Soldiers and Civilians - Experiences and Memories of the First World War
At the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
Saturday 25 October 2014, 10am-5.15pm
What was the First World War really like for men and women in uniform, and prisoners and civilians experience during the War?
Through letters, poetry, diaries, cartoons and first-hand accounts of the realities of war, we explore the everyday and extraordinary experiences of soldiers, nurses and civilians during the First World War.
With a range of speakers from Ireland and abroad, we’ll focus on the experiences of the First World War, not just from an Irish viewpoint, but from the Turkish, British and German perspectives, and look at how the War has been commemorated across Europe in the centenary year of the start of the conflict.
Speakers include Dr Catriona Pennell (University of Exeter), Altay Cengizer (Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Dr William Mulligan (University College Dublin) and Dr Elaine Byrne (Global Irish Studies Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney).
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association will give a drop-in workshop on how to trace records of family relatives who served in the army during WW1.
Tickets €10/ Concessions €7. Booking required: bookings@museum.ie
Full programme on our website.
For further press information please contact:
Edith Andrees, Tel. 01 6486 441
Helen Beaumont, Education & Outreach Officer, National Museum of Ireland, Tel. 01 6486405, Mob. 087 2373192
Notes to the editor
• This is the seventh annual day of talks and events exploring World War One the Museum has held since 2008. Around 200,000 Irishmen served in the British Services and more than 30,000 Irishmen died in the War.
• Visitors interested in this period of history can explore more in the award-winning exhibition, ‘Soldiers and Chiefs’ which traces Ireland's military history from 1550 into the 21st Century, on display at Collins Barracks.
• The National Museum of Ireland will organise similar events in the coming year and will again place calls for papers for events, as it did for this conference. For more information on upcoming events check the Museum website www.museum.ie
Full Conference Programme on our website or see below:
Soldiers and Civilians
Experiences and Memories of the First World War
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Baracks
Saturday, 25 October 2014
PROGRAMME
10.00 – 10.10am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Raghnall Ó Floinn, Director, National Museum of Ireland
Chair: Tom Burke, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association
10.10 – 10.30am
A Truly Shared Commemoration? Britain, Ireland and the Centenary of the First World War
Dr Catriona Pennell, University of Exeter
10.30 – 10.50am
The Final Struggle: The Ottoman Empire in the First World War
Altay Cengizer, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10.50 – 11.10am
From Empire to Republic: the Experience of German Soldiers during and after the First World War
Dr William Mulligan, University College Dublin
11.10 – 11.20am
Q&A Session
11.20 – 11.50am Break
11.50am – 12.10pm
‘Ballydehob at War’: Researching Irish Communities on Lives of the First World War
Luke Smith, Imperial War Museums
12.10 – 12.30pm
Museums, Material Culture and Legacies of War(s) in Northern Ireland
Professor Elizabeth Crooke, University of Ulster
12.30 – 12.50pm
Lives Remembered at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Andrew Smith, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
12.50 – 1.10pm
Tales from the Crypt: World War One and the National Museum from 1914-2014
Lar Joye, National Museum of Ireland
1.10 – 1.20pm
Q&A Session
1.20 – 2.20pm
Lunch Break (Please note, lunch is not included in ticket price)
1.15 – 2.30pm
Drop-in event: Trace your relatives from the Great War
Find out how to trace records of family who served in the army with members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association.
Venue: ‘Soldiering in the Twentieth Century’ gallery of the ‘Soldiers and Chiefs’ exhibition
2.20 – 2.40pm
Poetry from Hell: Soldiers and Civilians’ Poems on World War One
Dr Flavio Sanza, Swansea University Wales
2.40 – 3pm
The Role of Women in the First World War
Dr Ann McVeigh, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
3 – 3.20pm
Jubilee nurses and the First World War
Liz Prendergast, Author and Artist
3.20 – 3.40pm
‘Barbed Wire Disease’: German POWs in Templemore, 1914-15
Dr John Reynolds, Garda Siochána
3.40 – 4pm Break
4 – 4.20pm
Lest they remember? The memory of the First World War in the Irish Free State, 1918-1928
Emmanuel Destenay, University Paris IV Sorbonne
4.20 – 4.40pm
The Politics of Commemoration: Ireland and Australia
Dr Elaine Byrne, University of New South Wales, Sydney
4.40 – 4.55pm
Remembering World War One: a Contemporary Music Project
George Higgs, Composer
4.55 - 5.15pm
Q&A Session and Closing Remarks