Letters of 1916 Belfast Launch

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LibrariesNI at Antrim Library 
and Living Legacies 1914-1918.

WW1 AND YOU

Objects, Memories, Resources

Libraries NI and Living Legacies 1914-18 invite you to explore the lives of your WW1 ancestors, and help to record and preserve their stories and memorabilia for the future. As part of an afternoon of talks and discussion on how the war affected everyday lives, the research team from the Centre will be on hand to give free information and advice on your WWI family heirlooms and memorabilia in personal collections. Free information and advice for budding family researchers from experts in family history.

So please do come and bring your WW1 objects and artefacts (photographs, letters, diaries etc.) to this event at Antrim Library.

Scanning and recording of memorabilia and stories throughout the afternoon.

Friday 22nd May 2015 1.00pm - 4.30pm

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The School of History and Anthropology (QUB) and the
Community Relations Council, in conjunction with the
Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
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Ireland 2016: Centenary Programme

A briefing on the Government of Ireland’s plans for commemorations in 2016

by Mr John Concannon,

Director of the 2016 Programme

Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2015     Time: 11am

Venue: Larmor Lecture Theatre,
Queen’s University Belfast

 This event is free and open to the public and booking is not required.  

For further details contact Dr Marie Coleman M.Coleman@qub.ac.uk / (028) 9097 3255

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Dr Myrtle Hill and Dr Margaret Ward will explore the work of Irishwomen - north and south - who argued against involvement in the Great War and who united with the international suffrage movement in an effort to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict engulfing Europe. They will focus on debates within the suffrage movement as well as highlighting the groundbreaking initiative of the Women's Peace Congress in The Hague in April 1915.

Light refreshments will be served from 6.30pm

This event is free to attend, but booking is essential. To book, please contact the Good Relations Unit on 028 90 270 663.

For more information please visit http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events/Event-49224.aspx

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Antrim and Down
Western Front Association Branch
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Subject : The dynamics of command: Oliver Nugent and his subordinates in the Ulster Division, 1915-18

Speaker : Nick Perry

Venue : The Branch meets from 7pm to 8.45pm at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), 2 Titanic Boulevard, BELFAST, BT3 9HQ

Donation: We ask for £4 to help support our activities as we have no other source of income

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LibrariesNI at Armagh Irish and Local Studies Library 
and Living Legacies 1914-1918.

WW1 AND YOU

Objects, Memories, Resources

Libraries NI and Living Legacies 1914-18 invite you to explore the lives of your WW1 ancestors, and help to record and preserve their stories and memorabilia for the future. As part of an afternoon of talks and discussion on how the war affected everyday lives, the research team from the Centre will be on hand to give free information and advice on your WWI family heirlooms and memorabilia in personal collections. Free information and advice for budding family researchers from experts in family history.

So please do come and bring your WW1 objects and artefacts (photographs, letters, diaries etc.) to this event at Armagh Irish and Local Studies Library.

Scanning and recording of memorabilia and stories throughout the afternoon.

Wednesday 13th May 2015 1.00pm - 4.30pm

Please click the poster for further details

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Parliamentary Recruiting Poster No.88 April 1915.

This exhibition forms part of the Ulster Museum’s programme to mark the centenary of the First World War. It presents a dazzling selection from the History Department’s large collection of First World War posters, illustrating various aspects of the drive for recruitment between 1914 and 1918 and a range of visually-exciting calls for civilian support for the war effort.

This exhibition contains nearly 60 posters from the Ulster Museum’s extensive collection of First World War posters (c.230 in total and displays them in three broad groups – Parliamentary Recruiting Committee posters (1915-1916); Irish Recruiting Posters (1914-1918) and posters promoting civilian support for the war effort, including two striking posters by the celebrated graphic artist Frank Brangwynn.

This is the first exhibition in Ireland which displays these posters as a large group, with the emphasis on the role of images in the story of war and as agents of media and marketing. It will be of special attraction to all with an interest in the history of the First World War in Ireland, and the role of graphic art and popular imagery in promoting support for it.

http://www.nmni.com/um/What-s-on/Current-Exhibitions/Answer-the-Call--First-World-War-Posters

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The Great War: An intimate look at the Spectator Group's reporting in 1914 following Britain's entry into the First World War. Uncover the thoughts of local people during the first months of the war and trace soldier's experiences in both training and the battlefield. Launched as part of the museums 'Remembering the Great War in North Down and Ards 1914-1916' project. The exhibition is the first in a series of four travelling exhibitions which will be displayed in various locations throughout Ards and North Down. 

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