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Aspects of Galway’s Military author from Galway City. To date he has written 20 For further information books with numerous booklets and articles. His two please contact: Aspects of books on World War I are Galway’s History & Private John Oliver’s Galway and the Great War, and Colman Shaughnessy: [email protected] Remembrance Weekend 2013 Forgotten Heroes Galway Soldiers of the Great War. Joe Loughnane: [email protected] Michael Maher: [email protected] Military History & Marie Mannion: [email protected] Biographies & Talks Comdt. Billy Campbell Booking forms and payment to: Private John Oliver’s Comdt. Padraic Kennedy Title of Talk: A Flawed Doctrine: The Descent into Stalemate on the Western Front in 1914 Aspects of Galway’s Military History & Remembrance Weekend Title of Talk: Bureau of Military History: Galway Archival Comdt. Billy Campbell was commissioned into the Private John Oliver’s Remembrance Weekend Holdings Cavalry Corps of the Defence Forces in 1974. Personal C/O Michael Maher, Chairman, Clostoken, Comdt. Kennedy will present on the Bureau of Military Staff Officer to the Adjutant General and as an instructor Loughrea, Co. Galway. History collection with reference to sources for genealogy in the Command and Staff School of the Military TEL: (086) 810 9185 and local history. Comdt. Padraic Kennedy is a graduate 2013 College. He spent his final year of service with Military of NUIG (BA in Economics, Sociology and Political Lecture Fees: Archives and retired from the Defence Forces in € € € Science), DCU (MSc. in Management of Operations) Friday 8th 15. Saturday 9th 25. Sunday 10th 20 2007. He has served abroad with the United Nations € and UCD (MA in Archives in Records Management). Full lecture fees for 3 days 50 in Lebanon and in Iran. He holds a BA from UCD in Treasure Hunt on Sunday €5 per person or €10 per family He is currently employed as the Director of the Military History and Geography, an MA in Military History and Archives based in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Strategic Studies from NUI Maynooth and has written Dublin. Dinner and lectured widely on military history. Friday night €25. Saturday night €30 € Joe Loughnane Lar Joye Dinners on 2 nights 50 Full package lectures, lunches, tea/coffee, dinner for Friday Title of Talk: John Oliver Reluctant Soldier/Victim or th Lar Joye, is curator of Irish Military History at the 8th, Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th €100 Friday 8 November 2013 Patriot National Museum of Ireland and curator of the award th A Loughrea native, with an interest in history and winning Soldiers & Chiefs Exhibition at Collins An action of County of Galway Saturday 9 November 2013 military history, and promoting the name of the Decade of Commemorations Strategy 2013 – 2023 Barracks, which opened in October 2006. More recently th Connaught Rangers in Co Galway. Joe has recently he has curated the Blaze Away, Dickie Bird, 200 Objects Sunday 10 November 2013 completed a Masters in Military History and Strategic and the Irish in France Exhibitions. He is a graduate of studies in NUI Maynooth. For the past number of years UCD with a MA in 20th Century Irish History and the has been involved with the Loughrea Memorial Group. University of Leicester where he obtained MA Museum Brian Mc Gabhann Studies. Prior to working at the museum he was Head of the Irish Film Archive in Temple Bar and is a qualified Title of Talk: Renmore Barracks and the Connaught Rangers film archivist. Brian McGabhann is an ex member of the Irish Defence Forces. Former Curator of the Military Museum in Lar is a council member of the Military History Society Renmore Barracks and founder member of the Renmore of Ireland and represents the national museum on the History Society. Currently he is the Secretary of the Irish Battlefields Project, which is a major new survey This seminar has been organised by the Renmore History Society. of the key battlefields of Irish history. He has recently Loughrea Memorial Group, Galway County Council, completed the Museum Leadership course at the Getty Galway County Heritage Forum, BAFFLE, Loughrea Credit Union Willie Henry Dun Ui Mhaoilsea Renmore, Loughrea Town Council Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University. Title of Talk: Galway Men in the Great War Willie Henry is an Archaeologist, local historian and Friday 8th November 2013 Saturday 9th November 2013 Sunday 10th November 2013 Galway County Council Office, Barrack Street, Lough Rea Hotel and Spa, Athenry Road, Loughrea, 9.30am – 10.00am Registration for Treasure Hunt at Loughrea, Co. Galway Co. Galway Dolly’s, Main Street, Loughrea 9.30am – 10.00am Registration 10.00am – 11.00am Military Treasure Hunt around the 4.00pm onwards Registration town organised by BAFFLE 10.00am – 10.45am Private John Oliver: Reluctant Soldier 4.00pm – 6.00pm Tracing Your Ancestors. Short talk Victim or Patriot by Joe Loughnane 12pm Mass will be celebrated in St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Barrack followed by one-to-one consultation 10.45am – 11.00am Coffee with either a member of the Street, Loughrea dedicated to All 11.00am – 11.45am Ireland XO team or East Galway Renmore Barracks and the Connaught Irish Men and Women Who Died by Brian Mc Gabhann Genealogy Centre Rangers in Past Wars or in Service with the 11.45am – 12.30pm Galway Men in the Great War United Nations and to Those Who Loughrea Library, Church Street, Loughrea, Co. by Willie Henry Returned. Galway 12.30pm – 2.00pm Lunch 1.15pm Parade from St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Barrack Street, Loughrea Rememberance Weekend 6.15pm Cheese & Wine Reception 2.00pm – 2.45pm A Flawed Doctrine: The Descent into Loughrea to The Memorial Area, Stalemate on the Western Front in 1914 Galway County Council Office, he Loughrea Memorial Group was formed in 6.30pm – 7.15pm Bureau of Military History: Galway by Billy Campbell Barrack Street, Loughrea 2008, with the intention of remembering the men Archival Holdings 2.45pm – 3.00pm Open Forum 2.00pm – 3.00pm Lunch: Lough Rea Hotel and Spa, from Loughrea and surrounding area who died by Comdt Padraic Kennedy T 3.00pm – 3.15pm Coffee Athenry Road, Loughrea in World War 1. After an inaugural interdominational ceremony in St Brendan’s Cathedral on Saturday 8th 7.15pm – 8.15pm Shoeboxes from the Attic Lar Joye, 3.15pm Loughrea Pipe Band to lead group 3.00pm Departure to Dun Ui Mhaoilise, November, a plaque was unveiled to the 56 men from the National Museum will be on hand from Lough Rea Hotel & Spa to Renmore Barracks using own Loughrea areas who were victims of World War 1. to give specialist advice on your Galway County Council Office transport (limited access and booking is required). Since then annually, at the memorial plaque at the military memorabilia. Galway County Council Office, Barrack Street, Guided tour of barracks. County Council Offices on Barrack St, a simple and Loughrea, Co. Galway dignified ceremony quietly pays respect “to the men and Children’s Military Heritage 5.00pm Finish women from the Loughrea area who died in past wars Exhibition on display sponsored by 3.45pm Unveiling of memorial plaque to or on service with the United Nations, and to those that Loughrea Credit Union Private John Oliver returned”. 5.00pm – 6.00pm Guided Heritage Tour of Loughrea Local involvement is evident every year, with 8.30pm Dinner Loughrea Hotel and Spa Town participation at the wreath laying ceremony and the followed by after dinner speech by Mr. Joe Loughnane Lough Rea Hotel and Spa, Athenry Road, Loughrea, designated readings and prayers. The local clergy Co. Galway representing the Abbey and the Cathedral are also Music in The LIR bar involved. 7.00pm – 7.45pm A Gathering of Military Minds The decade of centenaries has arrived, the years of Discussion, exchange of 1913 to 1923 has had an enormous effect on our lives to information, details of publications this day. The Loughrea remembrances weekend will try on Ireland’s military heritage to give the local community a greater understanding of 8.00pm The John Oliver Banquet the involvement of local men and women in World War 10.00pm Loughrea CCE (music in The LIR 1. The town of Loughrea is no different from any other bar) town in Ireland in having such a large number of men killed in World War 1..