Monthly Archives: February 2014

Session 5: Divisions Chair: Dr Edward Madigan (Trinity College Dublin) Dr Anne Dolan (Trinity College Dublin) Divisions and divisions and divisions Shortly before leaving office in 2010 Brian Cowen encouraged us to “take the opportunities commemorations afford us to reflect … Continue reading →

Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch … Continue reading →

Session 4: Claiming Sovereignty Chair: Prof Eunan O’Halpin (Trinity College Dublin)Prof Paul Bew (Queen’s University Belfast). Paul was indisposed and was unable to give his paper. Nationalism and Unionism: A Churchillian Perspective 1912-22. The paper was to concentrate on the … Continue reading →

Session 3: Battlefronts Chair: Dr Adrian Gregory (Pembroke College, Oxford) Philip Orr (Independent Historian) Sacred Grounds: Great War Battlefields and Irish Memory This talk examined two battle fronts experienced by Irish regiments during the Great War and the ways in … Continue reading →

Session 2: Volunteering Chair: Prof Richard Grayson (Goldsmiths, University of London)    Dr Catriona Pennell (University of Exeter) More than a “curious footnote”: Irish Responses to Britain’s Call for Volunteers, 1914-1916.   In 2009, the British Radio 1 DJ and television … Continue reading →

In October 2011 I attended a Conference in Monte Carlo, Monaco…Ireland in the Decade of the Great War, 1912 – 1923: Towards Commemoration. I attended as High Sheriff of Belfast, Chairman of the Somme Association and Convenor of the Posse Comitatus. This … Continue reading →

The first official recognition by Cavan County Council of the Great War took place on the 1st July 2012 to commemorate the first day of the Battle of the Somme.  As part of the lead up to the ceremony Cavan County … Continue reading →

                 Somme Association Centenary Appeal                 Join with us and support the events to mark the centenaries of the First World War Over the next 6 years a number of events, at both local and national level, are being planned to … Continue reading →