Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
Letters of 1916 is delighted to announce its latest collaboration with a national institution, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) PRONI was founded in 1923 shortly after the official foundation of Northern Ireland as the official archive for Continue reading Letters of 1916 welcomes the Public Record Office of Ireland as a new contributor
The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on 9 September from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat is: BEING AN INTERN ON A HISTORY PROJECT On 9 September, we will be on twitter holding a twitter chat about Continue reading #AskLetters1916 Twitter Chat: 9 September 2014
Between 6-8 August 2014 Letters of 1916 hosted a workshop for secondary school history teachers and others involved in the education sector. The aim of the workshop was to explore ways in which the Letters of 1916 archive can be Continue reading Letters 1916 Workshop for Teachers 2014
On Friday 8 August 2014 Prof Susan Schreibman and Dr Brian Hughes were interviewed by Donal O hUallachain on Dublin City FM on the Looking Back show. They talked about the Letters 1916 project, crowdsourcing, collections and different types of letters Continue reading Letters 1916 on Dublin City FM
We are delighted to introduce the Text Analysis of the Letters 1916 set up as part of Roman Bleier’s internship at the Center for High Performance Computing in TCD and the Letters of 1916 project. The goal of the internship Continue reading Text Analysis of the 1916 Letters
IrishCentral is the largest Irish site in North America and covers news and interests, from the nostalgic and the modern Irish America and Ireland. We are delighted to see the Letters of 1916 Project featured on the Irish Central website, Continue reading Letters 1916 Project featured on Irish Central website
Dorothy Stopford Price (1890–1954) Arguably the most significant figure in Ireland’s fight against TB, this sensitive and compelling biography tells the fascinating story of Dorothy Stopford Price. Unjustly forgotten, Price made heroic efforts to rid Ireland of tuberculosis and Continue reading Book launch – Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor by Anne Mac Lellan
The Letters of 1916 is delighted to announce its move from Trinity College Dublin to the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM). The Letters of 1916 project will enter its next phase at An Foras Feasa, The Institute for Research Continue reading Letters 1916 Kildare Launch | 8 May 2014
Thursday 8 May 2014 | 6.00-8.00pm An Foras Feasa, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare The Letters of 1916 is delighted to announce its move from Trinity College Dublin to the National University of Ireland Continue reading KILDARE LAUNCH: ‘Letters Of 1916: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times’
Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500-2000 Conference Saturday 12 April 2014 TALK by Dr Brian Hughes: “Well May We Be Proud of Him”: Family Responses to the Deaths of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising Organised by the Dublin Continue reading Talk by Dr Brian Hughes: “Well May We Be Proud of Him”: Family Responses to the Deaths of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising