Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
Dorothy Stopford Price (1890–1954) Arguably the most significant figure in Ireland’s fight against TB, this sensitive and compelling biography tells the fascinating story of Dorothy Stopford Price. Unjustly forgotten, Price made heroic efforts to rid Ireland of tuberculosis and Continue reading Book launch – Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor by Anne Mac Lellan
The Letters of 1916 is delighted to announce its move from Trinity College Dublin to the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM). The Letters of 1916 project will enter its next phase at An Foras Feasa, The Institute for Research Continue reading Letters 1916 Kildare Launch | 8 May 2014
Thursday 8 May 2014 | 6.00-8.00pm An Foras Feasa, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare The Letters of 1916 is delighted to announce its move from Trinity College Dublin to the National University of Ireland Continue reading KILDARE LAUNCH: ‘Letters Of 1916: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times’
Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500-2000 Conference Saturday 12 April 2014 TALK by Dr Brian Hughes: “Well May We Be Proud of Him”: Family Responses to the Deaths of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising Organised by the Dublin Continue reading Talk by Dr Brian Hughes: “Well May We Be Proud of Him”: Family Responses to the Deaths of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising
Last week, the British Pathé news archive, comprising of over 85,000 videos, was uploaded to its YouTube channel. Among the many gems in the archive, there are some scenes of Dublin in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising: Continue reading Footage of the 1916 Rising from the British Pathé Archive now available on YouTube
Article by Damian Corless, Irish Independent / Published 19 April 2014: An archive of letters and postcards gives a fascinating glimpse into how the 1916 Rising amused, perplexed and terrified Dubliners. It’s a slightly battered postcard dated 1916 showing the Continue reading Postcards and letters from 1916
Dr Brian Hughes, Associate Editor for the Letters of 1916 project, gave a talk at the “Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin” symposium at The Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, on Saturday, 12 April 2014. Organised by the Dublin City Research Continue reading Dr Brian Hughes’s talk at the “Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin” symposium
**A Terrible Beauty/Áille An Uafáis will air for the very first time on tv this coming easter monday, april 21st 2014, on TG4 at 9.30pm.** A TERRIBLE BEAUTY… background to story. from Tile Films Ltd on Vimeo. Introduction from the 1916film.com website: Continue reading Film A TERRIBLE BEAUTY / ÁILLE AN UAFÁIS will air for the 1st time on 21 April 2014 on TG4
V is for Volunteers: Valued, Vivacious and Vital to our Vitality – we can’t agree more! Dublin Writers Festival asked three volunteers, Elizabeth, Dorothy and Philip to let us know why it is they choose to volunteer and what attracted Continue reading V is for Volunteers: Valued, Vivacious and Vital to our Vitality
Ronan McGreevy’s article in the Irish Times: “Details of over 500 soldiers killed have been revealed by the UK National Archives in Kew. New details of horrific gas attacks on the western front which killed more than 500 Irish-born soldiers Continue reading New details of gas attack on Irish born soldiers in 1916 emerge