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Trasna na Tíre welcomes back Ó Ruairc and Waters as they analyse the Republican dead of the Irish Civil War which raged across Ireland from late June 1922 to early May 1923. Thousands would die during this horrific conflict, known as Cogadh na gCarad (The War of Friends) however this discussion focuses totally on those from the Republican persuasion, using multiple case studies. The conflict wo...

16th June 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the critical 1922 General Election. The 1922 general election was probably the strangest that ever took place in the history of the state. It was remarkable in numerous respects. In the first instance, given the backdrop of bitter division and political violence, it was a wonder that it passed off peacefully. That it did so was due to a remarkable a...

In this follow-up talk, Dr Leahy explores the impact of British intelligence operations (informers, agents, special forces and more) against the Provisional IRA from the start of the conflict in 1969 to the IRA's prolonged 1975 ceasefire. He explores whether British intelligence helped push the IRA into the 1975 ceasefire. The talk investigates known intelligence successes and failures against ...

Peter McCabe’s illustrated talk will detail the final resting places of 20 sporting legends from throughout Northern Ireland across a range of sports. The talk will include sporting superstars George Best, Alex Higgins, and Joey & Robert Dunlop, as well as Cormac McAnallen, Ryan McBride, Fred Daly, Bertie Fisher, Rinty Monaghan, Molly Seaton ‘Dandy Street's George Best’, and a number of other l...

11:00 Welcome and Introduction 11:15 What happened to Luke ? One family's quest to reunite the children of the Kilmartin family of the 1846 Ballinlass Eviction by Natalie Jane Nussey Prior & Robyn Collins 12:15 Children of the Hunger - The Irish Diaspora by Turtle Bunbury 1:15 The Irish Newspaper Archives - how to access and use to tell the story of Black 47 and beyond by Andrew Martin 1:45 Pat...

"As yet, we are too little known to our noble neighbour of Britain: were we better acquainted, we should be better friends. The British muse is not yet informed that she has an elder sister in this isle…” (Charlotte Brooke, 1789). Charlotte Brooke, late 18th century Irish genius, author of the momentous “Reliques of Irish Poetry”, published in the momentous year of 1789, was undervalued in life...

Discover the heartbreaking stories of 976 famine victims which were buried on the site McDonagh Junction shopping centre in Kilkenny which now houses tha award winning Kilkenny Famine Experience. The stories of the famine victims are re-told in particular the story of young brothers John and Patrick Saul who were abandoned during the famine years by their parents on the Dublin docks. Facing a d...

Of the Irish who emigrated to central Virginia in the 1840s and 1850s, we have done primary documentation of some 2,000 who took work on the railway, a large scheme which focused on building four tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains. We'll have a look at the actual nature of the work, and how it contrasted with their previous work back home in Ireland. At the website Clann Mhor.org, can be ...

East Belfast man Peter McCabe will talk about ‘The Holy Trinity of East Belfast’, CS Lewis, Van Morrison and George Best. All three were born in East Belfast, with their fame - in their own particular area of excellence - meaning that they became well-known far beyond Belfast. Presented from the childhood home of George Best, this illustrated Zoom talk will detail the childhood years of each th...

McQuade is a contributor to The Guardian, Equal Times and The Independent on issues of slavery, forced labour and related matters. In 2013 he highlighted the need for slavery eradication to be made a post-2015 Sustainable Development Goal. In 2014 he called for greater regulation of international business to reduce slavery in global supply chains. In an article for The Independent in March 2015...

The people of Ireland and Australia have much in common based on genealogy and a shared heritage. Yet the connections between Ireland and Australia in World War I are little known even though they are many and run deep. In this presentation Jeff Kildea tells the story of how those connections were forged: Australian and Irish soldiers fought alongside each other at Gallipoli, the Western Front ...

Kevin Lee is a native of Rathdrum County Wicklow, a town which was part of the former Fitzwilliam owned Coollattin Estate. Kevin spent his working career as Principal of Colaiste Bhride, a second level college located in Carnew, Co. Wicklow. Significantly, the catchment of this school is virtually identical to what once constituted the Coollattin estate. While studying in UCD Kevin developed a ...

Longford’s Republican Story 1900- 2000 is the biggest and most significant book ever written on County Longford. The county was a hotbed of activity in the War of Independence under the leadership of General Seán Mac Eoin, “The most active county outside of Munster.” The names of 3,200 IRA men from that period are listed and the author spent a whole year identifying each person and establishing...

THE IRISH IN EARLY VIRGINIA 1600-1860 by Kevin Donleavy Kevin Donleavy lectured for years on Irish cultural history at the University of Virginia and at University of Richmond. He is a researcher at Clann Mhor.org, which focuses on the 2,000 Irish who in the 1850s built the four railway tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains. He is a past Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. ...

167: Belfast 1792 - Bernard Conlon (The Hub of the Harp Film) by Reclaim the Enlightenment

166: European War Graves in Ulster by Nigel Henderson

165: How Railway and Dockyard workers defied an Empire by Peter Rigney

164: St. Brigid and the Coming of Spring by Michael Fortune

163: George Lennon, Commander of the West Waterford Flying Column By Ivan Lennon

162: Nor Meekly Serve My Time: An Interview with Laurence McKeown

161: From New York to Ballyfermot: The Thompson sub-machine gun by Aaron Ó Maonaigh

160: Caribbean Slave Owners with a County Mayo Connection (1670-1834) by Dr M. M. O’Connor

159 : The Dáil Debates on the Treaty between Ireland and Great Britain with Des Dalton

Lecture 158: The Culleens Ambush by Frank Fagan

Lecture 157: Michael Collins and the Treaty by Adriana Moura

Lecture 156: Unmanageable Revolutionaries : Women and Irish Nationalism, 1880-1980 by Margaret Ward

Lecture 155: Up Like A Bird: The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander with Brendan Hughes

Lecture 154: The Treaty Negotiations of 1921 by Des Dalton

Lecture 153: Traces of Enlightenment thinking in 19th Century Irish Mathematics - John Lyness