Rising / Alice Cashel and The Lights of Leaca Bán
Capuchin Friary Church Joe Little’s introduction will include a reflection on his two forbears, PJ Little and Dr Christopher O’Brien, who – like the Capuchin friars...
15:30 - 18:00
A Strange Kind of Glory: Liam Mellows and the Galway Rising of 1916
Collins Barracks, A/V Room Introduced by Maire Treasa ni Cheallaigh ‘After the Crown forces had retreated, both Companies joined forces and went across country...
17:00
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Frongoch 1916/2016: The Archaeology and Material Culture of Internment
Collins Barracks, A/V Room Introduced by Maire Treasa ni Cheallaigh In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, some 1800 Irish men were interned at Frongoch...
11:00
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The “Cork comedy” and the Rising that Wasn’t: Easter 1916 in Rebel Cork / Thomas Kent
Collins Barracks, The Palatine Room Introduced by John Murray, RTÉ Presenter The “Cork comedy” and the Rising that Wasn’t: Easter 1916 in Rebel Cork....
14:00 - 16:00
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British Troops in Dublin during Easter Week / 1916 in the Midlands / The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
Collins Barracks, The Palatine Room. Introduced by John Murray, RTÉ Presenter British Troops in Dublin during Easter Week By the end of Easter Week...
11:00 - 13:00
“The Vertigo of Self-Sacrifice”: The Abbey Theatre and Easter 1916
The Abbey Theatre, Stage Join historian Fearghal McGarry for a lecture on the role of the Abbey Rebels and the wider impact of Easter...
12:00 - 13:00
The Brave Men of Louth
DIT Level 2: Room 2-017 Introduced by Darren Frehill “Men from Dundalk were detailed to cut the viaduct on the Great Northern railway near...
14:00 - 15:00
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Dublin Families Surviving the Rising / Rural Radicalisation: Farm Labourers in Revolt / Looting, Law and Order During the 1916 Rising
Trinity College, Robert Emmet Theatre Introduced by Brian Dowling, RTÉ Dublin Families Surviving the Rising This lecture explores the impact of the Easter Rising...
11:00 - 12:30
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Meanwhile in France… / Political Imprisonment after the Rising
Trinity College, Thomas Davis Theatre Introduced by Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, RTÉ Meanwhile in France… The gas attack on the 16th Irish Division in...
11:00 - 12:30
Hearts of Down
DIT Level 2: Room 2-022 Introduced by Damien O’Reilly, Presenter, Countrywide, RTE Radio 1 Reflections on the death of two County Down soldiers killed...
11:00 - 12:00
County Wexford’s 1916 Story / The Rising in Wexford / The Story of Peter Paul Galligan
DIT Level 2: Room 2-017 Introduced by Darren Frehill County Wexford’s 1916 Story “We heard that Dublin had surrendered and that Enniscorthy had refused to...
16:00 - 18:00
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From a Whisper to a Roar: Monaghan, the 1916 Rising and its commemoration in 1966/ ‘It started with a bang’: 1916 and Edenderry – a Midlands Perspective
DIT Level 2: Room 2-017 Introduced by Marty Morrissey, RTÉ From a Whisper to a Roar: Monaghan, the 1916 Rising and its commemoration in 1966...
11:00 - 13:00
