Our 1916 Easter Rising Necrology research suggests 485 people were killed in the Easter Rising. This list researched by Glasnevin Trust shows 485 men, women and children killed during or as a direct result of the 1916 Rebellion. The story of Glasnevin Cemetery and those buried here is central to…
RTÉ Road to the Rising O’Connell Street, Dublin Monday 6 April 11.00-17.00 Step into history this Easter Monday and experience the sights and sounds of the capital in 1915. O’Connell Street will come alive with street theatre, music and vintage attractions as RTÉ recreates the atmosphere of Ireland before…
mng’ presents “Connecting Colmcille” Donegal’s premier community tourism enterprise, ‘mng’ launches their newest tourism product – A 7 day cultural tour in Donegal and Derry titled – Connecting Colmcille. There are two exclusive tour dates in 2015, June 7-13th and August 9th – 15th. The tour was originally inspired through…
A reminder that our first outing for 2015 will take place in the Kilcullen Heritage Centre, tomorrow, Sunday 22nd March 2015 starting at 2.00 pm. This is a lecture entitled “In search of Mausolea Hibernica”and the speaker is Ger McCarthy. Cost will be €4 which will include tea/coffee.
Trinity College Dublin is running a free six week Massive Open Online Course entitled ‘Irish lives in war and revolution: exploring Ireland’s History 1912-1923’, commencing on 16th March, 2015. Full details of the course and a trailer are available at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/categories/history The course ran for the first time last October and…
Decade of Commemorative Programme for County Kildare Kildare County Council seeks applications for the role of Historian in Residence to oversee the implementation of the programme of the Decade of Commemorative Programme for County Kildare . Submissions must be received by 12 noon on Monday 23rd March 2015 in…
