Photograph above: Taken from front cover of the ‘Guide to the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection’ The Military Service Pensions Collection is the Military Archives’ latest online collection and is the single most important archival collection relating to Ireland’s revolutionary period, comprising hundreds of thousands of individual accounts of the activities of nationalists throughout the period from...
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Heritage Week Event – Exploring Gowran’s Contribution to the Great War Padraig Yeates will outline the situation which existed in Ireland during the War years. This will be followed by Alyson Gavin who will speak about her quest for Aubry White, the soldier who is commemorated in the beautiful stained glass window in St Mary’s Church. Military historian Gordon Power will hold a talk and workshop on associated...
Read MoreThe decade of commemorations recalls some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and the modern world. Visit a photographic exhibition at Kilkenny Castle commemorating Kilkenny Families in the Great War. To find out more about this event visit the Hertiage Week website at www.heritageweek.ie.
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An Evening of Military Heritage – Heritage Week Event The decade of commemorations recalls some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and the modern world. Join Larry Scallan at the James Stephens Barracks for ‘An Evening of Military Heritage’. There will be two talks given this year. The topics are ‘World War I – The Kilkenny Missing’, and a second talk on ‘Civil War Executions in Kilkenny’. ...
Read MoreThe coming years see the centenary anniversaries of some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and of the United Kingdom, and equally importantly in the history of the modern world. The decade saw the emergence both of an independent Irish State and of Northern Ireland with a devolved government within the UK. Patrick Mannix, historian and author, will give a talk on the siege of Kilkenny Castle in May 1922...
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The coming years see the centenary anniversaries of some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and of the United Kingdom, and equally importantly in the history of the modern world. Join John Kirwan, author of Kilkenny Families and the Great War for an illustrated look at some Kilkenny families and the contribution they made towards the war effort. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week...
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