Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
Sandra Butler is a former student of psychology at Maynooth University and is planning on returning to complete a Masters next year. Sandra is from Kildare and is a single mother of two wonderful daughters. She found out about the project on the Continue reading Featured Transcriber: Sandra Butler
Nicole Lottig is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Gender Studies. She also studied at Maynooth University during the Spring of 2015, obtaining a Certificate in Irish Studies. During her last semester of college, Continue reading Featured Profile: Nicole Lottig
In Summer 2016, the Letters of 1916 and An Foras Feasa project hosted two interns from Beloit College in Wisconsin, USA. Mattie Ganson, a native of the Chicago suburbs, is a Creative Writing major and Spanish minor. She is a brunch enthusiast Continue reading Featured Profile: Letters 1916 interns: Mattie & Emily
We are delighted to announce Michael Farry as a speaker at the Letters of 1916 SFI Community Engagement event on Tuesday 13 September 2016 at Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo. Michael Farry, a retired primary teacher, is a native of Coolaney, Continue reading Michael Farry will be speaking at the Letters of 1916 SFI Community Engagement event in Sligo
While tensions on the island of Ireland were growing as internal disputes seemed to be reaching a climactic head, Sir Roger Casement (1864–1916) was busy in Germany, promoting Irish nationalism. Casement, a former advocate of imperialism, spent eighteen months in Continue reading “It was an aberration generated by the pressure of total war”: The Execution of Sir Roger Casement
I recently had the opportunity to represent the Letters of 1916 project at Wolfson College, Oxford as a part of the Speaking in Absence conference organized by members of the Digital Epistolary Network: Helen Brown, Michaela Crawley and Olivia Thompson. Continue reading Speaking in Absence conference | Oxford, 21 June 2016
On Tuesday 13th September, the Letters of 1916 project will held one of its SFI funded Community Engagement events at Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo. This event is an opportunity for the Letters of 1916 to conduct a collection event in Continue reading Letters of 1916 SFI Community Engagement event in Sligo | 13 September 2016
by Neale Rooney Friday, 1 July sees the centenary of the Battle of the Somme: one of the costliest offensives launched along the Western Front. What was to be a decisive break through the German lines in Northern France Continue reading Battle of the Somme Centenary
Rachel Downey is an American student who is studying English and Journalism at Beloit College in Wisconsin and lives in Gambier, Ohio. Rachel visited Ireland for the first time in March with a class of fellow ‘Beloiters’, and she is hoping Continue reading Profile: Rachel Downey
Sam Simpson is a graduate (masters) student studying comparative history at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Originally from Pocatello, Idaho, Sam received her Bachelor’s Degree in History from Idaho State University in 2015. Sam is an avid traveler and has always Continue reading Profile: Samantha Simpson