History Ireland Hedge school: Battle of the Somme

History Ireland Hedge school: Battle of the Somme

Tuesday 19 July at 7pm

Join History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham and panel - Jennifer Wellington (UCD), Lar Joye (National Museum), David Murphy (Maynooth), and Tom Burke (Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association) - for a discussion to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

Fought between 1 July and 1 November 1916 the Somme Offensive was one of the bloodiest battles in history, costing the lives of more than 1.5 million men. On the first day alone the British Army suffered c. 60,000 casualties, many of them members of the 36th (Ulster) Division, and later soldiers of the 16th (Irish) Division were involved. While the involvement of the former continues to be extensively commemorated (especially in the North), Southern nationalist involvement has left a more ambiguous legacy. 

 All welcome. Boking not required.