DATE: 3 March 2016
VENUE: Commemorative series to collect
UCD and the Irish Independent have collaborated to produce the 1916 Collection, an insightful and informative series of ten supplements. These supplements allow UCD to share a wealth of knowledge via our expert academics and archival materials. As a major holder of archives of national and international significance relating to the Decade of Centenaries (1912-1923), the university’s vision is to inform national debate and understanding with an objective scholarly voice, in a manner that brings education and new perspectives to the fore.
The supplements will be published with the Irish Independent on the following dates:
Part 1: Road to the Rebellion – October 16th
Part 2: Assembling the Armies – October 29th
Part 3: Planning the Rebellion – November 12th
Part 4: Leaders of the Rising – November 26th
Part 5: The Rising Erupts – December 10th
Part 6: The Six Day Rebellion – January 7th
Part 7: The Poets’ Revolt – January 21st
Part 8: The Women of 1916 – February 4th
Part 9: Surrender, Trials and Executions – February 18th
Part 10: Legacy of the Rising March 3rd