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LETTERS OF 1916: A YEAR IN THE LIFE PROJECT LAUNCHES For release on 2 March 2016 What were people in Ireland writing letters about 100 years ago? What were they thinking? How were they affected by the Great War? the Easter Rising? Continue reading LETTERS OF 1916: A YEAR IN THE LIFE PROJECT LAUNCHES
Join us in Letterkenny, Co Donegal next week! Letters of 1916: Community Engagement Event will take place on Thursday 10 March 2016. THE EVENT IS FREE. ALL WELCOME. LOCATION: Central Library, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Thursday, 10 March 2016 PROGRAMME: Continue reading Community Engagement Event in Letterkenny
Happy New Year to you all. This is the last progress update of the Year 2015. Despite the Christmas break, our transcribers as well as the Letters of 1916 Team were very busy. In December 2015 You have transcribed in total 34575 characters. We Continue reading Progress update: December 2015
The Galway launch of the Letters 1916 project took place from Monday 16 to Tuesday 17 of November 2015. The outreach event was made possible through a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The National University of Ireland Continue reading Galway Launch of the Letters of 1916 Project
Letters of 1916 is launching in Galway and Cork in November 2015 SFI Discover Community Engagement Event The Letters of 1916 has been awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). This funding allows the Letters of 1916 Continue reading Letters of 1916 is launching in Galway and Cork in November 2015
Letters of 1916 project was launched on 27 September 2013 at the Discover Research Dublin event. If you missed it, click here to read more about that exciting event and see the video and photographs from the launch. In September 2014 we Continue reading Letters of 1916 project is 2 years old!
In the past month You have transcribed 227012 characters! We welcomed 20 new users in September bringing the total number of registered users to 1179. THANK YOU All for contributing to Letters 1916 Project! LETTERS: 2243 letters uploaded to the system, of which 2102 made public Continue reading Progress update: September 2015
In the past month You have transcribed 139596 characters! We welcomed 22 new users in August bringing the total number of registered users to 1159. THANK YOU All for contributing to Letters 1916 Project! LETTERS: 2209 letters uploaded to the system, of which 2034 made Continue reading Progress update: August 2015
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 Continue reading 2nd Festival of History: ‘Reflections on the Great War & the Easter Rising 1916’
Although we are in the middle of the Summer vacation, our contributors are very busy transcribing. Thank you All for 141438 characters transcribed in July. We also welcomed 26 new users in July bringing the total number of registered users to 1137. We would Continue reading Progress update: July 2015