Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
The Letters of 1916 project was launched on Friday September 27th, 2013 at 6pm at Discover Research Night, when researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy invited the public to come and experience research in action. Members of Continue reading Launch of the Letters 1916
Letters 1916 featured on the Global Perspectives on Digital History (gpdh.org) website. Click here to read the article.
The Letters of 1916 was listed in the Museums & Archive News section where you can find out all the latest news about Museums & Archive from The Heritage Council. Click here to read the full article.
We are delighted to see the Letters of 1916 Project featured in the Irish America magazine. Irish America magazine is the leading national glossy publication of Irish interest in North America. We are looking forward to contributions to the project from Continue reading Letters of 1916 made it Across the Pond!
The Letters of 1916 transcription lab will be open directly after the project launch this evening. Help us get letters transcribed and ready for further processing. Try your hand. We will have Letters 1916 staff on site to help you Continue reading Help us Transcribe!
Letters of 1916 Press Release, 27 September 2013 Click here to read the Press Release Click here to download the Press Release (PDF, 731KB)
Easter Rising: Trinity College Dublin launches letters appeal “A leading Irish university has launched an ambitious project aimed at understanding more about one of the most tumultuous periods in the country’s history. Trinity College Dublin is gathering letters and photographs Continue reading Interesting Questions… Letters 1916 Project on BBC News Northern Ireland
Trinity seeks ‘ordinary’ letters relating to 1916 events “Like any young student caught up in momentous, violent events, Eileen Corrigan was anxious lest her parents were worried about her welfare. It was Monday, April 24th – Easter Monday, 1916 – and bullets Continue reading Today: Letters 1916 in the Irish Times
Press Release, Tuesday 24 September 2013 “Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are calling on members of the public to upload old family letters and photographs to a new digital archive as part of an ambitious public humanities project to recreate Continue reading Letters 1916 – PRESS RELEASE
“RESEARCHERS are calling on the public to dig out old family letters and photographs to help them capture a snapshot of ordinary life around the time of the 1916 Rising. The project, headed by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, is Continue reading Letters 1916 Project featured on the Independent.ie