Upcoming Offaly history lecture on those who died in the Irish Revolution, 1916-21
The Offaly historical and archaeological society is to host an online lecture by Dr Daithí Ó Corráin which will examine the lives of people who died during the Irish revolutionary period between 1916 and 1921.
The lecture, 'Falling Between The Cracks of Remembrance: Who Were the Dead of the Irish Revolution, 1916-21?' will take place on Monday next, August 30, at 7.30pm.
It will discuss the scale of lethal violence which claimed the lives of 2,850 people - civilians, republicans, police and British military - during this five-year period.
It will set out both national and local trends, explain causes of and responsibility for death, and examine a selection of individual but largely forgotten cases from Offaly and the Midlands.
Lastly, it will explain how the stories of the dead were recovered and why this is important.
Daithí Ó Corráin lectures in the School of History and Geography in DCU and is a chair of the MA in History. He has published widely on the Irish Revolution and Irish Catholicism.
His latest book (with Eunan O'Halpin) is the landmark The Dead of the Irish Revolution (Yale, 2020).
* To access a link for the lecture on Monday evening next, email info@offalyhistory.com and title your email, 'Zoom Irish Revolution'.