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Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library & Archive Saturday 14 November 2015
Cardinal Ó Fiaich
Library & Archive
Saturday 14 November 2015
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9.15-9.45 a.m.Registration
9.45-10.00 a.m.Opening RemarksRoddy Hegarty
10.00-11.15 a.m.Session 1:Revisiting Volunteer Voices
Dr Dónal McAnallen Fr Louis O Kane, South Derry & Séamus Dobbyn:The Genesis of an Oral History Collection
Dr Eve Morrison The O Kane Papers in Context: Memory, Personal Testimony and the Experience ofNorthern Veterans in the Irish Revolution
11.15-11.30 p.m. Break
11.30-12.45 p.m. Session 2: Northern Divisions
Dr Fergal McCluskeyAlice Mallon, Tom Morris & the Second NorthernDivision (Tyrone-Derry), 1920-22
ProgrammeJim McDermottOurselves Alone: The Irish Volunteers & IRA in Belfast, 1913-23
12.45-1.45 p.m. Lunch
1.45-2.45 p.m. Keynote
Helen LittonParents of the Revolution: Memories of Thomas & Kathleen Clarke
2.45-4.00 p.m. Session 3: The Boys from the County Armagh
Dr Eoin Maginess Sedition in Isolation? Charles McGleenan &Republican Activity in North Armagh, 1913-23
Kevin Murphy Old Men were Once Young: Impressions of the 4th Northern Division in South Armagh
4.00-4.45 p.m. Roundtable Discussion – Families of the Revolution
4.45 p.m. Concluding Remarks
Registration Form
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Registration fee: £10 (to include lunch)Pre-payment is essential
Please return this form with the appropriate fee to Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library & Archive, 15 Moy Road, Armagh, BT61 7LY, by Friday 6 November.
Enquiries can be made to: 028/048-37522981or [email protected]
This one-day conference will examine the impact of the Irish Volunteer movementin Ulster in the revolutionary decade, 1913-23. It will consider the role of politics,principles, partition, personalities anddivisions in the radicalisation of opinion and militarisation of the northern province.The personal accounts of first-handwitnesses at local level will be exploredin detail, paying particular attention to theFr Louis O Kane collection of interviews,in weighing up the historical legacy of this defining era after a century.
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