THE IRISH EASTER UPRISING – 1916

This illustrated presentation will explore the story of the Easter Rising, the week’s events and its context.

“On 24th April 1916, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army seized strategic parts of Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. They held out for a week under attack by the British military. The Rising was to lay the seeds for eventual Irish Independence, and is commemorated as the essential foundation stone of the Irish State”

Michael Barry is an Author and Historian who studied in Trinity College, Dublin. He has worked on transportation projects both in Ireland and around the world. With a strong interest in history and heritage, Michael has written many books including ‘Homage to al-Andalus, the Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain’, and recently, the acclaimed ‘Courage Boys, We are Winning, an Illustrated History of the 1916 Rising’