Presentations

Presented by Catriona Crowe – Title:”Civil War: how are we doing at the end of the decade of centenaries?”

Presented by Professor John Crown in 2020

Presented by Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha in 2020

Trying to take lessons from the complex series of events that led up to the 1921 Treaty is not easy, but, from personal experience, this speaker can say that, unlike…

Presented by Ronan McGreevy – Title: Ireland’s Sarajevo: The assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP started the Irish Civil War and changed the course of Irish history. Why…

Dr Mary McAuliffe, Assistant Professor in Gender Studies at University College Dublin, delivers the inaugural Orla Parkinson Memorial Lecture 2019.

Presented by Professor Margaret Kelleher in 2020

Presented by Tommie Gorman – Title:“Now that Northern Ireland’s Assembly elections are over, what next?” Journalist, Tommie Gorman, assesses the political landscape, North and South, after the Northern Ireland Assembly…

Presented by Dr. Jackie Uí Chionna – Orla Parkinson Memorial Lecture – Title:“… Miss Ryan, she who in all probability, had I lived, would have been my wife”: Min Ryan,…

Presented by Professor Patricia Casey in 2020

Presented by Professor Padraig McGarty in 2020

This talk explores the relationship of MacDiarmada with  some of his closest friends and the influence he exerted over them in the pursuit of his own ideals. Among these were:…

Summary: My Grandfather was quoted, on the 50th Anniversary of the Selton Hill tragedy, as saying “€œWe never thought the day would come, when we would see the end of…

Presented by Senator Mark Daly – Title: The Centenary of Seanad Eireann – Minority Voices, Major Change – Past, Present & Future.

Presented by Danny Morrison – Title: The Consequences of Signing

Presented by Prin Duignan – Title: The Dennison Murders, Drumkeerin(December 1922): A North Leitrim Episode in the Irish Civil War.

Presented by Tom Elliott – Title: The disastrous impact of the Irish Civil War on Unionists & Protestants of the Irish Free State

One hundred years ago, a unique confluence of circumstances presented the first real opportunity in history for Ireland to break free of the British state. The critical event was the…

This presentation will examine the role played by women in the War of Independence with particular emphasis on Min Ryan and her sisters. Presentation by Dr Sinead McCoole 2021

Presentation by Jack Ryan 2021 This presentation focuses on the War of Independence from a youth perspective, examining the lessons that may be learned from this period in Irish history,…