Revolution in Roscommon is the subject of latest History Ireland Hedge School
Photo: A previous History Ireland Hedge School with Editor Tommy Graham pictured in the middle with his arms folded.
Roscommon was one of the first counties to reflect the ‘utter change’ of the post-1916 period with the election of the first Sinn Féin-backed MP in February 1917. In less than two years that party would win a landslide victory in the general election of 1918, but that mandate for independence was ignored by the British, resulting in the War of Independence. How typical of that transformation was Roscommon and how did it fare in the War of Independence?
Join History Ireland editor Tommy Graham on Tuesday, October 27 in discussion with John Burke, Brian Hanley and May Moran for a podcast which is sure to be of interest to local history fans.
Produced in association with Roscommon County Council and the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2012– 2023 initiative, the podcast was recorded via Zoom. It is available as a podcast at www.historyireland.com/podcast-channel or wherever you find your podcasts (Apple, Audible etc).
Panellists include John Burke, author of Roscommon: the Irish Revolution 1912–1923 (Four Courts Press, 2020), and May Moran, who wrote 'Executed for Ireland—the Patrick Moran story' (Mercier Press, 2010). Brian Hanley lectures in Irish history at Trinity College, Dublin.
The History Ireland Hedge Schools, developed by Tommy Graham, are a public history format for making high-quality research accessible to a general audience and are lively, unfettered debates on a range of historical topics.
The podcast is part of the Decade of Centenaries programme in association with Roscommon Historical & Archaeological Society. The society was formed in 1982 as the re-formation of a society of the same name which was founded in 1905. The society holds monthly lectures in Strokestown and has published twelve editions of its journal. For further information see https://www.facebook.com/coroscommonhistoricalandarchaeologicalsociety/