Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 2021 Programme Contents
Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 2021 Programme Contents Foreword from the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 3 Context from the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on Centenary Commemorations 4 Decade of Centenaries Programme 2021 5 Objectives of the Programme 6 Themes under the Programme 7 Strands of the Programme 8 STATE CEREMONIAL STRAND 9 HISTORICAL STRAND 10 COMMUNITY STRAND 27 CREATIVE IMAGINATION STRAND 38 Key contacts and resources 45 click here on each image in the Programme for caption/credit information’ | Page 2 Foreword I am very pleased to present The State’s role is to set a measured, inclusive and The commemorative programme for 2021 the Decade of Centenaries sensitive tone; to faithfully present our history, is supported with a budget of €5 million – a Programme for 2021. even when the historical record is distressing. significant increase of €3 million on last year’s We must also reflect on the great tragedy of all of funding allocation. those who died or whose lives were transformed We have, as all readers will be acutely The programme acknowledges both the because of the events that took place during those aware, now entered the most challenging military aspects as well as the constitutional years. and sensitive period of commemoration, parliamentary traditions and the democratic which includes the Struggle for Historical accuracy, academic integrity, and processes underpinning all traditions on this Independence, Partition, the Foundation archival discovery are key tenets of the island. It explores the social, cultural, and of the State and the Civil War. My commemorative programme, which follows closely economic changes that were taking place during responsibility, as Minister for Tourism, the centenary timeline of the events that occurred this period.
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