The 24th April 1916 is the actual date of the Easter Rising in Dublin. Continue reading
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The 2016 Kathleen Fitzpatrick History Lecture
This lecture will examine the Rising from two perspectives: as a ‘theatre of war’ and as re-enactment. Continue reading
The Easter Rising – another context?
Did the leaders of the Rising fully expect civilians, including children, to die for the cause? Continue reading
Reflections On The Significance Of Easter Week 1916 (Part One)
it was a terrible beauty because of the fundamental transformation of the legend of Ireland and her people which it initiated and the transition to a new Ireland which it inaugurated – for Ireland was indeed to be ‘changed, changed utterly’. Continue reading
Lá na mBratach – 7ú Márta 2016.
Fuair gach meánscoil cuireadh teacht go Baile Átha Cliath ar an 7ú lá de Mhárta. Continue reading
A Tsunami of Grief – Poets of the Rising and their friends.
Bloomsday in Melbourne’s A Terrible Beauty: Poetry of the Easter Rising will be a poetry reading with musical accompaniment. It features poems by the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, as well as poems about them by their friends, with dramatic biographical accounts interwoven through the readings. Directed and MC’d by Liam Gillespie, with cast including: Renee Huish, … Continue reading
Australasian Irish Studies Conference 2016
22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference.
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Programme for Easter Rising 1916 Conference at Melbourne University on 7-8 April 2016
Easter Rising Conference in Melbourne this week. All welcome. Continue reading
Terror at the GPO – The 1916 Easter Rising: Australasian Perspectives
Event: Terror at the GPO – The 1916 Easter Rising: Australasian Perspectives Presenter: Dr Guy Beiner Where: Fritz Loewe Theatre, McCoy Building, Cnr Swanston and Elgin Streets, Carlton. When: Thursday 7th Apr 2016 – 6:00–7:00 pm Cost: Free Public Lecture. Further information: email: jacksonb@unimelb.edu.au; (03) 8344 1521 Our understanding of the Easter Rising is, at least in part, a historical myth through … Continue reading
Easter Rising conference in Melbourne
The Easter Rising of 1916 is a key event in the Revolutionary decade, 1913-23, and in Irish and world history. Continue reading
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