{"id":7489,"date":"2017-08-23T15:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/?p=7489"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:48:33","slug":"letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017","title":{"rendered":"Letters 1916 &#8211; 1923 &#038; RCPI: Culture Night 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Join us\u00a0as we team up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpi.ie\/heritage-centre\/\">RCPI Heritage Centre<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/culturenight.ie\/\">Culture Night<\/a> to create an evening of activities relating to Ireland&#8217;s revolutionary period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event will take place in the beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpi.ie\/\">Royal College of Physicians of Ireland<\/a> (RCPI) building on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.numbersix.ie\/\">Kildare Street<\/a> and will include talks, demonstrations, interactive exhibitions, augmented reality and live readings over a 5 hour period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key information about the event:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>22 September 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5pm &#8211; 10pm (drop in any time!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), 6 Kildare St, Dublin 2<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7489 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\/letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017\/img_3069-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3069-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3069-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3069.jpg 1500w\" 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\/letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017\/vr_gh2-20mm_p1080129-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VR_GH2-20mm_P1080129-2-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VR_GH2-20mm_P1080129-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VR_GH2-20mm_P1080129-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VR_GH2-20mm_P1080129-2-768x432.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\/dixit-autumn-school\/img_7938'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7938-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Autumn School | Letters 1916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7938-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7938-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7938-768x512.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\/letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017\/img_3095-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3095-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Letters 1916 - 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1923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3272-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3272-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3272-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3272.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Schedule of talks<\/h2>\n<p>5.20 &#8211; 5.30 Damien Burke: <em>&#8216;The Jesuits in 1917&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n5.30 &#8211; 5.40 Jennifer Redmond: <em>\u2018Women&#8217;s experiences of 1916\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n5.40 &#8211; 5.50 Dominic Price: <em>\u2018The importance of historical sources in inspiring a<\/em><br \/>\n<em> cross-curricular approach for involving students in history\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>6.20 &#8211; 6.30 Paul Huddie: <em>\u2018The Nursing Branch of the military charity, the Soldiers\u2019 and\u00a0<\/em><em>Sailors\u2019 Families Association\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n6.30 &#8211; 6.40 Mary McAuliffe: <em>\u2018Revolutionary Women, Politics and Propaganda,\u00a0<\/em><em>1917-1918\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n6.40 &#8211; 6.50 Blair Halliday: <em>\u2018The shooting of my Mother on Easter Monday 1916\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Letters 1916 &#8211; 1923 Launch<\/h3>\n<p>7.00 &#8211; 7.10 Professor Susan Schreibman: <em>&#8216;Letters 1916 &#8211; 1923: The Birth of a Nation&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n7.10 &#8211; 7.20 Robert Doyle:<em> \u2018Discovering a treasure trove &#8211;\u00a0Eamonn \u00d3 Modhr\u00e1in\u2019s letters\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n7.20 &#8211; 7.30 LAUNCH: Professor Linda Connolly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>8.10 &#8211; 8.20 Joseph Peter Quinn: <em>\u2018Irish-born soldiers who served in the American Expeditionary Forces during WW1\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n8.20 &#8211; 8.30 Tessa Finn: <em>\u2018May Fay and James Finn\u2019s love letters from 1916\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n8.30 &#8211; 8.40 Tom Burke: <em>&#8216;Poppy \/ Armistice Day in Dublin, ten years after<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Passchendaele.&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n8.40 &#8211; 8.50 Ida Milne: <em>\u2018Letters from gaol: the \u2018German\u2019 plot internees and the<\/em><br \/>\n<em> 1918-19 flu\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>9.20 &#8211; 9.30 Brian Hughes: <em>&#8216;The Truce period, July 1921\u2013c.June 1922&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n9.30 &#8211; 9.40 Billy Campbell: <em>\u2018The Truce and its consequences\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n9.40 &#8211; 9.50 Andrea Martin: <em>\u2018The significance of Letters 1916 &#8211; 1923 for individual and<\/em><br \/>\n<em> collective identity 100 years later\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/culturenight.ie\/event\/royal-college-of-physicians-of-ireland\/\">Culture Night<\/a> is an annual event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 22nd September 2017. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to the public. Special and unique events and workshops are specifically programmed at participating locations and everything is available free of charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us\u00a0as we team up with the RCPI Heritage Centre on Culture Night to create an evening of activities relating to Ireland&#8217;s revolutionary period. The event will take place in the beautiful Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) building <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-1916-1923-rcpi-culture-night-2017\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Letters 1916 &#8211; 1923 &#038; RCPI: Culture Night 2017<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[233,4,232,234,235],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/culturenight.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7489"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7516,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489\/revisions\/7516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}