Author Archives: Ian Adamson

Ireland in the Decade of the Great War, 1912 -1923: Towards Commemoration Conference 3,

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

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Ireland in the Decade of the Great War, 1912 -1923: Towards Commemoration Conference 2

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

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Ireland in the Decade of the Great War, 1912 -1923: Towards Commemoration Conference 1

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

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County Cavan First World War commemorations in August

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

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Somme Association Centenary Appeal

                 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

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The First World War Centenary – the site that brings all sides together launches in Berlin

Europeana has just sent out an important press release on Europeana 1914-1918, which has been launched today by the Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Günter Winands, in Berlin.  The link to the release is here: http://pro.europeana.eu/pressrelease/29jan Europeana … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Murrison’s speech at UCC, 24 Jan 2014, ‘The approach of the UK and Ireland to the Centenary of the First World War’.

Introduction: Minister, Mr Deputy Mayor, President of UCC, ladies and gentlemen  I’m hugely grateful to have been invited here to Cork to join you at this important conference. The Centenary that is about to break upon us offers an opportunity … Continue reading

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Cork Studies in the Irish Revolution: Ireland and the First World War

Cork Studies in the Irish Revolution: Ireland and the First World War: ‘in defence of right, of freedom, and of religion’?  University College Cork Friday 24th and Saturday 25th January 2014  Friday 24th O’Rahilly Building (ORB) 212 9.10am Opening remarks                … Continue reading

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The Dalaradia Burns Supper

    Tonight I accompanied our Chairman of the Ullans Academy promoting Common Identity, Helen Brooker, to the Inaugural Dalaradia Burns Supper in the Whiteabbey Masonic Centre. Being a Dalaradia Burns Supper we also celebrated our own “Burns of Ulster”, James … Continue reading

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