1916 Rising in Galway

galway | crime and justice | event notice Sunday March 20, 2005 18:24 by JFC - Galway Labour History Group

Public lecture, Town Hall Theatre, 8.30 pm

On Tuesday, 25 April 1915, about 600 poorly-trained & poorly-armed young people reported for duty in the Athenry / Oranmore / Gort district of Co Galway. It was the only major mobilisation of the 1916 rebellion outside of Dublin. Who were these young people & what did they hope to achieve?

Answers to these and other questions will by provided by Fergus Campbell, author of a new book entitled 'Land & Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland, 1891-1921', recently published by Oxford University Press.

Admission is free to the lecture, which is hosted by the Galway Labour History Group, and all are welcome