Strands of Irish Nationalism: From Emmet to Adams

dublin | miscellaneous | press release Tuesday September 30, 2003 18:14 by pat c

Evening Lectures at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks

Strands of Irish Nationalism: From Emmet to Adams

This series of lectures will explore the evolution of nationalism in Ireland. Taking the Romantic revolutionary Robert Emmet as its
starting point, the series will look at a wide range of figures from the broad nationalist movement covering over 200 years of Irish History

Admission is free and tea and coffee will be served before the talks.

The lectures for October 2003 are set out below. Lecture details for November and December will be posted later.

Tuesday 7th October
6.30pm
Robert Emmet and the making of a myth
Dr. Patrick M. Geoghegan
Department of Modern History,
Trinity College Dublin

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Tuesday 14th October
6.30pm
Wolfe Tone and the 1798 Rebellion
Professor Thomas Bartlett
Department of History,
University College Dublin

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Tuesday 21st October
6.30pm
William Roantree, the forgotten Fenian
Michael Kenny
Keeper of Art and Industry,
National Museum of Ireland

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Tuesday 28th October
6.30pm
Patient Democrats: Charles Stuart Parnell,
John Redmond and the Home Rule movement
Dr. Michael Laffan
Department of History, University College Dublin
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