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Decade of Centenaries

2023 Decade of Centenaries Clare Programme

Upcoming Decade of Cententaries Events

Civil War in Clare - Lecture by Joe Power. Wednesday, 24 May at 6.30pm in DeValera Library, Ennis

Decade of Centenaries Project Awards 2023

The following groups and historians were awarded funding from the Decade of Centenaries Clare Project Awards in 2023:

Joe Ó Muircheartaigh - documentary on Clare GAA in the Civil War
Inis Cathaigh Kilrush Comhaltas - 1916-1923 series of concerts in July
West Clare War of Independence Committee - reissue of commemorative booklet
Lissycasey Historical Committee - History Day
East Clare Memorial Committee - East Clare Memorial website
Dúchas na Sionna - Hastings Cottage heritage event
Mid Clare Commemoration Group - Canada Cross , Miltown and Rineen commmemorations
Brian Spring - walking trail of Ennis
Marie Connole - visual art exhibition in Scariff Library August-September 2023

Decade of Centenaries Clare 2023:

Civil War in Clare - Lecture by Joe Power. Thursday, 11 May, Kilrush Library
Lecture by Colm Liddy on Nan Hogan. Shannon Library. Tuesday, 9 May
Canada Cross Commemoration by the Mid Clare Brigade Commemoration Comittee 15 April 2023
Reflections of an Irish Grandson [prerecorded video talk] by Vincent J. Quealy 14 April 2023
Flor McCarthy Stories of the Revolution Ennis Book Club Festival March 2023
Colm Liddy Lecture: Nan Hogan Ennis Book Club Festival March 2023

Decade of Centenaries Clare Programme 2022
Decade of Centenaries Clare Programme 2021
Decade of Centenaries Clare Programme 2020
Decade of Centenaries Clare Programme 2019

Clare County Library Website War of Independence links:

Commemorating the War of Independence in West Clare 1919-1921 by West Clare War of Independence Committee
Nan Hogan of Clare Cumann na mBan by Martin Bourke
Corofin Workhouse 1919-1920
Corofin and the Sky Over It: Life in Corofin during the Troubles
Banner in Turmoil: County Clare and the War of Independence exhibition
Clare Revolution 1916-1923 Part 1 by Ger Browne
Clare Revolution 1916-1923 Part 2 by Ger Browne
The War of Independence in Clare History Ireland Hedge School, History Week 2019
IRA Volunteers in County Clare
IRA Volunteers in County Clare: Biographies
Clare Witness Statements 1913-1921
John Minihan Papers

The Rineen Ambush
The War of Independence in West Clare
Memoirs of Andrew O'Donoghue, War of Independence
Peter Vaughan: From the Hindenburg Line to Rineen
War of Independence and Civil War: Patrick (Pat) Keane, Kilnamona
Witness to War 1917-1923: Commandant Séamus Hennessy
War of Independence Compensation Claims 1921 – 1923
Reading the Rising 1916 Book Promotion
Words of War World War One Book Promotion

The Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 commemorates an eventful decade in Ireland’s history. We have now reached the penultimate year. This is a complex and sensitive period in our history, as we mark the centenaries of events arising from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty; the outbreak of the Civil War; and the foundation of the State. The Decade of Centenaries programme aims to commemorate these events in a tolerant, inclusive and respectful way.

Local Authorities oversee the Community Strand of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media's Commemorative Programme. Funding is provided annually to each Local Authority and a programme of commemorations is submitted to the Commemorations Unit of the Department for approval. The Community Strand encourages a collaborative approach between the State, local authority network and community organisations.

The terms of the Decade of Centenaires funding are based on the guidance of the Commemorations Unit of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and follow the principles laid down by the Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemorations. The Commemorations Unit recognise ‘that local cultural organisations, archives, museums and libraries act in positions of ‘cultural brokers’ and have formed meaningful relationships with local communities.’

Details of national Decade of Centenaries events can be found at www.decadeofcentenaries.com

Queries can be emailed to: decadeofcentenaries@clarecoco.ie