University of Department of History Trinity College School of Histories and Humanities Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 896 1020 / 896 1791 Fax: +353 1 896 3995 Web: http://www.tcd.ie/History/

The Curragh Mutiny in Context Friday 21 March 2014

Watertower Curragh Camp circa 1910

Ceannt Barracks Officers Mess, Curragh Camp

Sir Richard Aikens (Court of Appeal of England and Wales), Professor Thomas Bartlett (University of Aberdeen), Professor Ian Beckett (University of Kent), Barry Bowman (Bowman & Co., Solicitors), Dr Timothy Bowman (University of Kent), Dr Anne Dolan (), Professor Ronan Fanning (University College Dublin), Professor Keith Jeffery (Queens University Belfast), Mr Justice Ronan Keane (, 2000-2004), Professor Eoin O’Dell (Trinity College Dublin), Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell (); Professor Eunan O’Halpin (Trinity College Dublin), Mark Seaman (Historian, Cabinet Office), and Roger Sweetman SC.

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SCHOOL OF HISTORIES AND HUMANITIES

Classics History History of Art Gender and Women’s Studies

DRAFT PROGRAMME 9.30: Conference Opening 9.45-11.00 Crisis in the making (Chair: Dr Anne Dolan) Eunan O’Halpin Dublin Castle and the Curragh Crisis Tom Bartlett The Army and Ireland since 1801 Ronan Fanning The Government and Ireland, 1911-14

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15 – 12.30 Events and Outcomes (Chair: Mark Seaman) Ian Beckett Armed Services, Government and Crown in 1914 Tim Bowman Ulster Unionists and the Army Keith Jeffery Sir Henry Wilson and the defence of Ulster

12.30- 1.15 Lunch 1.15 – 2.15 Visit to the Curragh Camp Museum

2.15-3.15 Legal and Constitutional Issues (Sir Richard Aikens, Mr Justice Ronan Keane and Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell presiding) Barry Bowman The framework of military law in 1914 Paul O’Higgins SC Was there a mutiny or any other breach of the law- 1? Roger Sweetman SC Was there a mutiny or any other breach of the law- 2?

3.15-3.30 Coffee

3.30-5.00 Judges’ views; general discussion 5.00 Conference Closes 5-6.30 Reception

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