1916 Commemoration Season Gets Underway At Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
A very special 1916 Commemoration Season gets underway at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre this week. Starting this Saturday 16 April with the play, Sisters of the Rising, the next two months will see a packed programme of theatre, music, discussion, poetry & storytelling at the Offaly venue. Based on eye witness accounts of women […]
1916 Easter Rising to be celebrated in European Parliament
A two-day celebration of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels next week. The celebration will comprise of a series of events which will include historical and political hearings, a concert of Irish music, dramatic re-enactments and a presentation of a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence. […]
