November 2014

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To mark the centernary of the sinking of the SS Gem

Lurig Drama Group

presents the radio play

Gem by Joe Burns

Cushendall Golf Club

Sun Nov 23rd 2014 @ 7pm

Adminission £5 (children £2)

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Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park and Living Legacies 1914-1918.

WW1 AND YOU

Objects, Memories, Resources

Libraries NI and Living Legacies 1914-18 invite you to explore your WW1 ancestors, to record and preserve their stories and memorabilia for the future.  Bring your WW1 objects and artefacts (photographs, letters, diaries etc.) to Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park.

Free information and advice for budding family researchers from experts in family history.

Scanning and recording of memorabilia and stories throughout the day

Wednesday 19th November 10.30am - 4.00pm

Please click the poster for further details

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INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES

Seminar Programme – Autumn Semester 2014

Monday 17 November 2014 @ 1.00pm - Seminar Room, 8 Fitzwilliam Street

Erica Doherty and Marie Coleman,
School of History and Anthropology

'Political legacies of 1916’

If you have any additional requirements regarding access or facilities please contact
90973232 so that arrangements can be made.

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

Tuesday 11th November

• Braniel Primary School – 7pm in association with Lyric Theatre host 'A Play On First World War With Drumming' By Gary Beggs
  • Poster 9

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WW1 Remembrance Day Event - Supports KS3 History, Drama and Literacy.

Pupils will have the opportunity to interact with a first person interpretation by a young actor in World War 1 uniform.  There will also be a commentary with screening of A Night at the Cinema in 1914. This is a short film compilation of films made in 1914 which reflect the mood of society then at the outbreak of WW1. There is footage from Emmaline Pankhurst and the suffrage movement which supported the war effort, as well as Charlie Chaplins’s Johnnie (84 mins). This is followed by a screening of WW1 documentary footage of the Battle of the Somme from the Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive, The North and South Irish at the Front, Part 2 (16 mins).

The event includes a WW1 presentation + interactive first person interpretation by actors in WW1 uniform and costumes of the period, in association with Drama Studies at QUB and the Living Legacies 1914-1918 Engagement Centre, www.LivingLegacies1914-18.ac.uk.

School groups can also book a free post-film tour of Queen’s University and WW1 sites that afternoon.  More details about QUB and WW1 is available online here: http://digitalcollections.qub.ac.uk/site/WW1.  Advance booking essential.

Booking infomation can be found at http://www.queensfilmtheatre.com/learning/post-primary.  Admission £3.00 per pupil, up to 2 free teacher places. Online booking here.

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

Saturday 8th November

• Braniel Church 8.30pm Viewing on British Legion Memorial Service Live on BBC1 with supper at 8.30pm Show Starting 9.15pm
  • To Arrange Transport Call Ian Shanks 07818 566106
  • Poster 8

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

Friday 7th November

• Our Lady & St Patricks 9.30am - 12.30pm; 6th Form Inter School Conference with John Barry & Rev Jan Taylor
• Braniel Primary School – 6.30pm Lantern with school children accompanied by a piper to plant 100 crosses in remembrance followed by church service with brass band musical display
  • Poster 7

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

‌Thursday 6th November

• Braniel Community Centre – 7pm Short Film on World War One
  • Call Ian Shanks On 07818 566106 To Book Your Place
  • Poster 6
• Make Memory Boxes With Dream Scheme

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

Wednesday 5th November

• The Unit - 9.15 – 12 Noon First World War Exhibition – Talk With Jason Burke At 11.00am
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• St Dorotheas Church – 1.00pm Tea Dance With Music & Lunch Provided By Root Soup Company
  • Poster 3
• Braniel Primary School – 7.00pm WW1 Film Night with supper provided.
  • To book your space call the school on (028) 9040 1234
  • Poster 4
• Braniel Community Church – 7.30pm Exhibition & Discussion with Jason Burke
  • Poster 5

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Speaker – Hugh McShane

Venue : Hillyard House Castlewellan

This is the story of how the people of Ulster and Ireland responded to the war, the different attitudes of leading political figures on the Unionist and Nationalist sides, the reaction of militant republicanism, the fate of young Irishmen on the battlefields of Europe and how events both abroad and in Ireland during this period were to change the course of Irish history.

(Organised as part of the Librariesni /Castlewellan Futures Heritage Group partnership 2014, Supported by Heritage Lottery Funding)

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A First World War family History day at The Linen Hall Library in partnership with the Northern Ireland War Memorial.

A collaboration between NIWM and Linen Hall Library

Experts will be assembled at the Linen Hall library to answer questions, give advice and discuss any items bought in. There will be representatives from The Linen Hall Library, the Northern Ireland War Memorial, PRONI Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, and various libraries will be present. There will be one table per organisation. Those taking part so far are as follows:

• Linen Hall Library
• Northern Ireland War Memorial
• PRONI
• Living Legacies 1914-18, CDDA - Digitisation equipment
• Royal Genealogy society of Ireland
• Libraries NI
• Ulster Heritage Society
• The Inniskillings Museum

For Visitors

Bring along any First World War related items that you wish to show us, if we can’t help we will signpost you to other suitable organisations. No valuations can be supplied for items, but if it will fit through the doors and not as big as an Elephant than we would be delighted to welcome you.

If you wish to take part in this event please contact Deborah Douglas at the Linen Hall Library 

• Email :- D.Douglas@linenhall.com; curato@niwarmemorial.org
• Tel :- 07711 417 412 or 028 9032 1707

Date/Time/Where

• Wednesday 5th November 2014,
• From 11.00am - 4.00pm;
• The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast BT1 5GB

Web

• www.linenhall.com; 
• www.niwarmemorial.org

Photo :  Linen Hall Library

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‌Braniel Community Association ‘We Remember’ Festival

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The invitation to attend is open to all. Please check which events require booking. Transport can be arranged.

Tuesday 4th November

• Braniel Primary School – P5 Somme Museum Trip
• Braniel Community Centre – 7.30pm An Evening of Remembrance
  • To book your space call Castlereagh Council (028) 9049 4550
  • Poster 1

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