Irish Military Seminar now under way

The Irish Military Seminar is currently under way with a full programme of lectures this year in venues across the county, Naas and Newbridge Libraries and Newbridge Town Hall, featuring renowned historians and authors, including Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, the keynote speaker who will give a talk based on his most recent book, Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War.

James Durney’s talk Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall, Mickser Mahon based on his recent book, is on tonight, Tuesday 7 June, in Newbridge Library. Naas and Newbridge Libraries will host Dr Tomás Mac Conmara’s bilingual talk, The Irish Civil War, and the Memory of a Divided Landscape, on 9 and 10 June. 

A varied and interesting programme is on offer in the Town Hall (Old Garrison Church), Newbridge, on Saturday 11 June from 09.15, with authors, archaeologists and historians including Paul Duffy (From Carrickfergus to Carcassonne: The Crusade against the Cathars); Dr Gerri O’Neill (Sex for Secrets? The IRA’s ‘honey-trap’ operation, 1920-21); Dr Patrick Mulroe (From Confusion to Counter Insurgency: The Irish Security Response to the Outbreak of Violence in Northern Ireland 1969-1972), and Dr Connie Kelleher (Military and naval tactics and the suppression of historic piracy in Ireland – where it all went wrong). Woodbine Books will be offering a wide range of local, national, and international history publications at Newbridge Town Hall. Free event. Book via https://bit.ly/3kIUbXA. Booking is essential for all events; please click here for details or check the Facebook page of Kildare Decade of Commemorations.

The event is part of Kildare County Council’s Decade of Commemorations Committee programme, in association with the OPW, Castletown House, Kildare Library & Arts Service, June Fest, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media.

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