Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
On 30 March, The Daily Telegraph reviewed the BBC 4 Radio documentary which centred on stories from the Letters of 1916 collection. The radio documentary, 1916: A Letter from Ireland, was presented by Irish Times journalist Fintan O’Toole and examined some of the Continue reading The letters that brought the Easter Rising to life – The Daily Telegraph radio review
The Letterkenny launch of the Letters 1916 project took place from Thursday 10 to Friday 11 of March 2016. The outreach event was made possible through a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The Donegal County Council kindly Continue reading The Letterkenny launch of the Letters 1916
Presented by Ryan Tubridy and filmed in the GPO, ’16 Letters is a major television event specially commissioned for RTE’s 1916 commemorations which sees the written words of ordinary and extraordinary people – caught up in a time of blood, Continue reading #16Letters on RTÉ | Easter Sunday
Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life was the subject of a 30 minute radio documentary on BBC 4 Radio which was broadcast on Easter Sunday (27 March 2016). To listen back to the documentary, click the image Continue reading 1916: A Letter from Ireland, BBC 4 Radio, 27 March 2016
’16 Letters is a television special inspired by the Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life project. Filmed in the GPO, the headquarters of the rebel forces in the 1916 Rising, and the heart of Irelands postal Continue reading ’16 Letters documentary to broadcast on Easter Sunday, RTÉ One, 7pm
On 2 March 2016, the Letters of 1916 project was officially launched at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines, Dublin. Richard Breen, John Chambers and Barney Doherty who are MA in Digital Humanities students from An Foras Feasa Continue reading Listen to a Letters 1916 podcast recorded at the official project launch
I had the tremendous pleasure to represent the Letters of 1916 team at the Crowdsourcing and TEI conference hosted by the Archives Nationales, Pierrefitte Sur Seine, on Wednesday 16 March. The conference featured a variety of speakers including Professor Emmanuelle Continue reading Letters of 1916 at the Archives Nationales in France
The Letters of 1916 project received a lovely shoutout from @DarraghDoyle on the Moncrieff show on Newstalk FM this afternoon. It was mentioned during Darragh’s weekly “Internet Loveliness: 10 things to check out on the web this week” slot Continue reading Letters of 1916 | Moncrieff Show, Newstalk FM, 22 March 2016
On Easter Sunday (28 March 2016), a new documentary featuring letters from the Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life collection will be aired on RTÉ One at 7pm. ’16 Letters takes us back into the heart of history Continue reading Letters of 1916 | RTÉ Guide, 24 March – 1 April 2016
The Letters of 1916 project was launched in the Consulate General of Ireland, New York on St. Patrick’s Day as part of its Ireland 2016 centenary programme. The event took place after the New York St. Patrick’s Day parade which has Continue reading Letters of 1916 New York Launch | 17 March 2016