Sit Still – 20 lives / 20 chairs
O’Connell Street “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana 20 revolutionary lives reflected through the work of Griffith...
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Characters of 1916
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Rebel Doctors and the Rising: Kathleen Lynn and Dorothy Stopford Price / Dr Ada English and the Revolutionary Asylums
RCPI, Dun Library Introduced by Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, RTÉ Rebel Doctors and the Rising: Kathleen Lynn and Dorothy Stepford Price Very different Easter...
12:00 - 13:30
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City Hall & Dublin Castle During Easter Week /Brick Upon Grey Brick / Women of the Revolution
City Hall, The Rotunda Round Hall Introduced by Ray Darcy, RTÉ City Hall & Dublin Castle During Easter Week “Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,...
15:00 - 16:00
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A Terrible Beauty is Born…
DIT, Room G-021 MacDonagh and MacBride…Maire Ni Shiulbhaigh, Michael O’Hanrahan, Peadar Kearney. This paper tells the story of Easter Week 1916 at the Jacob’s...
16:30 - 17:00
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The Irish Folly: The Easter Rising: the Press; the people; the politics.
DIT, Room G-021 Michael Foley, Lecturer in Journalism, Dublin Institute of Technology. Photograph courtesy of the RTÉ Archives
14:30 - 15:00
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A Terrible Beauty is Born…
DIT, Room G-018 MacDonagh and MacBride…Maire Ni Shiulbhaigh, Michael O’Hanrahan, Peadar Kearney. This paper tells the story of Easter Week 1916 at the Jacob’s...
14:00 - 14:30
“Our Grandfather FX Coghlan and His Role in the Rising, the War of Independence and Civil War” / From Rossa to Pearse: The 1916 Rising in the Light of the History of the IRB
DIT Level 2: Room 2-024 Introduced by Paddy O’Gorman From Rossa to Pearse: The 1916 Rising in the Light of the History of the...
16:00 - 18:00
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Eoin MacNeill, the Rising and the RIA / The Recent Revolt in Dublin City’: How Ireland’s Lighthouse Service was placed on the 1916 Rising’s front line / Ireland India and Empire: The Reverberations of the 1916 Rising
RIA Lecture Hall Introduced by David McCullagh, RTÉ Eoin MacNeill, the Rising and the Royal Irish Academy In May 1916, the Royal Irish Academy...
11:00 - 13:30
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The Story of Teacher, Sniper and Socialist Margaret Skinnider
The RCSI, O’Flanagan Lecture Theatre (Entrance via York Street) The fascinating story of 1916 Sniper, Gun Runner and Socialist Margaret Skinnider, who was shot during...
17:00 - 18:00
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“Round the corner from the GPO. The Rotunda Hospital in 1916” / Raising the White Flag: The Story of Nurse O’Farrell
The RCPI, The Winter Hall Introduced by Susan Jackson, Newscaster, RTÉ “Round the corner from the GPO. The Rotunda Hospital in 1916”. Maternal and...
14:30 - 16:00
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James Connolly & the Women of the Rising / Cumann na mBan and the Women of the Rising
The RCPI, The Winter Hall Introduced by Susan Jackson, Newscaster, RTÉ James Connolly & the Women of the Rising James Connolly was a passionate...
12:00 - 13:30
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Capt. H.V. Stanley and 1916 / Rebel Doctors and the Rising: Kathleen Lynn and Dorothy Stopford Price
The RCPI, Dun Library Introduced by Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, RTÉ Capt. H.V. Stanley and 1916 Capt. HV Stanley was a TCD medical graduate...
14:00 - 15:30
“Margaret Kehoe, Nurse and Hero of 1916”
DIT Level 4: Room 4-027 Introduced by Cathal McCoille, Presenter, Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 Myles Kehoe and Judy Byrne will tell the story...
17:30 - 18:00
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Mary Spring-Rice and the Harbinger of Liberty / Kate O’Callaghan
Four Courts, Court 5 Introduced by Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, RTÉ Mary Spring-Rice and the Asgard Gun Running Mary Spring-Rice, aunt of Lord Mount...
16:30 - 18:00
Speaking Forever: The Abbey Rebels / Representing the Rising: The Visual Arts in 1916
The Gresham, O’Connell Suite Introduced by Dr. Gavin Jennings, RTÉ Speaking Forever: The Abbey Rebels Author Fearghal McGarry considers the Abbey rebels’ memories of the...
15:00 - 16:30
Bombs, Buses and Exams: A Selected Journey Through Education Policy in Ireland since the 1916 Rising.
Trinity College, Jonathan Swift Theatre Introduced by Paul Cunningham, RTÉ This talk will offer a review of educational policy over the past century, especially...
11:00 - 12:00
Thomas MacDonagh and Pádraig Pearse / Rebel Poets and Readings
Trinity College, JM Synge Theatre Introduced by Richard Downes, RTÉ Thomas MacDonagh and Pádraig Pearse: Two Teachers, Two Poets, One Revolution. The role of...
14:00 - 15:30
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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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Learning lessons: Michael Collins’ Walk into History
Collins Barracks, The Palatine Room. Introduced by John Murray, RTÉ Presenter Michael Collins’ walk into History. Tim Pat Coogan Photograph courtesy of the RTÉ...
17:00 - 18:00
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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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Captain/Councillor William Partridge – Irish Citizen Army: In the shadow of Connolly and Larkin.
Bow St Acting Academy – Studio 1: Poetry & Music Zone Introduced by Brian Lally ‘The purest-souled and noblest patriot Ireland ever had’ –...
14:00 - 15:00
Helena Molony, Abbey Rebel
The Abbey Theatre Join author and poet Nell Regan as she talks about her new book, Helena Molony: A Radical Life, the first substantive...
15:00 - 16:00
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The Irish Citizen Army and the taking of St Stephen’s Green & RTÉ Contempo Quartet
The Shelbourne Hotel Ballroom Introduced by Marty Whelan, RTÉ At noon on Easter Monday, Commandant Michael Mallin led men and women of the Citizen Army...
11:00 - 12:00
7 Signatories Exhibitions
National Library of Ireland: Front Hall 7 Signatories of the Proclamation against a backdrop of music from the period. Photograph courtesy of the RTÉ Archives
11:00 - 18:00
My Grandfathers & 1916
DIT Level 2: Room 2-018 Introduced by Siún nic Gearailt, Nuacht, RTÉ Cathal MacSuibhne Brugha talks about his grandfathers’ role in The Rising; Cathal...
17:00 - 18:00
Friend and Foe: The Story of the Helga/Muirchu / The Man who Kept Liberty Hall / Diving the Helga Wreck
Four Courts, Court 3 Introduced by David Murphy, Business Editor, RTÉ Friend and Foe: The Story of the Helga/Muirchu ‘The Helga is bombarding Liberty Hall...
16:00 - 18:00
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Within These Walls: Kilmainham Gaol and the Easter Rising / “Let them do with my body whate’er they will”; Rebuilding rebel reputations in the wake of 1916
Four Courts, Court 5 Introduced by Martina Fitzgerald, Political Correspondent, RTÉ Within These Walls: Kilmainham Gaol and the Easter Rising A talk about the...
13:00 - 14:30
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“Brave and young Sean Heuston, who died for truth and right” / Con Colbert – The Man & The Myths
Four Courts, Court 4 Introduced by Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, RTÉ “Brave and young Sean Heuston, who died for truth and right”. Dubliner Sean...
13:30 - 15:00
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Patrick Pearse, the Face of the Rising / Patrick Pearse – The Victorian Gael
Four Courts, Court 3 Introduced by David Murphy, Business Editor, RTÉ Patrick Pearse, the Face of the Rising How Patrick Pearse became the public...
13:30 - 15:00
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The Mainspring of the Rising – Séan MacDiarmada, the IRB’s Full-time Professional Organiser / Tom and Kathleen Clarke: Parents of the Revolution / Thomas Clarke and The Church of Ireland link
Four Courts, Court 4 Introduced by Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, RTÉ The Mainspring of the Rising – Sean MacDiarmada, the IRB’s Full-time Professional Organiser...
16:00 - 18:00
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“I Did My Best”: Edward Daly and the Four Courts Battle / Miceál Ua hAnnracáin – Novelist and Quartermaster
Four Courts, Court 2 Introduced by Martina Fitzgerald, Political Correspondent, RTÉ “I Did My Best”: Edward Daly and the Four Courts Battle Helen Litton,...
15:30 - 17:00
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Joseph Plunkett and the Cloak of Invisibility: Following Five Plunketts Through the Rising / James Connolly, A Full Life
Four Courts, Court 1 Introduced by Robert Shortt, RTÉ Joseph Plunkett and the Cloak of Invisibility: Following Five Plunketts Through the Rising Joseph Plunkett,...
14:30 - 16:00
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Comparing the Trials of the Leaders of the Rising and the Trial of Roger Casement / One Bold Deed of Open Treason: Roger Casement’s Trial and Execution / Roger Casement, Alice Stopford Green and Irish Nationality / On Trial for High Treason: The Background to the Roger Casement Painting by John Lavery
Four Courts, Court 1 Introduced by Robert Shortt, RTÉ Comparing the Trials of the Leaders of the Rising and the Trial of Roger Casement...
11:00 - 13:30
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
To Speak of Easter Week – Part 4
DIT Level 2: Room 2-020 “The hardest task was to surrender” – Sean Holohan, son of Paddy Holohan Captain C Company, 1st Battalion Dublin Brigade...
17:00 - 18:00
To Speak of Easter Week – Part 3
DIT Level 2: Room 2-020 “Pearse and Connolly were at the door of the GPO when they arrived” – Adhamhnan Ó Suilleabhain, grandson of Domhnall Ua Buachalla,...
15:00 - 16:00
To Speak of Easter Week – Part 2
DIT Level 2: Room 2-020 “They were anxious for demonstration, a demonstration in blood” – Bulmer Hobson The 1916 Rising Oral History Collection: Part 2...
13:00 - 14:00
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To Speak of Easter Week – Part 1
DIT Level 2: Room 2-020 To Speak of Easter Week – The 1916 Rising Oral History Collection “Thomas Ashe got the men of Fingal into...
11:00 - 12:00
St Enda’s and 1916 – A Personal Perspective
DIT Level 2: Room 2-018 Introduced by Paul Murphy Eanna de Burca talks about his father Frank Burke, who was involved in the Easter Rising...
17:30
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Who ever heard of the Irish/Jewish Revolution?
DIT Level 2: Room 2-018 Introduced by Paul Murphy The European Jewish revolutionary tradition and Ireland, 1916-1922. Stuart Rosenblatt, Irish/Jewish Genealogical Society of Ireland. ...
11:00 - 11:45
The Life and Afterlife of Micahel Mallin / Eamonn Ceannt: Uileann Piper, Gaeilgeoir and Soldier of Ireland
DIT Level 4: Room 4-079 Introduced by Darragh Moloney “My life is numbered by hours now darling”: The Life and Afterlife of Micahel Mallin This...
16:00 - 17:30
Thomas McDonagh and the Easter Rising / John MacBride
DIT Level 4: Room 4-079 Introduced by Darragh Moloney When the Dawn is Come – Thomas McDonagh and the Easter Rising Thomas MacDonagh was drawn...
13:30 - 15:00
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Patrick Pearse – A Political Life / ‘The Social Network: Willie Pearse, the arts and the revolutionary generation’
DIT Level 4: Room 4-079 Introduced by Darragh Moloney Patrick Pearse – A Political Life This talk will assess the contribution of Pearse to the...
11:00 - 12:30
“Nationalists and Unionists in a Northern Town; Lisburn and the ‘Very Silly Rising 1916′”
DIT Level 2: Room 2-018 Introduced by Paul Murphy This is an exploration of a town and its people in the years leading up to,...
14:30 - 15:00
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
Staging a Boy Republic: Patrick Pearse and the Boys of St Enda’s / Scouting for Rebels: Na Fianna Éireann and the 1916 Rising
DIT Level 3: Room 3-067 Introduced by Damien O’Meara Staging a Boy Republic: Patrick Pearse and the Boys of St Enda’s Pearse’s school, St Enda’s...
13:30 - 15:00
Some Relative History: The Tragic Story of Maura Power and Lucius Gwynn / My Dear Miss Ryan – ‘Miss Ryan and Sean Mac Diarmada’ / Grandpa The Sniper: The Remarkable Story of a Reluctant Hero
DIT Level 3: Room 3-067 Introduced by Damien O’Meara Some Relative History: The Tragic Story of Maura Power and Lucius Gwynn Patrick O’Byrne of Some Relative History tells the...
16:00 - 18:00
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The Not So Famous Five: the Ring Brothers and the GPO in 1916 / From Royal to Rebel: Herbert Bingham, Lord Lucan and Diana, Princess of Wales / My Great Uncle, Tom Duke / “My Grandfather: Radicalised by Imprisonment, 1916”
DIT Level 2: Room 2-024 Introduced by Nuala Carey The Not So Famous Five: the Ring Brothers and the GPO in 1916 This talk...
11:00 - 13:30
Music for a Martyr: Bax’s In Memoriam for Páidraig Pearse
DIT Level 2: Room 2-024 The story of how the English composer Arnold Bax met Pádraig Pearse, and how he commemorated his death in...
14:00 - 15:00
“Is fearr an troid ná an t-uaigneas”: Athmhúnlú Chonradh na Gaeilge agus an t-éirí amach / “Pádraig Mc Piarais – Scríbhneoir, Iriseoir, Eagarthóir, Conraitheoir, Athbheochantóir, Oideachasóir, Abhcóide agus Saighdiúir”. / “Ó Pheann an Phiarsaidh”
DIT Level 2: Room 2-019 Introduced by Siún nic Gearailt, Nuacht, RTÉ “Is fearr an troid ná an t-uaigneas”: Athmhúnlú Chonradh na Gaeilge agus an...
15:00 - 16:15
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‘The sound of silence: Irish languages sources for the 1916 Rising.’ / Ó Pheann an Phiarsaigh
Freemason’s Hall Introduced by Ailbhe Ó Monacháin ‘The sound of silence: Irish languages sources for the 1916 Rising.’ Much of the 1916 revolution was inspired...
11:00 - 12:00
