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9th Irish Military Seminar – Saturday
Saturday 17th May, 2025 - 09:00
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9:00 – Registration and bookshop
9:30 – Welcome
9:40-10.20
Irish Military in France 1690-1815
Stephen McGarry
Around 50,000 Irishmen served in the armies of France, Spain and Austria from 1690 until the disbandment of the Irish Brigade in the Spanish Service in 1818. The Irish Brigade in the French Service gained a reputation as crack troops and served France with distinction for one hundred years. They were followed by Napoleon’s Irish Legion, a new unit raised for an anticipated invasion of Ireland.
Irish Military in France 1690-1815
Stephen McGarry
Around 50,000 Irishmen served in the armies of France, Spain and Austria from 1690 until the disbandment of the Irish Brigade in the Spanish Service in 1818. The Irish Brigade in the French Service gained a reputation as crack troops and served France with distinction for one hundred years. They were followed by Napoleon’s Irish Legion, a new unit raised for an anticipated invasion of Ireland.
10.25-11.05
The Irish in the Resistance in WWII
by Clodagh Finn and John Morgan
The untold story of how ordinary Irish people who were caught up in extraordinary situations in Nazi-occupied Europe joined resistance movements in France, Belgium, Holland and Italy and helped to win the Second World War.
11:05-11:30
Tea/Coffee Break
by Clodagh Finn and John Morgan
The untold story of how ordinary Irish people who were caught up in extraordinary situations in Nazi-occupied Europe joined resistance movements in France, Belgium, Holland and Italy and helped to win the Second World War.
11:05-11:30
Tea/Coffee Break
11.35-12:15
‘I hope to die like a soldier.’ The life and death of IRA leader Rory O’Connor
Gerard Shannon
Rory O’Connor had several key roles in the revolutionary movement, but it was his opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that brought him to public prominence and began his path to civil war, eventual execution and the endurance of his memory within Irish republican commemoration.
Gerard Shannon
Rory O’Connor had several key roles in the revolutionary movement, but it was his opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that brought him to public prominence and began his path to civil war, eventual execution and the endurance of his memory within Irish republican commemoration.
12:20-13:00
Conflict in Colour
Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne.
Conflict on the island of Ireland from 1922-45 revealed using photographs carefully selected from archives and private collections. Hand-coloured by John O’Byrne, each image is brought further to life by Michael B. Barry’s informative captions. The images give a fresh perspective to the events from the Civil War, through to the Emergency.
Conflict on the island of Ireland from 1922-45 revealed using photographs carefully selected from archives and private collections. Hand-coloured by John O’Byrne, each image is brought further to life by Michael B. Barry’s informative captions. The images give a fresh perspective to the events from the Civil War, through to the Emergency.
13:00
Close of seminar.
Close of seminar.
Free event, booking advised.
Tickets booked online subject to €1.50 booking fee.
Tickets booked online subject to €1.50 booking fee.
