Meath Archaeological and Historical Society
in association with the
Meath Peace Group
Decade of Centenaries Seminar No. 2
Saturday, 26th September 2015
St Columban's College, Dalgan Park,
Navan, Co. Meath: 9.30am - 4.45pm
9.30am Registration
9.45am Welcome
10.00 Session 1. “IRELAND AND THE GREAT WAR”. Chaired by Frances Tallon
“Ireland and the Great War” - Prof. Keith Jeffery (QUB)
“Irish-Australian Perspectives” - Dr Danny Cusack
11.05 tea/coffee
11.20 Session 2. “EASTER 1916”. Chaired by Frank Cogan
“Dublin Castle and Irish Sedition, 1915-16” - Prof. Eunan O'Halpin (TCD)
“Commemorating 1916 in 2016” - Dr Fearghal McGarry (QUB)
12.45 lunch
2pm Session 3. “MEATH AND THE GREAT WAR”. Chaired by Peter Connell
“Navan and its People and the Great War” - Ethna Cantwell
“From Bellewstown to the Battlefields of WW1” - Fiona Ahern
2.40 Session 4. “MEATH: 1916 AND AFTERMATH”. Chaired by Kieran Cummins
“Meath and 1916” - Noel French
“1916 and the Rise of Republicanism in Meath, 1917-21” - Ultan Courtney
3.20 tea/coffee
3.30 Session 5. “HISTORY, COMMEMORATION AND 1916”
Panel discussion (featuring all speakers). Chaired by John Clancy
4.45 Closing words
Booking essential: Admission 5 euro payable at door (lunch available only to those who have pre-booked). Contact Julitta Clancy (tel 01 8259438) or email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Assistance from: Dept of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund (through MPG) and Ireland 2016 (MCC)
