{"id":6779,"date":"2016-03-20T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:53:31","slug":"letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016","title":{"rendered":"Letters of 1916 New York Launch | 17 March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Letters of 1916 project was launched in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfa.ie\/irish-consulate\/newyork\/\" target=\"_blank\">Consulate General of Ireland<\/a>, New York on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/departmentofforeignaffairs\/docs\/diaspora-booklet-visual-online?e=7918093\/32559590\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland 2016 centenary programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place after the New York St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade which has been running since 1762 making it the oldest and largest Patrick&#8217;s Day parade in the world!<\/p>\n<p>Professor\u00a0Philip Nolan, president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maynoothuniversity.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maynooth University<\/a>, was present to introduce the Letters of 1916 project and its founding editor, Professor Susan Schreibman. In her talk, Susan took the audience back to 1916 through readings from\u00a0letters written either in the USA or\u00a0to New Yorkers around the time of the Rising.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/2016-03-17-16-12-39'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.12.39-300x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.12.39-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.12.39-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.12.39-1024x780.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6782'>\n\t\t\t\tLetters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/2016-03-17-16-37-52'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.37.52-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.37.52-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.37.52-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6783'>\n\t\t\t\tLetters 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\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/2016-03-17-16-11-37'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.11.37-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Letters of 1916\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.11.37-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.11.37-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-16.11.37-1024x686.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6781'>\n\t\t\t\tLetters of 1916\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/screen-shot-2016-05-24-at-15-35-02'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.02-259x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of @Deirdre_AR (twitter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.02-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.02.png 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6787'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy of @Deirdre_AR (twitter)\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\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/screen-shot-2016-05-24-at-15-35-15'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.15-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of @Deirdre_AR (twitter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.15-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.35.15.png 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6786'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy of @Deirdre_AR (twitter)\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\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/2016-03-17-17-01-09'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-17.01.09-300x175.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-17.01.09-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-17.01.09-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-03-17-17.01.09-1024x597.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6784'>\n\t\t\t\tDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland\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\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/screen-shot-2016-05-24-at-15-34-12'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.34.12-300x282.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of @IrelandinNY (twitter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.34.12-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-15.34.12.png 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6788'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy of @IrelandinNY (twitter)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\/spd2016-infographic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SPD2016-infographic-170x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SPD2016-infographic-170x300.png 170w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SPD2016-infographic-580x1024.png 580w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SPD2016-infographic.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Letters with a New York connection from the Letters of 1916 collection include correspondence between <a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/letters\/904\" target=\"_blank\">Eamon De Valera<\/a> and his mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/letters\/905\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Wheelwright<\/a> (n\u00e9e Coll) while he was imprisoned\u00a0and\u00a0from\u00a0John Quinn,\u00a0the wealthy\u00a0corporate lawyer and patron to many Irish and modernist writers to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/letters\/219\" target=\"_blank\">George Gavan Duffy<\/a>\u00a0who unsuccessfully defended Sir Roger Casement who was tried for treason\u00a0in\u00a0London.<\/p>\n<p>The audience also learned how shortly after the outbreak of the Rising, cities with significant Irish-American populations, began to raise money under the banner of the Irish Relief Funds. They raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through events and appeals such as <a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/letters\/2363\" target=\"_blank\">this letter<\/a> which was circulated in New York in July, months after the Rising:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6780\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/explore\/letters\/2363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6780\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/22-July-1916.jpg\" alt=\"courtesy of the American Irish History Society\" width=\"900\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/22-July-1916.jpg 900w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/22-July-1916-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/22-July-1916-768x805.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image courtesy of the American Irish History Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Letters of 1916 project was launched in the\u00a0Consulate General of Ireland, New York on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day as part of its Ireland 2016 centenary programme. The event took place after the New York St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade which has <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-of-1916-new-york-launch-17-march-2016\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Letters of 1916 New York Launch | 17 March 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":[232,158,204],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779"}],"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=6779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6789,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions\/6789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}