About this Event
The Military Archives, Military History Society of Ireland, and historians Gerard Shannon and Liz Gillis, have organised a one-day historical conference examining the many aspects of the great Cathal Brugha at the barracks which bears his name.
The conference will take place on Saturday 27 April, beginning at 10:15am, in the Brigade Auditorium, Cathal Brugha Barracks. As seating is limited, booking in advance is required.
ID will be required at barrack gate.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
10:15: Arrival, tea and coffee.
11:00 - 11:30: Opening remarks by Brig Gen (retd) Tony Cudmore, President of the Military History Society of Ireland.
11:40 - 13:00: Session One – Legacy and Early activism
· Do chum glóire Dé agus onóra na hÉireann: Brugha in Memory and Commemoration by Dr Caitlin White (TCD).
· A deep commitment to Irish language and culture: Cathal Brugha and the Gaelic League by Dr Mary MacDiarmada (DCU).
· Cathal Brugha, the 4th Battalion and the 1916 Rising by Liz Gillis (Independent Scholar).
· Ten minutes Q & A.
13:00 - 14:00: Break for lunch.
14:00-15:20: Session Two – Through Revolution and Truce
· ‘The chances of any of the party of Volunteers surviving subsequent to those executions would be one in a million': Cathal Brugha's plan to assassinate the British Cabinet by Fergus O’Farrell (Independent Scholar).
· Duty, conspiracy and enmity: Cathal Brugha as minister for defence, 1919-22 by Dr Daithí Ó’Corrain (DCU) and Dr Gerard Hanley (DCU).
· 'Would prefer to die by an Orange bullet or an English bullet': Cathal Brugha and the drift to Civil War by Gerard Shannon (Independent Scholar).
· Ten minutes Q & A.
15:20 - 15:40: Break, tea and coffee.
15:40 - 16:30: Session Three – Death and Aftermath
· Death in Dublin: The battle for Dublin and death of Cathal Brugha by John Dorney (Independent Scholar).
· Caitlín Brugha: Sincere and Wholehearted Loyalty by Joanne Rothwell (Waterford County Council).
· Ten minutes Q & A.
16:30 - 17:00: Closing Address
· ‘Selfless Commitment to What Was Right’ by Dr. Cathal MacSwiney Brugha
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cathal Brugha Barracks, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, Ireland