Tag: #Echoesof1916

Councillor calls for records to be put in public domain

Councillor calls for records to be put in public domain

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan LUCAN-BASED Councillor Liona O’Toole has been doing some research into her family history. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Breslin and his ...

Courageous women of 1916 Rising and War of Independence

Courageous women of 1916 Rising and War of Independence

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan A TALLAGHT family has celebrated their antecedents’ roles in the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and beyond. Trish ...

Women of 1916 celebrated in song, dance and poetry

Women of 1916 celebrated in song, dance and poetry

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy THE women of 1916 are being remembered and celebrated through song, dance and poetry on April 18, when the ...

Dublin girl of 16 raised the Irish flag over Liberty Hall

Dublin girl of 16 raised the Irish flag over Liberty Hall

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan A DUBLIN teenager who raised the Irish flag (the gold harp on green) over Liberty Hall a week before ...

Key roles of women depicted in unique dramatic offering

Key roles of women depicted in unique dramatic offering

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyTHE key role women played during the Easter Rising, was depicted in spectacular style by two actors at Ballyfermot Library ...

Gaelscoil students create models of key buildings in Rising

Gaelscoil students create models of key buildings in Rising

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey STUDENTS from Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin created miniature models of key buildings synonymous with the Easter Rising – which form ...

Drama of 1916 Rising as seen by the nurse who carried the white flag

Drama of 1916 Rising as seen by the nurse who carried the white flag

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy A DRAMATIC re-enactment of the ‘surrender, the court martial and the execution’ of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, ...