Trust News Issue - November 2008
Forthcoming events at National Museum of Ireland Soldiers and Chiefs Exhibition
Military History Society of Ireland, Lecture Programme Winter 2008-9
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association: Schedule of Activities for Winter 2008
Review of "The Irish Brigades: 1685-2006" by Colonel W.R.H. Charley O.B.E.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS AT THE SOLDIERS & CHIEFS EXHIBITION
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND,COLLINS BARRACKS, DUBLIN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2008
Sat 8th November 2008
Adult Gallery Talk: The First World War Medals of poet Tom Kettle
12pm Talk by Siobhan Pierce, NMI, in Soldiers & Chiefs – The First World War.
Sat 8th November 2008
Family Day: Ireland and the end of World War One
A day of talks and events to mark Ireland's involvement in World War One.
The programme includes a talk on the 18-pdr artillery gun on display in ‘Soldiers and Chiefs' and a look at the soldier's life during the war.
Events for younger visitors include making your own bi-plane and creating your own medals
Places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Sat 15th November 2008
Adult Gallery Talk: An example of the jet engine, the de Havilland Vampire Jet
12pm Talk by Michael Whelan, Curator Irish Air Corp Museum,
in Soldiers & Chiefs – Claiming the Future.
Saturday 22nd November 2008
Adult Gallery Talk: The Irish Defence Forces Aid to the Civil Power
12pm Talk by Olly O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer Óglaigh Náisiúnta Na hÉireann Teoranta,
(Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women),
in Soldiers & Chiefs – Claiming the Future.
Saturday 6th December 2008
Adult Gallery Talk: Christmas in the Trenches
12pm Talk by Lar Joye, NMI, in Soldiers & Chiefs – The First World War.
Blaze Away – Duelling, Gun Makers & Sword Makers in 19th Century Ireland
An exhibition examining duelling in Ireland and the work of two Irish families who made swords and guns in Dublin in the 19th century will open in Collins Barracks, Dublin during the coming winter of 2008. The Rigby family of Suffolk Street were Ireland's most famous gun makers and the Read family of Parliament Street were Ireland's most renowned sword makers. Dublin had a large armaments industry in the19th century and the exhibition will highlight this work by bringing out of storage the Museum's large collection of swords and guns.
SPECIAL EXHIBITION : UN 50
Part of Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad Since 1550.
I reland joined the United Nations in 1955 and since 1958 has been involved continuously in peacekeeping duties throughout the world. The UN 50 exhibition examines the role played by these Irish men and women in the cause of world peace over the last 50 years in particular looking at their service in Congo, Cyprus, Somalia, the Sinai, Lebanon, Liberia and Chad. Over 800 peacekeepers have lost their lives in the service of the United Nations of whom 10% were Irish.
The exhibition continues to December 2008 and contains interactives about Irish peacekeepers and equipment from their tours in Congo and Lebanon. UN 50 is part of Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad Since 1550 permanent exhibition at The National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks Dublin 7.
ADMISSION to all exhibitions is FREE OF CHARGE.
Right Click HERE to download UN 50 Poster
The museum is open from 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday and from 2pm to 5pm on Sundays.
Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays .
Visit www.museum.ie
THE MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY OF IRELAND
LECTURE PROGRAMME
WINTER 2008-9
Friday 14 th November 2008
The French service record of Theobald Wolfe Tone
Dr Sylvie Kleinman
Friday 5 th December 2008
Mulcahy and Collins: a fortuitous leadership
Professor Risteard Mulcahy
Saturday 6 th December 2008
Morning: The AGM of the Society
(in Cathal Brugha Barracks)
Evening: The Annual Dinner
(in St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle)
Friday 9 th January 2009
Dynamic of destruction: culture and mass killing in the First World War
Professor Alan Kramer
Friday 13 th February 2009
Airships the north Irish Sea during the Great War
Mr Guy Warner
Friday 13th March 2009
Irish men and women in the French Resistance and SOE during WWII
Dr David Murphy
Friday 17 th April 2009
The Confederate Washington: the military leadership of Robert E. Lee
Dr Patrick Geoghegan
Lectures will be given at 8.00 p.m. in Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.
Non-members are welcome to all lectures
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ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS ASSOCIATION
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR WINTER 2008
November 7th Friday
Mass at City Quay Church, Dublin. To Remember the Fallen. Time 7:30 p.m.
November 9th Sunday
Ecumenical Service of Remembrance at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Time 2:30 p.m.
The President, Mrs. Mary Mc Aleese will attend.
Members may attend as part of the general public.
November 15th Saturday
Saturday: Lecture: Title. Hell Let Loose - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the German Offensive of March 1918.
Speaker: Mr Sean Connolly.
Venue: Dublin City Library and Archive, Gilbert Library, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Time 3:00 p.m.
December 5th Friday
The RDF Association Annual Dinner.
Venue. The Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. Time 8:00 p.m.
Members and friends wishing to attend may book their seats by writing to the Secretary of the RDF Assoc. before Monday 1st December 2008.
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REVIEW OF "THE IRISH BRIGADES: 1685-2006"
BY COL. W.R.H. CHARLEY O.B.E.
"The Irish Brigades, 1685-2006, a gazetteer of Irish military service, past and present", researched and written by Dr. David Murphy and published by Four Courts Press (2007), was commissioned by The Military Heritage of Ireland Trust Ltd. Our Newsletter for December 2007 carries the announcement of the publication. The following review of the book has been submitted by Colonel W.R.H (Robin) Charley O.B.E., Honorary Treasurer of the Somme Association.
" The work the author has done to produce all the locations of Irish units in Chapter 7 is really brilliant. When I was Curator of the R.U.R. Museum about 30 years ago, it took me simply ages trying to record the locations of just the 83rd and 86th Regiments for each year and he has done it for hundreds of units! The book really is brilliant and most useful. It will be the front volume on my bookshelves from now on."
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