Cork Studies in the Irish Revolution continue this week with a conference at University College Cork on ‘Ireland, Russia and a revolutionary world’ organised by Professor Gabriel Doherty.
Public invited to suggest ideas for commemorating major historic events. The Government has invited the public to tell them how they would like major historic events to be commemorated.
State to honour Rising leader Thomas Ashe. The centenary of the Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe’s death will be marked with a State commemoration in Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery next Friday.
Bishop Colton: Some Cork protestants anticipate Civil War commemorations with dread. The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork has said some members of his community anticipate commemorations of the War of Independence and the Civil War “fearfully and with a certain dread”, writes Grainne McGuinness.
Ireland’s revolutionary years captured in “Atlas of the Irish Revolution”. The most comprehensive treatment of Ireland’s revolutionary years has been published today by Cork University Press.
