Trust News - February 2012 Issue

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Winter Lecture Programme 2011 - 2012

Forthcoming Events At The Soldiers & Chiefs Exhibition

 

 

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THE MILITARY HISTORY
SOCIETY OF IRELAND

LECTURE PROGRAMME WINTER 2011 – 2012

Lectures will be given at 8.00 p.m.
in Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.
Non-members are welcome to all lectures

 

3th January

'Bayonets and bulletins' journalists and the Irish Revolution
Mr. Ian Kenneally

Friday, 10th February

In the ranks of death: Irish involvement in the Second World War
Mr. Richard Doherty

Friday 9th March

From the 1647 campaign to exile:
The military career of Murrough O'Brien 1647 – 1650
Dr. Leon O'Doherty

Friday, 13th April

A forgotten army – the Portuguese Expeditionary Force in World War 1
Dr. Filipe De Meneses

 

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
at the
SOLDIERS & CHIEFS EXHIBITION
National Museum of Ireland
Collins Barracks, Dublin


February – March 2012

Friday 03 February 12.30 – 1pm

Curator's Talk:
Witnesses to War – The Irish War of Independence in Their Own Words

Hear about the War of Independence in the words of those who were there. Curator Brenda Malone recounts the witness statements collected by the Bureau of Military History between 1913 and 1921.

Places are limited and are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis 15 minutes before the event starts.

 

Saturday 11 February 2012

Saturday Talk: 'Green Coated Irishmen'
The National Army Uniform from 1922 to 1939

Design historian Hannah Mullan explores the contribution made by the uniform to visual interpretation of the Army in post –independence Ireland.

Places are limited and are allocated on a first-come basis.

 

Thursday 23 February 2012

Babies on Board: The 1916 Rising

Discover more about the 1916 Rising with curator Sandra Heise. Examine important documents from the time and the beautiful 'Leabhar na hAiseirghe', (Book of Resurrection).

Places are allocated on a first –come basis 15 minutes before the event starts.

 

Friday 16 March 2012

Curator's Talk: Napoleon's Wild Geese
and the Irishman who saved an Imperial Eagle.

Join Siobhan Pierce to discover more about objects connected to the Irish Wild Geese, the history of one special sword and how Lieutenant Terence O'Reilly saved a Regimental Standard.

Places are limited and are allocated on a first-come basis