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Limerick City Gallery of Art to host 1916 concert

AN intriguing concert is to take place in Limerick City Gallery of Art, marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising. Children of the Revolution, a unique concert series which brings together traditional musicians and singers from throughout Ireland who ...

02 Dec 2016 at 07:10

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Sinn Fein celebrate leaders of 1916 with Limerick ceremony

MEMBERS of the city Sinn Fein party commemorated the 1916 Rising with a special ceremony at the Republican plot at Mount St Lawrence cemetery in Limerick, on Easter Sunday. A wreath-laying ceremony took place following the main commemoration, which ...

29 Mar 2016 at 14:02

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Centenary Bridge naming ceremony in Glin to mark 1916 Rising

THE first fatality of the 1916 Rising was Glin man, James O’Brien, a constable in the Dublin Metropolitan Police who died while defending Dublin Castle from the rebels. But another Glin man, medical student, Eamon Dore of Main St, was on the side ...

24 Mar 2016 at 07:01

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Minister Noonan praises MIC's 1916 commemoration plans

MORE than 30 commemorative events will take place at Mary Immaculate College of Education (MIC) to commemorate 1916. Speaking at the launch of the programme recently, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said he expects that the people of ...

28 Jan 2016 at 13:23

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Limerick councillor claims he was 'snubbed' at 1916 memorial

SINN Fein councillor Séighin O Ceallaigh was left “disappointed” after he was not given a front-row seat at Grange 1916 Commemoration. The City East member arrived at the event only to be told he could not sit in the front row. He says ...

30 Apr 2016 at 14:00

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The secrets Limerick Volunteer Patrick took to his grave

PATRICK O’Connell worked for Irish Shell BP all his life, but never told his family of his earlier involvement with the Irish volunteers and his role in trying to get a ship load of guns into Foynes in 1914, and how he was involved in ...

29 Mar 2016 at 11:03

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Photos from 1916 go on display during Galbally remembrance

OLD photo albums dating back to 1916 which have come into the hands of Galbally man Tim Ryan have opened a window into that historic period in the country’s past. The collections which are now 100 years old were compiled by Tim’s ...

27 Mar 2016 at 14:00

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'New insights' into rebels in Hunt Museum

A HISTORICAL collection of artefacts that shed a new light on the influential Daly family are currently on display at the Hunt Museum. Drawn from the family’s archives, which is now held by the University of Limerick’s Glucksman ...

27 Mar 2016 at 13:00

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Croom students to take up arms for 1916 re-enactment

THE students of Coláiste Chiaráin are set to take up arms next Wednesday when they will stage a re-enactment of the 1916 Rising in the streets of Croom. More than 100 students will take part, alongside teachers, ...

14 Mar 2016 at 07:04

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Restored Jack Donovan paintings to go on display

PORTRAITS of some of the key figures in the 1916 Rising and subsequent War of Independence by the late artist Jack Donovan are in the process of being restored and will go on display in his native Rathkeale ...

13 Mar 2016 at 13:00

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Limerick schools raise flags for 1916 Proclamation Day

PRIMARY schools all over Limerick city and county took advantage of the gorgeous spring weather to celebrate Proclamation Day this Tuesday afternoon. All over the country, as part of the 1916 centenary ...

16 Mar 2016 at 07:00

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ICO mark cultural legacy of 1916 at St Mary's

IN the midst of the military pomp and ceremony surrounding the 1916 centenary celebrations, it is easy to forget that the Rising was also underpinned by the stirrings of an Irish cultural revolution. ...

03 Apr 2016 at 09:00

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