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26/01/2016

Spring Lecture Series at the GAA Museum - Lecture 1

Date:           Monday 8th February 2016
Time:          19.00
Location:    The GAA Museum, Croke Park

Aogán Ó Fearghail, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, will give a talk on the fascinating events of Gaelic Sunday 1918 when GAA clubs throughout Ireland played a series of co-ordinated games in defiance of the British government’s attempts to interfere in the running of the GAA. Aogán Ó Fearghail, from Maudabawn in County Cavan, is the current President of the GAA. 
 
This is the first in a new series of lectures hosted by the GAA Museum. The series - ‘Revolutionary Ireland 1913 – 1923’ will see distinguished historians present a series of engaging lectures over six consecutive weeks, looking at various facets of the revolutionary period in Ireland. These lectures will appeal to anyone with an interest in Irish history.

The full programme of speakers and lectures is:
  • Monday 8th February: Aogán Ó Fearghail, Gaelic Sunday 1918
  • Monday 15th February: Tim Pat Coogan, The 1916 Rising
  • Monday 22nd February: Paul O’Brien, The 1916 Rising Battlefields
  • Monday 29th February: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, A Nation and Not a Rabble: New Perspectives on the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923
  • Monday 7th March: Dr. William Murphy, Repression and Resistance: the uses of prison during the Irish revolution, 1915-1923
  • Monday 14th March: Liz Gillis, What Did the Women Do Anyway?

All lectures will take place in the GAA Museum auditorium and will commence at 7pm.

Tickets for each lecture are €10 and there is a special package price of €50 for all six lectures. Tickets can be purchased here
 
For further information contact:

Mark Reynolds, Archivist – The GAA Museum
on 01 819 2350 or via email to [email protected]