Uncovering 1916: UCD Adult Education course

Uncovering 1916

Our cultural partnership with UCD Adult Education continues in 2016 with the first course  exploring the 1916 Rising:

This course will explore the events surrounding the 1916 Rising. Lectures will reveal the context, development, course and aftermath of the rebellion as well as issues surrounding its interpretation and commemoration. Manuscript material, documentary footage, contemporary newspapers, ephemera and the Library’s photographic collection will elucidate the subject for participants. The course will conclude with a field trip to the Easter Rising Exhibition at the Collins Barracks Museum. Uncovering 1916 will examine the complex origins and development of the rebellion and its impact on Irish society and politics in the immediate years after. As we near the hundred anniversary of the remarkable events of Easter Week 1916, this course hopes to give participants an in depth knowledge and understanding of perhaps the most decisive moment in modern Irish history.

8 Wednesdays: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 2

10:00am – 12.30 pm                      Fee: €195

Tutor: Dr Richard Mc Elligott

For details on the courses at the NLI:

Full details on all the courses and to book places: UCD Adult Education website  : http://www.ucd.ie/adulted/                        01 716 7123