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Tipperary So Far Away: The Death of Seán Treacy by Niamh Hassett and Daniel Jack facilitated by Marcus Howard Seán Allis Treacy was one of the leaders of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. It was his actions that initiated the conflict in 1919. He was killed in October 1920, on Talbot Street in Dublin, in a shootout with British troops and spies during an aborted British Secret Service surveillance operation.

In August and September 1920 the town of Templemore in County Tipperary, Ireland was the sight of alleged Marian apparitions. Thousands of people came to the town daily to see the apparitions. The affair occurred during the Irish War of Independence and resulted in a short-lived local truce between the IRA and Crown forces. When the truce ended, pilgrims stopped coming to the town and the sightings ended. The affair is sometimes referred to as the Templemore miracles

Lecture 49: Sean Russell; his Life and his Legacy - Panel Discussion Seán Russell was an Irish republican who fought in the 1916 Rising and was a leader during the War of Independence. He opposed the treaty and became chief of staff of the IRA in the early years of Free State Ireland. Recently politicians have called for the removal of the memorial and here we explore Sean's involvement with Fascism and why he leaves such a controversial legacy Chair: Aedín Hassett Panel: Brian Hanley and John Flannagan

Belfast: July 1920 by Dan Jack Lecture on the events of the 21st and 22nd July 1920 the start of a two year period of violence that became known as the Belfast Pogrom.

On 8th DECEMBER 1922 Joe was executed by firing squad by Free State Troops in Mountjoy Jail in Dublin, alongside Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows and Richard Barrett. Their only guilt was that they opposed the Treaty. Joe McKelvey, although born in Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, grew up in Cyprus Street, Belfast and was involved from an early age in the Republican movement, rising to command the 3rd Northern Division. A huge turnout lined the Falls Road for the funeral following Mass in St. Mary’s Church, Chapel Lane.

June 30th, 2022, marks the centenary of the terrible explosion and fire at the Four Courts, Dublin, which destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) and, with it, seven centuries of Ireland’s collective memories. While incomparable with the loss of human life, the destruction of the Record Treasury at the PROI was one of the great tragedies of the Civil War. Beyond 2022 is an all-island and international collaboration. Working together, we will launch a Virtual Record Treasury for Irish history—an open-access, virtual reconstruction of the Record Treasury destroyed in 1922. Combining historical research, archival discovery and technical innovation, Beyond 2022 offers a lasting and meaningful legacy from the Decade of Centenaries, democratising access to invaluable records and illuminating seven centuries of Irish history. Bio: Dr Ciarán Wallace Ciarán Wallace is Deputy Director of Beyond 2022. He completed his PhD on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century municipal politics in Dublin at Trinity College Dublin (2010), where he subsequently held a Government of Ireland Post-doctoral Fellowship. He was a co-designer of Trinity’s inaugural Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) ‘Irish Lives in War and Rebellion: 1912-1923’. Having lectured in Modern Irish History at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and Liverpool John Moore’s University Ciarán returned to Dublin to take up a post in the initial scoping phase for Beyond 2022. He has worked on significant Digital Humanities projects including the EU-funded CULTURA consortium, the 1641 Depositions Project and the Down Survey Project. Since 2016 Ciarán has collaborated with partners in the National Archives of Ireland, The National Archives (UK), Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the Library, Trinity College Dublin, coordinating archival and historical research. Ciarán’s publications include ‘Civil society in search of a state: Dublin 1898–1922’ Urban History, Volume 45, Issue 3, August 2018 , pp. 426-452. ‘Curry, J., Wallace C., (2015) Thomas Fitzpatrick and the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly 1905-1915 and Griffith L.M., Wallace, C. (eds) (2016) Grave Matters: death and dying in Dublin 1500 to the present. Wallace, C., Gallagher, S. E., (2016) ‘A Far Cry from School History: Massive Online Open Courses as a Generative Source for Historical Research.’ The International Review of Open and Distributed Learning, 17 (5) 2016. He is Secretary to the Irish Historical Society and a convenor of the Dublin History Research Network.

Over 200,000 Irish men and women were involved in WWI. This talk traces hospitals, spies, injustice to veterans by the British Army and also the IRA, also wrong place wrong time, unemployment, veteran associations, veterans who never came home, veterans in the Free State Army, and how they were commemorated. This talk blows away many myths and springs a few surprises.

Maurice O'Keeffe is an archivist and historian who has compiled a fascinating recorded oral history of the descendants from the Great Houses of Ireland. Join him to actually hear these voices in what promises to be a fascinating lecture. The contextualised voices of the descendants of the families who lived or still live in these houses as they discuss their family history and their immediate predecessors, their family experiences during the War of Independence and the Civil War, their love for their Irish heritage, their feelings of sometimes being displaced, and many other fascinating subjects. Maurice and Jane O’Keeffe of Irish Life and Lore have been compiling in audio the oral history of the families connected with the Great Houses of Ireland. Other audio material and their books can be accessed here: www.irishlifeandlore.com