Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
Have you missed our first #AskLetters1916 chat on Twitter? Click on the link to read the questions and answers archived in Storify: #AskLetters1916 | 25-02-2014 | 5.30-6.30pm GMT We be hosting the chat weekly on Tuesdays at 5.30-6.30pm GMT. Tweet us any Continue reading Missed #AskLetters1916 chat on Twitter?
The blog Irish Genealogy News runs in parallel with the website Irish Genealogy Toolkit. It carries all the latest Irish genealogy news. In addition to hot-off-the-press details of the latest record releases, you’ll also find occasional features and interviews with Continue reading Interesting blog: Irish Genealogy News
Thursday 20 March 2014 | 7.15-9.00 pm Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown Public Libraries’ Event County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire Talk by Professor Susan Schreibman, Dr Brian Hughes, Mr Seán Driver: ‘Calling All History Buffs: The Letters of 1916 Project Wants Continue reading Talk by Professor Susan Schreibman, Dr Brian Hughes, Mr Seán Driver: ‘Calling All History Buffs: The Letters of 1916 Project Wants You!’
The Letters 1916 Team will be hosting a weekly chat #AskLetters1916 on Twitter: Tuesdays at 5.30-6.30pm GMT / @letters1916 Tweet us any questions you might have about the project or simply join the conversation! Remember to include the hashtag: #AskLetters1916 Continue reading #AskLetters1916 on Twitter
St.Valentine’s Day is widely celebrated today with Ecards and gifts of roses and chocolates, often ordered on the internet. Within this content, love letters, sent by ordinary post, might seem old-fashioned and nostalgic. In 1916, however, love letters were perhaps Continue reading St.Valentine’s Day: Love Letters in 1916
Letters 1916 project was mentioned on the Harp newspaper website. The Harp news is a free community based monthly publication for the Irish Community living in the UK. It is currently distributed in and around the Midlands. We are looking to Continue reading Letters 1916 in the Harp magazine
The Letters 1916 Project was featured on the RTE Six One News this evening. Philip Bromwell, RTÉ News Video Journalist joined our Associate Editors Karolina Badzmierowska and Brian Hughes photographing the letters of 1916 at the National Archives of Ireland. The report also included Continue reading Letters 1916 Project on the RTE Six One News
Article via BBC News Magazine During World War One up to 12 million letters a week were delivered to soldiers, many on the front line. The wartime post was a remarkable operation, writes ex-postman and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson. Continue reading BBC / World War One: How did 12 million letters a week reach soldiers?
We have just uploaded to the Transcription Desk the longest letter to date! Letter from John Dillon to Lady Elizabeth Mathew, 25 April – 1 May 1916 This letter is from Irish Parliamentary Party leader and MP John Dillon (1851-1927) Continue reading A 110 page letter to transcribe!
The Military Service Pensions Collection contains more than 40 file series, relating to individual applications for pensions or awards, to membership of various organisations (mainly the Irish Republican Army, Cumann na mBan and Fianna Éireann ) as well as administration files and material, offering a vivid Continue reading Release of the Military Service Pensions Collection