Up Coming events
Luke Gibbons, Series of Lectures
Prof Luke Gibbons, Maynooth University Department of English, is
giving a series on lectures - in Ireland and abroad on the general theme
of 1916
When: Thursday, 17 March 2016
Display of 1916 related titles in the John Paul II Library
An exhibition which displays 1916 related titles in the John Paul II Library.
When: Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Reshaping modern Ireland: the female legacy of 1916
Dr Jacinta Prunty, Maynooth University Deapartment of History and Dr Sonja Tiernan, Liverpool Hope University
When: Thursday, 31 March 2016
Women and the Decade of Commemorations
Roundtable discussions with talks by: Catriona Crowe, National
Archives (TBC); Martina Devlin, Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster;
Professor Gerardine Meaney, Director of Global Irish Studies, University
College Dublin; Professor Margaret Ward, Department of History, Queen’s
University Belfast.
When: Wednesday, 06 April 2016
Researching the National Museum of Ireland's exhibition, 'Proclaiming a Republic: the 1916 Rising'
Illustrated lecture by Dr Darragh Gannon
When: Wednesday, 06 April 2016
'Madame de Markievicz On Trial' by Anne Matthews
‘Madame de Markievicz on Trial’ is a much-acclaimed historical drama
by Dr Anne Matthews, a history graduate of Maynooth University and
occasional lecturer. Centred around Constance Markievicz (née Gore
Booth), the play depicts an event in Dublin at Easter in 1916 when a
policeman was fatally shot.
When: Thursday, 21 April 2016
Women in Politics - then and now, looking through the lens of Countess Markievicz
Hosted by the Department of Sociology in Maynooth University this
event brings together the intellectual focus of Irish feminist
historians and contemporary social scientists with cultural work of
contemporary Irish theatre.
When: Thursday, 21 April 2016
Walking Tour - Re-enactment of 'The Maynooth 15' walk to the GPO, Dublin
This event will be a re-enactment of 'The Maynooth 15' walk to the GPO.
When: Saturday, 23 April 2016
The 77 Women Project
Featuring the seventy seven women who fought during the Easter
Rising and were arrested along with their male counterparts and held at
Richmond Barracks.
When: Wednesday, 27 April 2016
After the Rising, After the Somme : Reflections on Commemorations in 2016
When: Thursday, 08 September 2016