After The Revolution: History Conference At Saint George's

Saint Georges Arts And Heritage Centre, Georges Street, Mitchelstown, Co.cork P6

Sat 30 Sep 2023 (note: this event has already taken place)
10am
€25


The second annual history conference at Saint George’s Arts and Heritage Centre which is being held on Saturday, 30th September from 10am to 5pm. 'After the Revolution- the end of the civil war and its aftermath,' will focus on the consequences and challenges of the Revolutionary Period and how towns, villages and society came out of one of the most tumultuous periods in Irish history.
The conference has brought together six leading historians, writers and academics, to shed new light on one of the most challenging of periods in recent history.
Drawing on the unprecedented success of last year's inaugural conference - Doomed Inheritance, which coincided with the centenary of the looting and burning of Mitchelstown Castle in 1922, this year’s conference will consider the experiences of people and places as the country emerged from the ashes of the vicious civil war. The conference will provide those interested in this period in Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and further afield with an opportunity to engage with and discuss events, themes and theories with the expert panel and other

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