Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
Article by Damian Corless, Irish Independent / Published 19 April 2014: An archive of letters and postcards gives a fascinating glimpse into how the 1916 Rising amused, perplexed and terrified Dubliners. It’s a slightly battered postcard dated 1916 showing the Continue reading Postcards and letters from 1916
Dr Brian Hughes, Associate Editor for the Letters of 1916 project, gave a talk at the “Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin” symposium at The Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, on Saturday, 12 April 2014. Organised by the Dublin City Research Continue reading Dr Brian Hughes’s talk at the “Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin” symposium
**A Terrible Beauty/Áille An Uafáis will air for the very first time on tv this coming easter monday, april 21st 2014, on TG4 at 9.30pm.** A TERRIBLE BEAUTY… background to story. from Tile Films Ltd on Vimeo. Introduction from the 1916film.com website: Continue reading Film A TERRIBLE BEAUTY / ÁILLE AN UAFÁIS will air for the 1st time on 21 April 2014 on TG4
V is for Volunteers: Valued, Vivacious and Vital to our Vitality – we can’t agree more! Dublin Writers Festival asked three volunteers, Elizabeth, Dorothy and Philip to let us know why it is they choose to volunteer and what attracted Continue reading V is for Volunteers: Valued, Vivacious and Vital to our Vitality
Ronan McGreevy’s article in the Irish Times: “Details of over 500 soldiers killed have been revealed by the UK National Archives in Kew. New details of horrific gas attacks on the western front which killed more than 500 Irish-born soldiers Continue reading New details of gas attack on Irish born soldiers in 1916 emerge
Letters 1916 Project featured in the Irish Family History Foundation‘s e-newsletter “Clann”. Click here to read the newsletter. The Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF) with its all Ireland network of local county genealogy centres is the largest provider of professional family history Continue reading Letters of 1916 featured in the CLANN e-newsletter
On Thursday, 20 March 2014 the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries hosted a talk by Professor Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Humanities and Director of An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth. Dr Brian Hughes and Mr Seán Driver, who are involved in the project were also Continue reading Letters 1916 at the Dún Laoghaire Library
Dublin Branch, Western Front Association Saturday 12 April 2014 | 2.30-4.00pm National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin TALK by Professor Susan Schreibman: ‘Hidden Stories of the Great War: The Letters of 1916 Project’ Paragraph from the Dublin Western Front Continue reading TALK by Professor Susan Schreibman: ‘Hidden Stories of the Great War: The Letters of 1916 Project’
Last Saturday, 15 March 2014, the Letters 1916 project team participated in the Genealogy Day in Limerick. The event was organised by the History and Heritage pillar as a part of the Limerick City of Culture 2014 programme. It was a great opportunity to connect with those interested Continue reading Genealogy Day, Limerick 15 March 2014
Article by Michael Parsons in the Irish Times, 15 March 2014: An eyewitness account of the 1916 Rising, in a letter written by a retired judge from Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4 to his daughter in Burma, has been acquired by the National Library of Ireland. Continue reading 1916 Rising: Ailesbury Road letter bought by State