Shared History Lecture Series “Ireland and the First World War 1914-1922”
Chaired by Dr Éamon Phoenix (Political Historian, author and broadcaster)
Iveagh Movie Studios, Banbridge town. Series commences on Wednesday 24th September for 7 weeks. All talks commence at 7pm sharp on successive Wednesday evenings. Admission is free and their is no need to book.
Wednesday 24 September
“Ireland and Europe on the Brink: from Home Rule to the Guns of August” – Dr Éamon Phoenix
Wednesday 1 October
“Volunteering: Carson’s Army from the Old Town Hall to Kitchener’s Call 1913-1916” – Alan Parkinson (author, lecturer, formerly of University of London Southbank) “The North Began’: The Rise of the Irish Volunteers 1913-1916” – Éamon Phoenix
Wednesday 8 October
“The Battle of the Somme” – Philip Orr (playwright, historian, lecturer)
Wednesday 15 October
“Irish Nationalists and the Great War” – Sean Collins (historian) “Airbrushed out of History? The Great in Modern Memory, North & South” – Jim McDermott (historian)
Wednesday 22nd October
“Women in Ireland, the Vote and the War” – Dr Margaret Ward (author on Irish Women’s History; Visiting Fellow in Irish History, Queen’s University, Belfast)
Wednesday 29th October
“Ireland 1918-1922: Revolution, Partition and Civil War” – Dr Éamon Phoenix
Wednesday 5 November
“Postcards and Memorabilia of Home Rule and The Great War” – Ashley Forbes (historian) “Researching Ancestors in the First World War” – Dr Gavin Hughes (military historian, Trinity College Dublin)
This programme is delivered by Banbridge District Councils Good Relations Programme, part-financed through OFMDFM.