Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
In Autumn 2015, the Letters of 1916 project collaborated with St Angela’s College in Cork as part of its community engagement event in Cork which was generously funded by a Science Foundation Discover grant. The Letters of 1916 team had the Continue reading 1916 Letters give students different slant on history, Irish Examiner, 11 April 2016
Geraldine O’Sullivan is a Cork-based artist who has had numerous solo exhibitions and has been included in many group exhibitions in Ireland and the UK. In May 2016, her “16 Letters” exhibition will be featured in Salon Éire 100, which is produced by Continue reading Salon Éire 100 presents 16 Letters: an exhibition of paintings by Geraldine O’Sullivan in association with the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York
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
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
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
What were people saying when they put pen to paper to write letters on St Patrick’s day in 1916? Thanks to the new Letters of 1916 discovery database, we can get a snapshot of the words written on this day a Continue reading Letters written on St Patrick’s Day in 1916
As part of their ‘Rising Memories’ series to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising, the Irish Independent will feature a series of letters from the Letters of 1916: A Year in the Life collection. Over a period of eleven weeks, on a Continue reading Letters of 1916 series in Irish Independent, March – May 2016