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Organisers of the conference to mark the centenary of the Civil War in Kerry, Bridget McAuliffe, Owen O’Shea and Mary McAuliffe.
A THREE-DAY conference in Tralee in February marking the centenary of the Civil War begins today (Thursday).
It will bring together a wide range of local, national and international experts, historians and academics to discuss the conflict and its legacy.
The conference will be held at the Siamsa Tíre Theatre from Thursday, February 23 to Saturday February 25 and will form part of the State’s Decade of Centenaries Programme for 2023. For more information and the full schedule of events, see www.kerrycivilwarconference.ie
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Involving expert speakers and academics from a broad spectrum of relevant disciplines, the centenary conference will present the events of 1922-1923 to a wide audience, with a particular focus on Kerry where the conflict was extremely visceral, violent and protracted.
The conference is presented by a team of experienced historians and event organisers including Dr Mary McAuliffe, Bridget McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea.
It will analyse, debate and embrace the complexities, contradictions and nuances of this extremely turbulent, divisive and traumatic period, both in the local context of war in Kerry and in the broader context of Irish Civil War history.
The conference will open tonight at 7pm with the opening keynote address, ‘Faith, Reason and Betrayal: The Irish Civil War’ given by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, University College Dublin.
Other keynote speakers during the next few days include Professor Diarmaid Ferriter of UCD, Professor Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics and Dr Leeann Lane of Dublin City University.
Papers will be presented by a wide range of Kerry historians including Dr Richard McElligott, Dr Helene O’Keeffe, Dr Dáithí Ó Corráin, Helen O’Carroll, Owen O’Shea and Kieran McNulty.
A roundtable discussion on the legacy of the Civil War in Kerry and beyond will be chaired by Dr David McCullagh and will feature a wide range of experienced historians and authors. Full details of the conference programme are now available on www.kerrycivilwarconference.ie
The conference, which is supported by Kerry County Council, will be a key event under the Community Strand of the State’s 2023 Decade of Centenaries Programme. It is supported by Kerry County Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media.
It is presented in association with University College Dublin Gender Studies and the Department of Computing, Creative Media and Information Technology at the Munster Technological University, Kerry.
The event will conclude on Saturday evening with a concert which will bring to life the songs of the Civil War period, amplified with poetry, letters, drama, dance and audio-visual material.
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