About this Event
This panel discussion will examine three distinct strands of Irish history
Our understanding of history:
Heritage, family, culture, education: how they influence us.
Life experience: can this alter what we have 'learned' from the above?
Panel
Dr. Siobhra Aiken (QUB) will be talking about her family history and its meaning/significance
Prof Donal Hassett (NUIM) talk about memory of the First World War in Africa and how both the limits of the colonial archive and local culture and politics have shaped how communities relate to this past in very different ways on the continent.
Linda Ervine (Turas) on learning and speaking Irish having come from a Protestant, Loyalist community.
Brian Walsh (County Museum, Dundalk) on the importance and influence of material culture in a increasingly digital world.
Chaired by Anthony Canavan
Event venue & nearby stays
County Museum, Dundalk, Ireland
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