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Tourism Northern ’s Féile an these events. 2016 belongs to everyone on in the Falls Library and St Mary’s Ireland is pleased to Phobail, Ireland’s this island regardless of religion or political University College, as well as a great line- support the 2016 Feile biggest community background and is an historically important up of headline events in the great an Earraigh. arts festival & year for all narratives in our City. surroundings of the Devenish Complex, summer school, are including the world premier of Brassneck Events are firmly delighted to present Féile an Phobail plays a leadership role in Theatre Company’s ‘Belfast Rising’, Frances established within our our Spring Festival, exploring and encouraging change, Black and Andy Irvine in concert, and the tourism fabric, adding value to the positive Féile an Earraigh which will take providing an unique approach to fabulous Knockmore Céilí Band, this years perceptions and profile of our destination place in venues across Belfast from dramatising the different energies and Féile an Earraigh promises to be our most and have been recognised as having an the 21-28 March 2016. opportunities of shared living. Our 2016 exciting to date. important role to play in contributing to the programme marks another milestone in economy. The Centenary of 1916 will be a this work - showcasing good relations in Ceol, craic agus cuideachta. Sin cuid de na period of huge significance for the action, attracting more tourism and visitor hábhair a bheas a gceiliúradh le linn Fhéile Feile an Earraigh delivers a wonderful people of Ireland and particularly for spend and building increased social and an Earraigh 2015, an fhéile a fhágann slán le platform to animate Belfast through the city of Belfast. As well as linking cultural capital. duibheagán an gheimhridh agus a chuireann traditional music sessions, tours and comedy in with events happening across the fáilte roimh Earrach an tsolais agus an tsóláis. performances and adds to our portfolio of island of Ireland, Féile will play a With a week long series of insightful and events giving visitors from near and far an significant role in marking this educational talks hosted by local historian, Kevin Gamble even better choice of things to see and do. historical period with a series of and former Lord Mayor of Belfast, Tom Stiúrthóir It presents a great opportunity to convey a local talks, lectures, drama, literary, Hartley of different perspectives on 1916, Féile an Phobail message to our visitors that they will find debate and discussion and music local colour and atmosphere through a events to mark the 100 anniversary wide range of activity which will attract of the and later in the more to come, stay longer and spend more. year during our flagship August Féile, the Battle of the Somme. Particular I applaud the commitment and hard work focus will be given to those from of Kevin and his team at Feile for the Belfast who participated in the creation and delivery of such a high quality events leading to the Rising and event. during the anniversary of the Somme. On behalf of Tourism I would like to wish all the visitors and The Easter Rising was a seminal participants an enjoyable and memorable event in Irish history and set off a festival. number of other events including the War of Independence, the Irish Civil War and the partition of John McGrillen Ireland. This year is a valuable Chief Executive, Tourism Northern opportunity to reach out and Ireland spread knowledge and awareness of

2 3 ST. PATRICK’S SPECIAL GUESTS CONCERT OF Clogher Valley CCÉ, Tyrone TRADITIONAL Lough Beg CCÉ, Antrim & The IRISH MUSIC, Loch Lao Singers SONG AND ‘Belfast Come along for a great night’s DANCE entertainment and craic! Saturday 12th March, St. Mary’s University College, Tickets £11/£7.70 (includes RTHE DEVEiNISHs COMPLiEX ng’ 7.30pm booking fee, go to; GOOD FRIDAY, 25 MARCH, DOORS OPEN 7PM www.wegottickets.com/event/349 HOSTED BY 203.All proceeds go to promoting CCÉ Loch Lao, Béal Feirste music, song and dance

teams entered. The tournament will be played over two venues Corrigan Park and Mc Rory Park. The semi-finals and final will be played at Mc Rory Park. Annie Cahill said that her late husband would have been very proud of the event. ‘This is a huge ANNUAL JOE tribute to Joe. He would have CAHILL U12 GAA been thrilled by watching so many TOURNAMENT of our young people playing Gaelic football,’ she said. ‘I am proud that

A3 POSTER RISING FINAL:Layout 1 15/02/2016 13:37 Page 1 Now in its eleventh year, the Joe his name is associated with these Belfast, 1916; an industrial powerhouse at the heart of an young teams. I can’t think of a empire. A city immersed in the revolutionary and radical Cahill Gaelic Football Tournament politics of it’s time that would drive a number of it’s citizens continues to be a very popular better way to honour his memory. to strike for their country's freedom. Easter Event. Organised annually by the Cardinal O Donnell's GAC, The event starts with the Through story, song and visuals, 'Belfast Rising' uncovers the and attended by well over 250 traditional parade which begins legacy of the women and men connected with the city who children and their families on from the car park of the Upper would rally to their country’s cause and strike at the heart of Easter Saturday 26th March at Mc Springfield development trust at the British empire in pursuit of their independence. Rory Park and Corrigan Park. This 11am. From her the teams will

by Tony Devlin Good Friday, March 25th year sees the event entries at parade down the Whiterock Rd to The Devenish Complex This powerful new production from the multi-award-winning Finaghy Road North, Belfast, Doors open 7.00pm twenty teams with a number of the Garden of remembrance and Tickets £10 Available from The Devenish and the 1916 Kiosk in the Kennedy Centre Full bar facilities. www.feilebelfast.com Brassneck Theatre Company, explores the impact that Belfast then unto Mc Rory Park. had upon the Easter Rising of 1916. clubs having their second string

4 5 ANDY IRVINE Andy Irvine has enjoyed a long and successful career as a traditional Irish musician. He SONGS OF has travelled the world as a solo artist and as a member of legendary Irish groups such REVOLUTION as Planxty and Patrick Street and more recently Mozaik. FRANCES BLACK, ANDY IRVINE Throughout his extensive career he has maintained and and GRÁINNE HOLLAND developed the qualities in his FEATURING BILL ROLSTON AND BRÍD KEENAN music, which endear him to The Devenish Complex, 26 March, 7pm his audience and fellow musicians alike. His constant touring is testament to the fact that he is still as passionate about his music as when he began.

FRANCES BLACK GRÁINNE HOLLAND When Nanci Griffith called Frances Born and raised in Belfast, Gráinne Holland's Black “the sweetest voice of Ireland,” love of Gaelic music and song began at an she was paying tribute to someone early age. A product of the Irish language who has been one of Ireland’s best- revival in the North of Ireland, she was loved and most enduring artists since raised in both Gaelic and English and she the late 80s, with a string of best- attended the first Irish-medium school in selling albums, awards and other Belfast. It was here that her love of accolades behind her. traditional song was fostered. Gráinne released her debut album ‘Teanga na nGael' Frances has twice been the recipient in 2011 to great critical acclaim. Gaelré of one of the prestigious Irish (meaning ‘Era of the Gael’) the second Recorded Music Association’s Best studio album from Gráinne Holland, is an Irish Female Award , and her live exquisite, progressive recording, forging new performances saw her receiving the boundaries for traditional Gaelic song. “Best Solo Artist ” and “ Overall Winner ” The album was conceived and driven by a accolades at the Celtic Fusion Festival passion to follow the highest standards in Awards, in conjunction with Irish contemporary production and arrangement, Music Magazine , from over 40 allowing Gráinne to bring the charm of nominated acts. Gaelic song to new audiences at home and abroad. 6 7 Caint/A Talk MNÁ AGUS 1916 WOMEN AND 1916 Examining the role of Cumann na mBan during the Rising - Margaret Ward

Ionad Uíbh Eachach, 34a Iveagh Crescent, Béal Feirste BT12 6AW Dé Luain Márta 21/Monday 21st March, 10.30am

This one hour talk will be in English. Contact: [email protected] or phone 90329180. Cuid de Shraith 1916/Part of the 1916 Series GRAND Knockmore CÉILÍ WITH THE Devenish Complex, EaCster Méondayi 28lthí M arcBh, doaors onpen 7d pm

The Knockmore Ceili Band (All Ireland the TV documentary 'Fleadh' (BBC 2013) Céilí Band Champions 2014) hail from an and 'Stair na mBannai Ceili' (TG4 2011). area close to Derrygonnelly in Co. The Knockmore Ceili Band are enjoying Fermanagh at the foot of the Knockmore their year as All-Ireland Champions and Mountain. Since its formation in 2007, the are delighting audiences throughout band has grown in popularity due to its Ireland and Britain with their energetic distinctive style that is instantly music and infectious enthusiasm. Tickets: recognisable. The band has featured £7. Organised by the National Graves extensively on TV and radio, most notably Association

8 9 CLÁR IMEACHTAÍ NA MBANN AG COMÓRADH ÉIRÍ AMACH NA CÁSCA 1916 - 2016 Remembrance Quilt Remembering for the women of Macha’s Legacy Republican Women’s Mná na hÉireann Mural 1916 Weekend of events Group-Wreath laying ceremony Unveiling Tar Anall 50+ Womens North Belfast 11-13 PD Club, 20th Feb Rockmount St, Sun 20th March, Group On display at June 2016 Remembering Volunteer Ann McCoy in 2pm Dedicated to role of republican various venues Winifred Carney Cargin, . Followed by women in the struggle for Irish Feminish, socialist, discussion on ‘The Way Forward’ in PD Club freedom over the last 100 years. The Children of 1916 suffragette, member of Copied from an original painting Macha’s Legacy the Gaelic League, Main International Women’s Day designed in collaboration with Republican Womens Secretary of the Irish Event Macha’s Legacy former POW and Group Booklet dedicated Textile Workers Union, Roddies Club, March, 1-6pm artist Danny Devenny which now to the mothers of the 40 member of the Irish hangs in Belfast City Hall. Sponsored children killed during the Citizen Army, member of Invitation to Women of Ireland by Macha’s Legacy and Brady Liggett week of the rising1916. A Cumann na mBan and Organised by Macha’s Legacy Republican Cumann St James’s. rarely touched on secretary to James Womens Group tragedy of the rising and Connolly. Winifred was Nell and Elizabeth Corr family an insight in to the among a small number of Women in Struggle Exhibition, 1-6pm Exhibition poverty of the women in the GPO and Depicting images of women activists over Linenhall Library, 4th–30th April tenements where a lot of among the last to leave. 100 years who have played their part in Organised by South and East Belfast the children came from. Irelands struggle. There will be a showing of 2016 committee. Being distributed locally Richmond Barracks A Kind of Sisterhood the story of women Women prisoners incarceration. The Price of an Easter Lily Play The Clarkes Remembered St Galls, 15th April, 7.30pm Felons Club, 2nd–4th September 2016 Rededication and Remembrance event By Roseleen Walsh and Still May Commemoration event The Women’s Garden in Roddies , 3pm Imprisoned Womens Project This By Roseleen Walsh remembering the 77 The contribution of Republican women of story is reflective of the women of A play about The Clarkes women arrested and 1916 honoured in word, drama and song. Cumann na mban who first created and in particular Kathleen held after the rising. More Hosted by Rosie Mc Corley MLA, main the Easter Lily to raise funds for the Clarke based in their information to follow. speaker veteran republican Mary Nellis prisoners.It is now the symbol worn Dublin shop where many by republicans in memory of fallen meetings in the lead up friends and comrades. to the Rising took place.

10 11 SEOLADH TUAIRISCE - 'AN GHAEILGE, CAIGHDEÁIN CEARTA DAONNA AGUS NA COMHAIRLÍ ÁITIÚLA' LAUNCH OF REPORT - 'THE IRISH LANGUAGE, HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.' Cultúrlann Mac Ádaimh Ó Fiach Máirt, 22ú Márta 2016 1pm

Is comh thuairisc é seo idir agus Coiste um Riaradh an Chearta a thugann sainchuntas ar cad é mar atá na caighdeáin cearta daonna idirnaisiúnta a bhaineann leis an Ghaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm ag na hOllchomhairlí áitiúla. Beidh Paul Bilboa, ón scáth eagrais Báscach Kontseilua, mar aoi chainteoir ag an ócáid.

This is a joint report from Conradh na Gaeilge and the Committee on the Administration of justice (CAJ) which provides in depth analysis of how international human rights standards are being implemented in ‘The Slí na Gaeltachta – The Gaeltacht Way’ relation to the Irish language by our local Super LAUNCH OF consortium invite you to join us in this Councils. Paul Bilboa from Basque language umbrella JAMES centenary year of 1916 to unveil a life size organisation Kontseilua, will be guest speaker at event. CONNOLLY bust to former resident of the Gaeltacht STATUE Quarter, trade union activist and revolutionary leader . Falls Community Council MUSIC ON THE METRO Offices 275 – 277 Falls Road The fitting piece of public art will be Wed 23rd March - Sat 26th March, 4-6pm, Belfast, 24th March, 4pm officially unveiled by James Connolly Heron Ladybrook route. the great Grandson of James Connolly.

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12 13 Members of the Irish Republican ex- St. PatricksP cks prisoner community will take the visitor Family Funun DayDa att Colin GlGlen on an in-depth journey through the FALLS ROAD British/Irish conflict. The tour visits • Gru!alo TrailTrairail and Story Tellingling sites of political, historical and cultural • Visitt our brand new FairyFairy GlGlen MURAL TOUR importance, including the political wall • Live Musicc & Street EntertainersEntertainers Starting point Divis Tower, Falls Road, murals and Republican plots at Thurs and Saturday, 11am and Sun, 2pm where Live Bird Display • Face Painting & Bouncy Castleastle • Climbing Wall • Zipline • Low & High Ropes • Kayaking • Booking is not essential, but to ensure your and other Irish patriots are buried. Archery • CraftCraftaft Villageillage • Catering • and much more!mor place, please contact Fionnuala at Following your tour, you will visit the 028 9020 0770, or [email protected]. Felons’ Club, where you will be treated TICKET PRICES THURSTHURS £3.50 PerPer child £5.00£5.00 PerPer adult £15.£15.0000 Familyamily Ticket Length: 2 ½ -3 hours. Price: £10 per person to a complimentary glass of Guinness! march For purchasing ticketsets & updatedupda event informationtion pleaseple visit 17TH www.colinglen.orgwww.colinglen.or.colinglen.or.colinglen.orgg 11AM Park & Ride (Black’ss RRoad) provided

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COLIN GLEN TO HOST ST PATRICK’S FAMILy DAy AND LAUNCH OF COLIN GLEN FAIRy VILLAGE .

Come along to Ireland’s only official Gruffalo Trail and have a go at a range of outdoor activities such as the climbing wall, zip line, high and low ropes course, mountain biking, laser tag and archery.

Of course being St. Patrick’s Day the park will be filled with music, entertainers and the children will be able to get into the atmosphere with face painters and bouncy castles. We are also aiming to host a craft village so as you can take a break from the activities and browse through some of the stalls.

We are expecting a large crowd for this exciting day and have teamed up with Translink who will be providing a Park & Ride service from their Black’s Road Park and Ride site. The shuttle service will operate from 10:45am to 4:30pm. There will be no parking available on site. Tickets can be bought on the Colin Glen website. Visit www.colinglen.org for further information

14 15 Our Queen’s University Féile History team has been working on the thirty-year history of Féile, collecting photos, conducting interviews and looking into archives. Come along to see what they’ve uncovered so far, and to hear some of the stories and see some of the exciting finds that are being made available through our new website, and that will form the core of a book and exhibition on the story of Ireland’s most exciting and vibrant community festival. For more information, contact Dr Fearghal Mac Ionnrachtaigh at [email protected]

16 17 ‘AG SPREAGADH 6 1 RÉABHLÓIDE IN 9 1 ÉIRINN 1912-16’ G N IN PLÉPHAINÉIL AR ÉIRÍ AMACH NA CÁSCA O S Aoine an Chéasta, 25 Marta i gColáiste Feirste, 1-3pm. I S R E R Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh ag labhairt ar an Chonghaileach agus IV E Arm Cathartha na hÉireann, Dr Fergal McCluskey ag T T labhairt tionchar na bhFininí/IRB agus Róisín Ní Ghairbhí ar C S an athbheochan cultúrtha agus Tionchar Mhic Phiarais srl. E A Soláistí agus bia ar fáil agus ceol ón bhanna Ceoil Ghaelach an P E Choláiste DÚCHAS. Éagraithe ag an ghreasán comartha, S 'Athghabháil na Físe-1916-2016' i gcomhar le Féile an Phobail. R E Imeacht as Gaeilge le haistriúchán comhuaineach ar fáil ar an E H lá. Le haghaigh tuilleadh eolais, déan teagmháil le Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh on [email protected] or P T call 02890438597

INSPIRING REVOLUTION IN IRELAND 1912-16- DISCUSSION PANEL ON THE EASTER RISING OF 1916

Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh speaking on James Connolly and the Irish Citizens Army, Dr Fergal McCluskey speaking on the influence of the Fenians/IRB and Róisín Ní Ghairbhí on the Cultural Revival movement. Food and refreshments provided plus music from Coláiste Feirste's traditional music band DÚCHAS. Event organised by the Athghabháil na Físe 1916-2016 centenary network. Event in Irish with simultaneous translation provided. For further information, contact Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh on [email protected] or call 02890438597

Drawing of the actress Elizabeth young by “Ben Bay” (Benjamin T Bailey), in the title role of the play Deirdre by George Russell (who wrote under the name “AE”).

18 19 IRELAND, INDIA AND

EFallsA LibrSaryT, MoEn 21Rst M ar1ch,9 1p1m 6 Monday 21 March Dr Kate O’Malley is a Research Associate of the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin, an Assistant Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, and the author of Ireland, India and Empire . She will speak about the impact the Easter Rising had on the Indian nationalist movement, how it influenced radicals and inspired the Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930, but also taught Britain certain lessons about its decolonisation process which informed its attitude towards Indian independence. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist . Swedish-born Dr Jessica Blomkvist is Policy & Administration Officer with the Belfast Conflict Indian law students from the King’s Inns served as an ambulance volunteer corps in the Easter Resolution Consortium whose PhD was titled Rising. Another, VV Giri, (pictured above) Transforming Conflict in Divided Societies: The Role expelled for rebel links, became President of of Faith-Based Actors in Northern Ireland. India (1969-1974), was taught by Thomas McDonagh (pictured above) who was shot at Kilmainham, May 3rd 1916. Giri wrote in his last letter to fellow president, Eamon de Valera: “Irishmen and Indians always tell me that next to being an Indian I am an Irishman”

20 21 IRELAND’S FORGOTTEN FEW- THE UNIONISTS LEFT

SBt MEaryH’s UnIiveNrsityD Coll ege, Mon 21 st March, 7pm Quincey Dougan is a historian, historical consultant and weekly columnist with the News Letter . He is the author of Leitrim -A County at War and The Armagh Brigade- The Formation and Sacrifice of the Ulster Volunteer Force in the Orchard County . Quincey will speak about the impact of partition on the ‘abandoned’ unionists of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan when the Ulster Unionists decided to pursue a Six-County state within the union. Stranded in the Free State, Quincey looks at the reactions and experiences of those Unionists who found themselves ‘stranded’ in a Free State, a scenario that challenged their very identity, and in some cases their physical existence. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist .

22 23 Rose McNamara in Maud Gonne uniform. Rose served in Marrowbone Lane with Cumann na mBan in 1916.

Dr Margaret Ward is the former Director of the Women’s CUMANN NA Resource and Development Agency and currently Visiting Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen’s University. She is MBAN - THE the author of a number of books, including Unmanageable Revolutionaries – Women and Irish Nationalism and biographies of WOMEN OF 1916 Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Maud Gonne. Margaret will talk about the early years of Cumann na mBan, their role in the Easter Rising and AFalls NLibraDry, Tu eAs 22 FMaTrch, E1pm R its aftermath, with special mention of activities undertaken by members of the Belfast branch. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist

24 25 THE SHAME OF EASTER WEEK? UNIONIST RESPONSES TO THE EASTER RISING St Mary’s University College, Tues 22nd March, 7pm Jason Burke is a Modern History Masters student of Queen’s University, currently managing the East Belfast & the Great War Research Project, which is based on the ‘military history from the street’ methodology made popular by Professor Richard Grayson, Jason is also the author of We Must Prepare - Unionist Militancy In East Belfast 1911-1914 . Jason will explore the response of unionism and Edward Carson to the Rising (who referred to “the shame of Easter week”) and the executions of the republican signatories to the Proclamation. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist

26 27 REPUBLICAN ICONS OR COMPLEX PROTESTANT IRISHMEN? ROGER CASEMENT, BULMER HOBSON AND JACK WHITE Falls Library, Wed 23 rd March, 1pm Philip Orr has written on a range of local topics, including contemporary loyalism, cross-community interaction and the legacy of 18 th century radicalism and dissent. His work on the Irish experience of the Great War includes titles published by Blackstaff Press in Belfast and Lilliput Press in Dublin and he has addressed a number of international conferences on this theme. This talk will show that some of the key figures in the republican iconography of this period are far more complex than has been acknowledged in nationalist narratives. “To install them only as Irish revolutionaries is to rob them of their individuality and their dissenting instincts as Irish Protestant thinkers,” says Philip. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist .

28 29 STAGING REBELLION: CULTURE AND POLITICS IN REVOLUTIONARY

IStR MarEy’s LUniAversiNty CoDllege , W ed 23 rd March, 7pm Dr Fearghal McGarry teaches history at Queen’s University. He is the author of The Abbey Rebels of 1916. A Lost Revolution ; The Rising. Ireland: Easter 1916 , and published biographies of Frank Ryan and Eoin O’Duffy. His Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising has recently been adapted for the the Abbey Theatre. Fearghal will examine the role of culture and, in particular, theatre in the formation of the 1916 revolutionaries and focus on the lives of seven rebels associated with the Abbey, including Peadar Kearney, author of Amhrán na bhFiann. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist .

1907 licence to perform The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge.

30 31 ULSTER WOMEN

AFalls NLibraDry, Th uTrs 2H4 th MEarch , R1pm ISING Dr Marie Coleman is a Lecturer in Modern Irish History at Queen’s University. Her books include County Longford and the Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 ; The Irish Sweep: A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake, 1930-1987 and The Irish Revolution, 1916-1923 . Marie will examine the contribution of women to the Rising, focusing on the and Cumann na mBan, including Ulster women activists. It will also examine the fallout from the Rising on the wives, widows and other dependants of men who were killed, executed or imprisoned. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (pictured above) was married in 1903 to Francis Sheehy Badge worn by Francis Sheehy Skeffington Skeffington. The couple were committed to many causes, particularly feminism, pacifism, and taken from his coat after his execution socialism, and nationalism. On the outbreak of the 1916 rising Frank was involved in organising in Portobello Barracks (now Cathal Brugha anti-looting bands. He was arrested and shot without trial on the orders of Capt. J. C. Bowen- Barracks) on 26 April 1916. Returned to his Colthurst, a British army officer. Hanna was thrown into personal and emotional turmoil by wife Hanna as part of his personal that event. An inquiry into the murder left too many questions unanswered for her satisfaction. belongings after his body was recovered. She refused all offers of compensation from the government.

32 33 Dr Roisin Higgins’s work focuses on social and cultural history TRANSFORMING with particular interest in the politics of historical memory. Her research on commemoration examines both the impact of 1916: MEANING, landmark anniversaries and the capacity of acts of remembrance to transform the meaning of historical events. Her book, MEMORY AND Transforming 1916: meaning, memory and the fiftieth anniversary THE FIFTIETH of the Easter Rising , won the 2012 ACIS James S. Donnelly Sr ANNIVERSARY Prize for the best book in History and Social Science. Roisin will discuss and reflect on Transforming 1916 and explore OF THE EASTER the meaning and memory of the Easter Rising in 1966 and the way in which history operated in Ireland at a moment of rapid RSt MIarSys UInNiversG ity College, Thurs 24 th March, 3pm change. Roisin casts light on what 1916 means in Ireland and illuminates the politics of commemoration as the centenary of the Rising approaches.

34 35 Dr Michael Pierse is a lecturer in Irish Literature at Queen’s University, specialising in the writing and cultural production of Irish working-class life. Over recent years his work has included the study of festivals, digital methodologies in public humanities, and theatre-as-research practices. He is the author of Writing Ireland’s Working-Class: Dublin After O’Casey and is the editor of the forthcoming A Cambridge History of Irish Working-Class Writing. Michael’s subject is about how writers represented the class divisions that WWI often intensified and exposed and how this representation relates to the 1916 Rising and its legacy with reference to writers like James Connolly, like Seán O’Casey, Patrick MacGill, Margaret Barrington and Liam O’Flaherty. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist . “SHELLS FOR US AND PIANOS

CFLAOSS WRAR ATND HTHEE FIRMST ” WORLD WAR IN IRISH WRITING St Mary’s University College, Thurs 24th March, 7pm

Review of 'The Star Turns Red' by Sean O'Casey.

36 37 Ciaran Galway is a politics graduate from *‘NO TERMS OF Queen’s University who wrote his DENUNCIATION THAT dissertation on The Catholic Church and the 1981 Hunger Strike and his MA thesis on PEN COULD INDICT British Security Policy in South Armagh . Ciaran will look at contemporary Dublin and Belfast WOULD BE TOO media reactions to the Rising and how they contrast; the ownership and distribution of SFallTs LibRraryO, Fri 2N5 th MGarch’, 11am newspapers, and the social composition of their readership. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist . Please note: This talk at the Falls Library begins at 11am on Friday 25 March

38 39 FROM BELFAST TO DUBLIN:THE DUNGANNON CLUB NETWORK & THE EASTER

FRallsI LSibraIryN, Fri G25 th March, 1pm Dr Marnie Hay is a lecturer in history at St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin City University and is the author of Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth—Century Ireland and many articles on Irish nationalist youth culture in the early twentieth century. Marnie will explore the connection between leading republican activists in the Belfast Dungannon Club and the future Easter Rising. Bulmer Hobson and Denis McCullough formed the club in 1905 to promote the Sinn Féin policy in Ulster and beyond and to drive Dublin activists back on the advanced nationalist track. Chair - Jessica Blomkvist

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The report (shown left) of 21 June 1915 records the annual pilgrimmage to Bodenstown, County Kildare, for the Wolfe Tone commemoration, Observed taking an active part in the proceedings were Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, Éamonn Ceannt, TJ Sheehan, Frank Fahy, Edward Daly, Thomas Byrne, Patrick H Pearse, James Connolly, William P Partridge, Peter Doyle, Bulmer Hobson and Countess Markievicz.

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3FRDÉ – 1I4LTH EAU GAUSTN 2016 PHOBAIL

As a part of the ‘Perspectives on 1916’ talks, a lecture will take place at the Falls Library at 1pm on 3 August titled ‘The relevance of Casement to Ulster a century after his execution’.

Between Monday 8 August and Thursday 11 August a series of lectures Venue Partners will be held titled ‘Perspectives on 1916 – The Battle of the Somme’.

Look for details in the Féile an Phobail programme.

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