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Dr Sandra Collins, University Librarian, UCD President-elect Professor Orla Feely, Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ and Liam McGrath, Scratch Films at the launch of The Silent Civil War at UCD which will be aired across RTÉ platforms, presenting over 100 hours of unedited material and testimonies of Irish Civil War revolutionaries and their families to the National Folklore Collection in UCD Library.

Kerry People To Feature On RTE Show About Civil War

April 26, 2023 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY’S Tony Meade and Sadhbh Ní Mhidhigh, nephew-in-law and grandniece of IRA Commandeer Charlie Dálaigh who was executed in Drumbeo in 1923 will feature in episode 1 of The Silent Civil War, which airs this Wednesday, April 26, 9.35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. Michael and Patrick O’Connor Scarteen, […]

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Visual Media Exhibition As Part Of Kerry Civil War Conference At Siamsa

Visual Media Exhibition As Part Of Kerry Civil War Conference At Siamsa

February 6, 2023 at 11:13 am Comments are Disabled

A VISUAL media exhibition based on original documents and accounts from the people who were affected by the Civil War in Kerry will form part of a forthcoming conference on the conflict which takes places at Siamsa Tíre later this month. ‘Mise, le Meas’ is an innovative collaboration between visual […]

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‘Ballyseedy’ To Be Screened At Kerry Civil War Conference

‘Ballyseedy’ To Be Screened At Kerry Civil War Conference

January 30, 2023 at 1:31 pm Comments are Disabled

A DRAMATISED account of one of the darkest days of the Civil War in Kerry will be screened at the Siamsa Tíre Theatre in Tralee in February as part of the programme of events for the three-day Kerry Civil War Conference, which marks the centenary of the conflict. ‘Ballyseedy’, which […]

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Launching the event at Siamsa Tíre were Dr Susan Motherway (Lecturer, MTU), Tadhg O'Shea (Lecturer, MTU), Karen Trench (Listowel), Muiris O'Laoire (Lecturer, MTU), and Gabriel Fitzmaurice (writer, poet from Moyvane). Photo by Dominick Walsh

Song, Drama, Poetry And Reading Performances In Siamsa As Part Of Civil War Conference

January 17, 2023 at 9:53 am Comments are Disabled

A SPECIAL commemorative concert marking the centenary of the Civil War in Kerry will take place at Siamsa Tíre in Tralee next month as part of the programme of events for a three-day conference on the conflict in the county and beyond. ‘Their Memory Will Endure’ is a concert of song, […]

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Author Owen O'Shea with Cllr Bobby O'Connell and Chief Executive of Kerry County Council Moira Murrell at the launch of his book on Thursday evening at Tralee Library. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: New Book On Civil War In Kerry Launched At Tralee Library

October 21, 2022 at 12:22 pm Comments are Disabled

FORMER Government Minister Jimmy Deenihan was on hand to launch a new book detailing the violence and divisions of the Civil War in Kerry. Historian and author, Owen O’Shea signed copies of the book for people at the launch which was well attended. The book offers new insights into the misery […]

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