Details of the 2019 Irish Military Seminar to be held in Newbridge Co. Kildare in June have been announced. See below.
Programme:
THURSDAY 6 JUNE: NEWBRIDGE LIBRARY
19:00 pm Official opening of the Seminar
Book Launch — A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at D-Day, Dan Harvey
THURSDAY 13 JUNE: NEWBRIDGE LIBRARY
18:45 pm Reception
19:15 pm Downed Luftwaffe Aircraft, Mick Rowley
19:55 pm Technological Advances in the Boer War, Liam Kenny
20:45 pm Kildare and the Irish War of Independence, Mick Murphy
FRIDAY 14 JUNE: RIVERBANK ARTS CENTRE, NEWBRIDGE
18:00 pm Reception
19:00 pm Heroes of Jadotville, Leo Quinlan
20:00 pm The Battle of At Tiri, a panel discussion with Irish veterans, facilitated by Sgt. Wayne FitzGerald, Editor of An Cosantóir
SATURDAY 15 JUNE: RIVERBANK ARTS CENTRE, NEWBRIDGE
9:00 am –16:00 pm Full day of presentations from noted historians: Dr. Myles Dungan, Dr. Ruan O’Donnell, Dr. Leeann Lane, Des Ekin, Dr. T. Ryle Dwyer and Dr. Mary McAuliffe
Topics: The Battle of Kinsale; Dorothy Macardle, Irish Neutrality in WWII; IRA Border Campaign 1956; Margaret Skinnider; The Irish at the Battle of Little Big Horn
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
THURSDAY: FREE – Newbridge Library newbridgelib@kildarecoco.ie or 045 448353
FRIDAY: FREE – BOOKING ESSENTIAL – BOXOFFICE@RIVERBANK.IE / 045-448327
SATURDAY: €5 BOOKING ESSENTIAL – BOXOFFICE@RIVERBANK.IE / 045-448327