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Strongbow, Rows and Ructions and Guerilla Warfare at the Irish Military Seminar

Strongbow, Rows and Ructions and Guerilla Warfare at the Irish Military Seminar

Talks on 'Strongbow and the Normans', 'Rows and Ructions: military-civilian violence in Irish garrison towns' and 'Guerilla Warfare During The War of Independence' take place this Saturday 19th June 2021.

They are part of the 5th Irish Military Seminar which runs from the 8 - 19 June 2021

Saturday 19th June - 10.00AM (Booking link below)
'Strongbow and the Normans'
- Dr Conor Kostick

Conor Kostick teaches on the subject of crusades in Trinity College Dublin and is author of many books including Strongbow: The Norman Invasion of Ireland. This talk is based on his best-selling book, which explores colourful personalities and political twists and turns of this tumultuous period in Irish history.

Saturday 19th June - 11.00AM (Booking link below)
'Rows and Ructions: military-civilian violence in Irish garrison towns
' - Dr Aoife Bhreathnach

Aoife Bhreatnach blogs on military barracks and the towns around them on http://irishgarrisontowns.com/ . She is also author of Becoming Conspicuous: Irish Travellers, Society and the State, 1922-70 & hosts the podcast Censored Podcast @CensoredPod where she explores censored books in twentieth century Ireland.

Saturday 19th June - 12.00PM (Booking link below)
'Guerilla Warfare During The War of Independence'
- Lorcan Collins

Lorcan Collins is founder of the 1916 Rising Walking Tour of Dublin, host of the 'Revolutionary Ireland' podcast and is author of several books on Ireland in the 1912-23 period including Ireland's War of Independence 1919-1921, The IRA's Guerilla Campaign. In this talk, Lorcan will highlight some of the key aspects of the IRA guerrilla campaign against Crown Forces during the War of Independence.

Link for all events on Saturday 19 June is: Tickets Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/military-seminar-2021-conor-kostick-aoife-breatnach-lorcan-collins-tickets-156117901847

Presented by The Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee.

The War of Independence, World War I, Strongbow and the extensive collections of the Military Archives are among the topics that feature in the 2021 programme which includes Zoom talks and some pre-recorded interviews with local County Kildare historians.

Bookings and Contacts
Booking Essential - See www.kildare.ie/ehistory

Email: kildaredigitalhistory@gmail.com

or TEL: 087 3611439 for further details

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