Talks 2021 – 2022

Programme of Events 2021 / 2022

September

Online Video

The end of the Fitzwilliam era after 600 years

Des Smyth

 

Thurs 14 Oct

                     ‘Children need help and I am going to help them’                     Dr Ella Webb 1877-1946

Declan Warde

Thurs 11 Nov

The Shadow War: Michael Collins and the Politics of Violence

Joseph Connell

November

Virtual

Launch of our Annual Journal Obelisk

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December

Online Video

  From the Grand Canal to the Dodder: Illustrious Lives

Beatrice Doran

January

Online Video

                     Audio Recordings of the War of Independence                              from the National Folklore Collection UCD       

Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh

Thurs 10 Feb

Eyewitnesses to the Great Famine: Voices from County Kerry

Bryan MacMahon

Thurs 10 Mar

Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland

Brendan Kelly

Thurs 14 Apr

‘We are Black and Tans’: Children of the Irish Revolution

Liz Gillis

Sat  7 May

 

Annual Trip

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We are hopeful that we will be able to hold our talks at 8 p.m. in the Function Room, Glenalbyn, Stillorgan.

Annual Contribution €15 (per person) / €20 (a couple) – visitors welcome €3

Please note that the schedule may be changed due to circumstances beyond our control.

Talks 2020-2021