The 2nd Festival of History weekend, organised by the Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society in conjunction with La Touche Legacy, will be held at Greystones Golf Club, Friday 25th September – Sunday 27th September.
The theme this year is Reflections on the Great War and the Easter Rising 1916. It looks like a very interstesting event with a number of excellent speakers, including Dr Clara Cullen of UCD, Professor Susan Schreibman of the Letters of 1916 Project, author and broadcaster Turtle Bunbury and (as guest speaker at the dinner on Saturday night) former Taoiseach John Bruton. The Jim Brennan Memorial Lecture on Sunday morning will be given by La Touche historian Michael McGinley. Full details of the programme can be found below.
La Touche Legacy in association with Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society
Greystones Golf Club, Greystones
Friday September 25th – Sunday September 27th 2015
2nd Festival of History: ‘Reflections on the Great War & the Easter Rising 1916’
Friday 25th September:
16.00 p.m. Official Welcome
16.15 p.m. ‘Wartime Diaries of Elsie Henry covering 1916 & World War 1’ | Professor Clara Cullen
17.00 p.m. ‘WW1 Soldier James Lawless, ‘Knockrath’, Church Lane’ | Ms. Eva O’Hara, Loreto Student
17.30 p.m. ‘The Psychology of the Fighting Irish’
Mr. John O’Keeffe
Saturday 26th September:
10.00 a.m. ‘Letters of 1916’ | Professor Susan Schreibman
11.00 a.m. ‘The 36th Ulster Division’ | Mr. Philip Orr, Historian
11.45 a.m. ‘That Easter Dawn – The Personalities of 1916’ | Mr. Turtle Bunbury
12.30 p.m. ‘Propaganda During WW1’ | Mr. Ian Kenneally
14.30 p.m. Reflections – Leo Ireton’s Shop | Walking Tour of Historic Greystones
20.00 p.m. Seminar Dinner in Greystones Golf Club
Guest Speaker Mr. John Bruton Former Taoiseach
Sunday 27th September:
11.00 a.m. Jim Brennan Memorial Lecture
‘The La Touche Soldiers’
Mr. Michael McGinley
Ticket prices
All Lectures, Tea/Coffee: €30
All Lectures, Tea/Coffee and Seminar Dinner: €50