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26/01/2016

Spring Lecture Series at the GAA Museum - Lecture 6

Date:           Monday 14th March 2016
Time:          19.00
Location:    The GAA Museum, Croke Park

In the final lecture of the series, Liz will discuss the role that women played in the Irish Revolution. Although often overlooked, the women were indeed the invisible army of the Revolutionary movement and without their dedication, resolve and often their ingenuity, the Revolution simply would not have succeeded. Focussing on many of the lesser known women the talk will show that the women were vital Revolutionaries who gave their all in the hope of a better future for their country.

Liz Gillis has a Degree in Irish History and works as a Curatorial Assistant in RTÉ. She previously worked as a Tour Guide in Kilmainham Gaol and her publications include The Fall of Dublin (2011), Revolution in Dublin (2013) and Women of the Irish Revolution (2014).  She is also the author of two books due to be published in 2016 - We Were There: 77 Women of the Easter Rising and The Hales Brothers and The Irish Revolution.

This is the sixth 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]