Archive for May, 2014

Film of Lockout Play by RADE

RADE (Recovery through Art, Drama, Education) has been producing original theatre plays, films, art exhibitions, books of creative writing and short films for the past 10 years.  “A Hundred Years Ago” was first performed in Smock Alley Theatre in September 2013.   It ran for a further three weeks in December and finally to mark the […]

Major History Seminar in Kells to look at new perspectives on Politics and War in Meath 1913 to 1923 – May 31st

The recent launch of the new edition of Oliver Coogan’s groundbreaking Politics and War in Meath 1913-23 serves as an inspiration for a public seminar to be held in Kells on Saturday 31 May next, writes Danny Cusack. Coogan was a native of Navan and teacher at Dunshaughlin Community College. He passed away suddenly in […]

CWU and IMPACT unions to display Lockout Tapestry at their conferences in Killarney this Month

If anyone is travelling to Killarney this month they might be interested to know that the 1913 Lockout tapestry will be on display at the Communications Workers Union Conference in the Gleneagles Hotel, Killarney from May 7th to 9th and at the IMPACT conference in the same venue from May 14th to 17th. The Tapestry […]

Battle of Annesley Bridge in 1916 and Lockout Remembered

Joe Mooney sent in this short blog and great pic of Eamon Carpenter and Geraldine Gilsenan. Our thanks to Joe, Eamon, Geraldine and Hugo McGuinness, local historian and organiser of the tour to commemorate Easter Week   After the “Battle of Annesley Bridge”  walking tour  Eamon Carpenter spoke about his father Peter ,and also about […]