{"id":6601,"date":"2016-05-05T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T11:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/?p=6601"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:51:20","slug":"6601","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601","title":{"rendered":"Letters of 1916 Kerry Launch | 28 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday 28th April, the Letters of 1916 project held one of its SFI funded Community Engagement events at\u00a0Tralee Library in\u00a0Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Susan Schreibman and Karolina Badzmierowska from the <a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Letters of 1916<\/a> project were joined by local historian Thomas Dillon for talks ranging from an introduction to the Letters of 1916 project and the technology used to create the platform; crowdsourcing letters and transcriptions and an in-depth <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1H6\" target=\"_blank\">exploration of Tralee in 1916<\/a> using four letters as a window to the past.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6601 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9861'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9861-1024x686.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9861-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9861-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9861-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6624'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_0669'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0669-1024x741.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0669-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0669-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0669-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6631'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_0690'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0690-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0690-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0690-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6619'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_0682'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0682-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0682-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0682-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6630'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9735'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9735-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9735-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9735-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9735-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6620'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9854'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9854-1024x740.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9854-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9854-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9854-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6623'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9719'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9719-1024x730.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9719-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9719-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9719-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6626'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_0662'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0662-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0662-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0662-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0662-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/kerry-library-vol4-454'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kerry-Library-vol4-454-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kerry-Library-vol4-454-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kerry-Library-vol4-454-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kerry-Library-vol4-454-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6625'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_0478'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0478-1024x704.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0478-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0478-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0478-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6618'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9753'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9753-1024x716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9753-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9753-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9753-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6622'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\/img_9752'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9752-1024x499.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tralee 2016, Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9752-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9752-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9752-768x374.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6621'>\n\t\t\t\tTralee 2016, Letters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday 29th, the Letters of 1916 team held a workshop with the Transition Year students at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercymounthawk.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School<\/a> in Tralee. The students were introduced to the project and then used the <a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Explore database<\/a> to discover the history of\u00a0Kerry in 1916 through the letters.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6319\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SFI_logo_2016__master_colour_Boarder.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The outreach event was made possible through a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfi.ie\/\">Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)<\/a>\u00a0grant.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">This funding allows the Letters of 1916 project to extend its outreach with five\u00a0Community Engagement Events\u00a0in 2016 (Donegal, Kerry, Sligo, Clare &amp; Louth).<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6501 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/L1916-SFI-Tralee-poster-v3-small-updated-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"L1916-SFI-Tralee-poster-v3-small-updated\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/L1916-SFI-Tralee-poster-v3-small-updated-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/L1916-SFI-Tralee-poster-v3-small-updated-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/L1916-SFI-Tralee-poster-v3-small-updated-768x1086.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 28th April, the Letters of 1916 project held one of its SFI funded Community Engagement events at\u00a0Tralee Library in\u00a0Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry Professor Susan Schreibman and Karolina Badzmierowska from the Letters of 1916 project were joined by local <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/6601\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Letters of 1916 Kerry Launch | 28 April 2016<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[232,183,27,96],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6601"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6675,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601\/revisions\/6675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}