Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
28th April 2015, 3:00-7:00pm An Foras Feasa, Iontas Building, Maynooth University The Letters of 1916 Project is looking for your help. We have 600 images of letters ready to go into our system so they are available for transcription, but Continue reading Letters of 1916 Upload Day
Join members of the Letters of 1916 project team and Maynooth University librarians for a “Write Women Back Into History” Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon on Friday 6 March 2015 from 9.30 – 13.30 in Maynooth University Library. This year’s International Women’s Day theme Continue reading Letters of 1916 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon for International Women’s Day 2015
Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The funding will allow the Letters Continue reading Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
The Letters of 1916 was launched on 8 May 2014 at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) to mark the move from Trinity College Dublin to its next phase at An Foras Feasa, The Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions. Continue reading Kildare Launch of Letters of 1916
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’
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