The Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life project was officially launched by Dr Catriona Crowe, Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland, at the Officer’s Mess, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Military Road, Rathmines on 2 March 2016. Additional speakers included Andrea Martin, Professor Philip Nolan, Dominic Price and Professor Susan Schreibman.
It was a great event and a lovely opportunity to see so many familiar faces of the project’s funders, contributors, supporters and friends since its first launch in September 2013.
For more information have a look at the Storify from the launch here and click here to view/download the brochure produced for the occasion.
Click here to watch the Letters of 1916 project’s launch slideshow featuring letters, contributors and events from the Letters of 1916 project’s first phase.
Following the launch the project was featured in the media:
The Irish Times | Ronan McGreevy: ‘Remembering the Rising: Letters of 1916 project launched‘
The Irish Independent | Crowdsourced Letters of 1916 project launches
RTÉ Six One News | Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life
Maynooth University | Letters of 1916: A year in the life’ project launches
RTÉ History Show | Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life