RTÉ Road to the Rising

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RTÉ Road to the Rising O’Connell Street, Dublin Monday 6 April 11.00-17.00

Contents

Welcome one and all

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Register Your Treasures

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Step Into History Family Day Out

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Music Hall Stage

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Yellow

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The Tented Village

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Silent Moviedrome

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Dublin Remembers

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Step into history this Easter Monday and experience the sights and sounds of the capital in 1915.

O’Connell Street will come alive with street theatre, music and vintage attractions as RTÉ recreates the atmosphere of Ireland before the Easter Rising.

The street will be devoted to pedestrians for the day. So, jump on a vintage carousel, hop on board a steam train and feast your eyes on some of the finest motor cars from that time and lots more besides.

Of course, Dublin a century ago was not all frivolity. Near O’Connell Street lay one of the largest slums in Europe, where people lived in unimaginable poverty.

Rté Radio Broadcasts

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A Day Of Lectures At The Abbey Theatre

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Insurrection Charity Screening

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Free Talks & Discussions

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Follow The Road To The Rising Trail

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Eats & Treats

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Choose from more than 60 talks and exhibitions and be part of live broadcasts throughout the day. Explore all aspects of social, political and cultural life during this period in the company of RTÉ presenters and leading historians.

Essential Information

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Bring all the family and join RTÉ on the…ROAD TO THE RISING

Looking Ahead to 2016

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Transport Map

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For more information and updates, please check out rte.ie/1916 and follow @rte | #rteroadtorising

O’Connell St & Venue Map

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Many Thanks

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RTÉ Road to the Rising will reflect the lives of all Dubliners – rich and poor and that small, determined group that was plotting rebellion.

RTÉ Road to the Rising has been created in partnership with An Post, Dublin City Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with collaboration and support from the National Library of Ireland, Transport for Ireland and the local business sector.

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RTÉ is proud to play a role in bearing witness to Ireland’s most memorable and historic moments. We are delighted to partner with An Post, Dublin City Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to deliver this exciting programme of events for Easter Monday.

RTÉ will continue to play a significant role in helping the nation mark the Decade of Commemorations. RTÉ Road to the Rising will be a highly creative and impactful re-imagining of this period in history and will help set the stage and provoke the national conversation about our identity and cultural roots. Whether you are on the street on the day, or with us as audience, RTÉ will continue to play a unique role in helping to draw the nation together, to celebrate and mark what is important and what defines us. Is léiriú é RTÉ Road to the Rising ar thiomantas RTÉ comóradh agus ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar phríomhimeachtaí Dheich mBliana na gCuimhneachán agus ar an tuiscint atá againn ar ár ról féin mar eagraíocht meán cumarsáide seirbhíse poiblí na hÉireann ina leith.

Noel Curran RTÉ

Welcome An Post is pleased to support this wonderful programme of events, with so much to inform and entertain people of all ages and interests. The tall crane moving steadily above the GPO is testament to the construction work currently underway on GPO Witness History, our new interpretive exhibition centre which will open at Easter 2016. We hope that anyone who has a family story to tell about the Easter Rising, or artefacts relating to the events of Easter week – or to those who were involved or impacted, adults and children alike - will take the opportunity to visit the GPO this Easter Monday, 2015. In conjunction with RTÉ and the National Library, we look forward to meeting them and to hearing their stories and to providing official registration facilities for precious artefacts. We invite our customers all over Ireland to come and walk with us on this RTÉ Road to the Rising – do bring your family and friends!

Donal Connell An Post

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RTÉ Road to the Rising is a very exciting project that will initiate the countdown to the Centenary of the 1916 Rising. Dublin City Council is proud to work in partnership with RTÉ, An Post and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to deliver this one off event in the historic setting of O’Connell Street.

I acknowledge the input of the business sector and other statutory partners who have worked together to create a wonderful programme for the day. The variety of content is both educational and entertaining and offers a unique opportunity for all to experience elements of early 20th Century Dublin. I invite and encourage everybody who has an interest in this period of our history to join us on O’Connell Street on Easter Monday for what promises to be an enjoyable and memorable family day out, as we look ahead to the Centenary just one year from now.

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke

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I am delighted to support RTÉ Road to the Rising, a wonderful event which transports us back to the Dublin of 1915 with an array of live performances, street theatre and even a vintage carousel and steam engine!

This project is a pioneering partnership between RTÉ, An Post, Dublin City Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, working closely with some of our National Cultural Institutions. The family-friendly events, talks and performances are an invitation to explore, imagine and reflect upon this important period in our history. It is a fantastic platform through which Irish people can approach the events of 1916 in a way that is interesting and engaging for all ages. It is also an excellent launch pad for Ireland 2016, the national initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sibh taitneamh as an lá.

Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

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AT THE GPO AN POST and The National Library of Ireland present

Register Your T r e asur e s BOOK YOUR INDIVIDUAL SESSION Archivists and historians from the National Library will assess your Easter Rising memorabilia.

People are invited to discuss how they would like their family mementos to be recorded for future generations. All participants will receive a special souvenir.

No ordnance permitted.

REE TICKETED EVENT (BOOKING ESSENTIAL) F Individual sessions available 11.00-16.00 TIME: PLACE: GPO, O’Connell St. BOOKING: rte.ie/1916 | 01 6030346

RECORD YOUR MEMORIES WITH RTÉ RADIO 1 Oral history is a valuable asset. RTÉ will have two sound booths where you can record your family memories of this time.

WHERE WERE YOUR FAMILY IN 1915?

Expert genealogists from Timeline and Eneclann will be on hand to answer your questions.

PUTTING A VALUE ON RISING COLLECTIBLES Specialists from Whyte’s Auction House will provide free valuation of your historic heirlooms as well as advice on how to research and preserve them. Everything is of interest – from the magnificent to the mundane.

RTÉ Radio 1, THE HISTORY SHOW: LIVE BROADCAST 13.30-15.00 Myles Dungan and guests discuss life, personalities and events in 1915.

LISTEN LIVE/LISTEN BACK rte.ie/radioplayer

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STEP INTO HISTORY Welcome to O’Connell Street, but not as you know it!

Step back in time as the street is pedestrianised for the day.

Experience the sights, sounds and people of the capital as they were 100 years ago. Highlights include: A restored open-front tram, originally built in 1914, will provide a platform for readings and performances on its top deck throughout the day.

Hitch a ride on our vintage carousel! Experience the romance of the Edwardians on this spectacle of regal splendour.

Invoke the glories of the Age of Steam as a life size steam engine makes O’Connell Street its platform for the day, along with a smaller model for children to explore.

Soak up the atmosphere of the day with a seat on our oversized Gramophone – a living, breathing monument to music of the period.

Guided Walking Tours: Departing from the James Larkin statue on O’Connell Street every half hour from 11.30. To see more there’s an illustrated map on P30.

Stationed outside the GPO, a Hot Air Balloon will rise 80ft into the air – a spectacle not to be missed.

Please note: the hot air balloon is weather dependent.

Actors will be on the street recreating the major milestones of life a century ago. Witness a fully costumed wedding, before journeying through the Capital at War. Massey Bros. will provide all the pomp and ceremony of a period funeral.

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11.00-17.00 O’CONNELL STREET

FREE TICKETED EVENT (BOOKING ADVISED) 12, 12:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:30 TIME: PLACE: GPO side door (Princes Street) BOOKING: rte.ie/1916

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YELLOW Immersive theatre at its best

The scene Thousands have gone to fight in World War 1. Back home, the Irish Volunteers are drilling in the Phoenix Park. We join the story on a Dublin side street as a young wife searches for her errant husband.

Actors include: Shane Whisker and Alanna Nolan

In this production created especially for RTÉ Road to the Rising, director Louise Lowe and her cast are propelled back to 1915 Dublin, a city gripped by austerity and gearing up for a fight.

MUSIC HALL

STAGE A fantastic array of singers, musicians and bands from around the country are set to take the stage to perform music from the 1915 era. This is not just any old stage, but a beautifully recreated Edwardian music stage. MC Louis Lovett will oversee proceedings, decked out in top hat and tails!

Music acts include The High Kings, The Kilkennys and Beoga, plus performances from singers Jack L, tenor Simon Morgan and soprano Mairead Buicke. Choirs include An Post Men’s Choir, Cór Chúil Aodha (directed by Peadar Ó Riada), the Piccolo Lasso Children’s Choir and The Brook Singers. Completing the line-up are the East Coast Jazz Band, the 4-in-a-Bar barbershop quartet and the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society.

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11.00-17.00 OCONNELL STREET

The Tented Village A glimpse into 1915 professions LIVE demonstrations

Master Cooper Barrel making with Ger Buckley, Midleton Distillery Milliner John Shevlin demonstrates the art of millinery Tailoring Louis Copeland and Sons demonstrate Edwardian hand-crafted suits Hair Salon Kazumi’s, Jenny Crawford and Grafton Barbers’, Conor McAlister demonstrate popular 1915 hair fashions

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11.00-17.00 ongoing CINEMOBILE, O’CONNELL STREET

part of the Register Your Treasure event, see P. 5 TIME: 13.30 – 15.00 PLACE: An Post, GPO

RTÉ RADIO 1, THE HISTORY SHOW: LIVE BROADCAST

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Myles Dungan and guests discuss in life in 1915 as well as the personalities and events which set the stage for the Road to the Rising.

FREE TICKETED EVENT TIME: 15.00-17.00 PLACE: THE GRESHAM, THE BALLROOM BOOKING: Listen to RTÉ Radio 1 Arena to be in with a chance to attend.

Between 1910 and 1915 New York’s O’Kalem Film Company produced almost thirty films dealing with Ireland and Irish subjects. Enjoy a rare opportunity to view the earliest series of fiction films made here and shot on both sides of the Atlantic. With thanks to the IFI Irish Film Archive.

RTÉ Radio 1: ARENA LIVE BROADCAST WITH THE RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA & GUESTS

(Duration 15 mins approx)

Live broadcast of RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena, presented by Seán Rocks, in front of a live studio audience. An afternoon of music, literature and the culture of Ireland in 1915 in the company of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special musical guests including Eddi Reader, Declan O’Rourke, Fiach Moriarty and The Kilfenora Céilí Band. Pre-booking essential.

FREE TIME: 11.00 – 17.00 PLACE: DCC MOBILE LIBRARY, O’CONNELL ST.

DUBLIN

R E M E M B E RS Find out what Dublin was like 100 years ago by visiting the Dublin City Public Libraries’ Learning Bus. See photos, pamphlets, maps and newspaper articles from 1915 and browse books on the history of the city. This is a showcase of the city’s exciting plans to engage communities across Dublin in commemorating the Easter Rising in 2016.

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TIME: PLACE:

16.00-17.00 An RODAÍ, O’CONNELL ST.

RTÉ RaidiÓ na Gaeltachta Cormac ag a Cúig – Oidhreacht na Cásca Eagrán speisialta den chlár cúrsaí reatha á chur i láthair ag Cormac Ó hEadhra agus á chraoladh beo ó Shráid Uí Chonaill. Pléifear oidhreacht an Éirí Amach in Éirinn sa lá atá inniú ann chomh maith le tábhacht na Gaeilge i 1916 agus anois.

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REE TICKETED EVENTS (BOOKING RECOMMENDED) F Peacock Theatre, The Abbey Theatre PLACE: BOOKING: rte.ie/1916 | abbeytheatre.ie | 01 8787 222

Please note: Shows will be recorded for future broadcast, late entry not admitted

RTÉ Radio 1 broadcastS at The ABBEY Theatre Join the audience for live recordings of your favourite shows and experience the ageless medium of radio, in the making. Limited allocation of tickets available on the door.

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10.50 (11.00-11.30)

THE POETRY PROGRAMME Rick O’Shea presents a special programme of poetry in conjunction with Poetry Ireland. The poems will be appropriate to the pre-revolutionary period and will star a host of young readers.

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12.50 (13.00-14.00)

SUNDAY MISCELLANY For over forty years, Sunday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 has meant Sunday Miscellany. Presented by Aoife Nic Cormaic and including writers Jack Harte and Christine Dwyer Hickey, as well as live music.

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14.50 (15.00-15.30)

THE BOOK SHOW The Book Show presented by Sinead Gleeson – exploring writing, books and ideas from 1915.

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16.20 (16.30-17.15)

RTÉ Drama on One presents ‘Forgotten Voices’ RTÉ Drama on One presents a re-imagined audio version of the forgotten play of 1916, The Spancel of Death by T.H. Nally. The play was due to be performed on the Abbey Stage Easter Week 1916 but was abandoned because of the Rising.

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REE TICKETED EVENT (BOOKING RECOMMENDED) F ABBEY THEATRE PLACE: BOOKING: r te.ie/1916 | abbeytheatre.ie

01 8787 222

A DAY OF LECTURES at the Abbey Theatre TIME: 11.00-13.00 Forgot to book? Limited allocation

of tickets available on the door. Stay for the whole session or come just for a section, the choice is yours

THE MAKING OF THE RISING 11.00 Welcome by RTÉ presenter, Miriam O’Callaghan

Introduction by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Christy Burke 11.15 Selected readings from The Irish Revival Period 11.30 The Ideas of 1916: Prof. Declan Kiberd,

UCD and Dr P.J. Mathews, UCD 12.15 The Revolutionary Generation: Prof. Roy Foster,

University of Oxford TIME: 14.00-16.30 Forgot to book? Limited allocation

of tickets available on the door. Stay for the whole session or come just for a section, the choice is yours

REVISITING THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA 14.00 Welcome by RTÉ presenter, David McCullagh

Introduction by Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage

and the Gaeltacht 14.15 David McCullagh, RTÉ in conversation with Professor

Joe Lee, New York University 15.00 Forgotten Voices - dramatised eye witness accounts of the Easter Rising 15.15 Dublin on the Eve of the Revolution: Catriona Crowe,

National Archives Ireland 15.45 In search of the Rabble: new sources & evidence for the Revolutionary era, Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, UCD 13

ENTRY: Charity screening - donations welcome.

Proceeds to Actors Benevolent Fund. Ticket permits entry and re-entry to as many episodes as you like LIBERTY HALL THEATRE 12.00-17.00 (Episodes 1 – 8)

PLACE: TIME: BOOKING: No Advance Booking Required, tickets on the door

Stay for one or stay for all – come and go as you please

‘INSURRECTION’ at Liberty Hall Proceeds to the Equity Actors’ Benevolent Fund

On the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Telefís Éireann produced a range of programmes about the events of 1916. Among these was ‘Insurrection’, an ambitious and groundbreaking television drama that has been stored in the RTÉ Archives for the past 50 years.

This eight-part series, broadcast nightly in 1966, told the story of the Rising as it might have unfolded had television existed in 1916. As part of RTÉ Road to the Rising, a charity screening of the restored series of ‘Insurrection’ will be shown at Liberty Hall Theatre over a single day.

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12.00 Introduction by historian and RTÉ broadcaster Dr. John Bowman.

Episode 1 (30 min) Sunday April 23rd 1916 Roger Casement has been arrested. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland declares “there will be no rising.”

Episode 2 (30 min) Monday 24th April 1916 Studio presenter (Ray McAnally) announces that there has been a rising in Dublin. Reporters describe the scenes.

Episode 3 (30 min) Tuesday 25th April 1916 James Connolly interviewed inside the GPO. Francis Sheehy Skeffington tries to prevent looting; taken hostage by Captain Bowen-Colthurst Episode 4 (30 min) Wednesday 26th April 1916 Sherwood Foresters attacked at Haddington Road.

Episode 5 (30 min) Thursday 27th April 1916 Death of Francis Sheehy Skeffington by firing squad announced. Wounded James Connolly is carried into the GPO. Patrick Pearse reflects on what losing will mean.

Episode 6 (30 min) Friday 28th April 1916 Rebels evacuate GPO as British military close in.

Episode 7 (30 min) Saturday 29th April 1916 Rebels surrender and are gathered under guard at the grounds of the Rotunda.

Episode 8 (30 min) Friday 12th May 1916 Kilmainham Jail. 13 rebels have been executed. James Connolly and Sean McDermott are next.

As shots ring out within the prison walls, Ray McAnally asks “The Insurrection is over or is it?”

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FREE OPEN TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS

NO Booking Required TIME: PLACE:

11.00-12.30 SOCIAL HALL, LIBERTY HALL

TIME: PLACE:

11.30-12.50 BALLROOM, WYNN’S HOTEL

WIVES, MOTHERS & REVOLUTIONARIES. WOMEN IN 1915 IRELAND

THE TWILIGHT OF EMPIRE. IRELAND & BRITAIN IN 1915

Hosted by Áine Lawlor, RTÉ Some women’s lives in Dublin city: Dr. Ann Matthews, Historian & Author.

Women Activists from 1900: Sinead McCoole, Historian and Author.

Panel discussion hosted by David McCullagh, RTÉ Prof. Ronan Fanning, Historian and Author.

TIME: PLACE:

Following the Fighters? Female Experiences of Revolutionary Ireland: Dr. Laura McAtackney, UCD. Feminism & Suffrage in Ireland from 1900: Dr. Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington.

11.00-12.50 TRINITY SUITE, GRESHAM HOTEL

BEFORE THE RISING – THE BIG PERSONALITIES. Part 1 Hosted by Mary Wilson, RTÉ Preparing the Way for Revolution: Patrick Pearse: Brian Crowley, Pearse Museum.

James Connolly & the Road to Revolution: Lorcan Collins, 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour.

TIME: PLACE:

John McBride: Donal Fallon, Historian & Author.

Constance Markievicz: Dr. Leeann Lane, DCU. Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa; 1915 & 2015: Gabriel Doherty, UCC.

11.00-15.00 O’CONNELL SUITE, GRESHAM HOTEL

EXHIBITION ROOM & MEET THE HISTORIANS The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland: Brenda Malone, National Museum of Ireland.

Historic Maps of Dublin: Tony Murphy, Ordnance Survey Ireland.

Medical Archives from 1900 onwards: Meadhbh Murphy, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

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Temple Street Children’s Hospital: Barry Kennerk, Historian and Author.

Ordinary Dublin: Mick O’Farrell, Historian/ Author & Derek Jones, Antiquities.

The Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio: Pat Herbert National Transport Museum: Jim Kilroy Glasnevin Museum: Ann Kilcoyne.

TIME: PLACE:

Dr. Conor Mulvagh, UCD. Dr Margaret O’Callaghan, QUB. Prof. Alan Titley, UCC. Dr. Maurice Manning, NUI.

12.00-12.50 CONNOLLY HALL, LIBERTY HALL

LAW & ORDER IN IRELAND 1915 Hosted by Myles Dungan, RTÉ Who were the Looters in 1916?

Crime and Society in Dublin during the Great War: Padraig Yeates, TIME: PLACE:

Historian and Author.

Policing and the Dublin Metropolitan Police: Sergeant Paul Maher, Garda Historical Society.

13.00-14.30 SOCIAL HALL, LIBERTY HALL

WIDER SOCIETY IN 1915 Hosted by Áine Lawlor, RTÉ War, Public Opinion and 1915: Dr. John Borgonovo, UCC. Sport and Society in Pre-Rising Ireland: Dr. Richard McElligott, UCD. TIME: PLACE:

Punishment and Order; The Irish Prison System in 1915: Dr. Fiachra Byrne, UCD. Dublin Restaurants Before 1916: Dr. Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, DIT.

13.00-14.30 CONNOLLY HALL, LIBERTY HALL

THE IRISH LANGUAGE & THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION Hosted by Cormac Ó hEadhra, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta The Cultural and Language Debates that Preceded the Rising: Alan Titley, UCC. The Story They Told: Revivalists and the 1916 Rising: Dr. Regina Uí Chollatáin, UCD. 17

FREE OPEN TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS

NO Booking Required

TIME: PLACE:

13.30-14.50 TRINITY SUITE, GRESHAM HOTEL

BEYOND THE LEGEND: FAMILY MEMORIES OF THE VOLUNTEERS Hosted by Brian Dowling, RTÉ Individual talks by family members of the Volunteers Donna Cooney, grand-niece of Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell.

Proinsias Ó Rathaille, grandson of The Ó Rahilly.

Michelle Drysdale, great-granddaughter of Thomas & Muriel MacDonagh.

Honor Ó Brolchain, grand-niece of Joseph Plunkett.

TIME: PLACE:

13.30-15.00 BALLROOM, WYNN’S HOTEL

LIVING AND DYING IN 1915 Hosted by Miriam O’Callaghan, RTÉ Growing Pains: Childhood illness in Ireland: Dr. Anne MacLellan, Medical

Historian and Author.

Who delivered the babies? Dr. Phil Gorey, UCD. Insanity and Insurrection: Mental Illness Dr. Alice Mauger, UCD. Darker Dublin – Living Behind the Scenes: Christiaan Corlett, Author.

TIME: PLACE:

15.00 – 17.00 TRINITY SUITE, GRESHAM HOTEL

ORDINARY LIFE IN 1915 Hosted by Keelin Shanley, RTÉ Popular Culture and Everyday Life: Dr. Elaine Sisson, DIADT.

Quality of Life – Life of the Quality. How the Rich Lived: Dr. Joseph Brady, UCD. Going to the Movies in 1915: Dr. Ruth Barton, TCD. O’Connell Street 1915: Dr. Lisa Marie Griffith, Historian and Author.

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FREE OPEN TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS

NO Booking Required TIME: PLACE:

15.00-17.00 CONNOLLY HALL, LIBERTY HALL

COLLECTING THE RISING The Rising Value of Rising Collectables: Ian Whyte, Whyte’s Irish Art

& Collectables.

Understanding the Rising through Objects: Dr. Lisa Godson, NCAD. Researching your 1916 Relatives: Nicola Morris, Genealogist,

Timeline Genealogy.

Collecting the Nation: Lar Joye, National Museum of Ireland,

TIME: PLACE:

15.15-17.0 BALLROOM, WYNN’S HOTEL

BEFORE THE RISING – THE BIG PERSONALITIES. Part 2 Hosted by Myles Dungan, RTÉ Seán Mac Diarmaida: Liz Gilis, Historian and Author.

Tom and Kathleen Clarke: Helen Litton, Historian and Author.

Roger Casement: John McGuiggan, Barrister and Historian.

John Redmond: Dr. Conor Mulvagh, UCD. Seán Heuston: Dr. John Gibney, Historian and Author.

Collins Barracks.

TIME: PLACE:

15.00-17.15 SOCIAL HALL, LIBERTY HALL

TALKS & SCREENINGS FROM THE RTÉ ARCHIVES Remembering the Revolution: An illustrated talk by Liam Wylie, curator RTÉ Archives on RTÉ’s contribution to the Golden Jubilee of 1916.

On Behalf of the Provisional Government – P.H. Pearse: Digitally remastered portrait of Patrick Pearse created from the recollections of some of those who knew him including Margaret Pearse, Seán T O’Ceallaigh, Desmond Ryan and Kathleen Clarke. Narrated by Niall Tóibín.

Produced by Aindreas Ó Gallchói, the series was broadcast during Easter Week 1966.

TIME: PLACE:

15.30-17.00 O’CONNELL SUITE, GRESHAM HOTEL

History Ireland Hedge School WAS THE EASTER RISING JUSTIFIED? Chaired by Tommy Graham, Editor, History Ireland.

Dr. John Borgonovo, Historian, University College Cork.

Padraig Yeates, Historian and Author.

Prof .Ronan Fanning, Historian and Author.

Felix Larkin, Parnell Summer School.

A Sovereign People - The Story of the Irish Revolution: The period that followed the death of Parnell was the most exciting, turbulent and innovative in modern Irish history. Intellectual, cultural, political and military activity reached fever pitch. This documentary, produced and directed by Sean Ó Mordha, explores the road to the Easter Rising and the Independent State that emerged in 1922.

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E S S EN T I A L I N F O R M AT I O N Follow Th e Road to the

Rising Trail

Many of the shops and businesses in the O’Connell Street area will take part in the events on the day.

Easons will have author readings and a display of old archive material and books on the ground floor for the day.

Clerys windows will be transformed for the day and filled with articles relevant to the period.

Plus pop-up family events in Supermac’s.

Look out for RTÉ Road to the Rising signs along the trail.

E ATS & T R E ATS

To tie in with the theme of the day some of our partner venues will be serving eats and treats from the 1915 era. Advance booking advised via individual venues.

Clerys D epartment Store

TIME & PLACE: 11.00-17.00 | Doran’s at the Tea Room | Afternoon Tea BOOKING: 01 817 3212

The G resham Hotel

14.00-18.00 | Gallery Restaurant | Afternoon tea BOOKING: 01 874 6881

Wynn’s Hotel , Middle Abbey Street TIME & PLACE: 13.00-15.00 | The Playwright Restaurant Special lunch menu on the day from 1915 period TIME & PLACE: 14.00-17.00 | Saints & Scholars Bar

Authentic High Tea from the 1915 period BOOKING: 01 874 5131 (booking recommended)

The Church Bar & Restaurant, Junction of Jervis & Mary Street

B OO K I N G : All information correct at time of going to print.

See rte.ie/1916 for up to date programme information.

All events are free with the exception of a discretionary donation for the charity screening of ‘Insurrection’ taking place in Liberty Hall. Some events require advance booking; please see the relevant event page for booking PARKING: There are multiple carparks around the city centre open on Easter Monday.

BUSINESS AS USUAL: O’Connell Street will be pedestrianised for the day of the event and the road will be closed to traffic (from 06.00 to 18.00).

However, all business and traders will be open and operating as normal.

Park Rite Arnotts Car Park | City Quay Car Park | Fleet Street Car Park, Temple Bar | IFSC Car Park | Irish Life Car Park, Abbey Street | Parnell Street Car Park | Smithfield Car Park | Ilac Centre

ROAD CLOSURE: O’Connell Street will be closed to traffic with diversions in place for the duration of the event.

See www.dcc.ie

Q-Park Dawson Street | Four Courts, Usher’s Quay | Grand Canal Square | Q-Park Clerys

PUBLIC TRANSPORT Full transport map, courtesy of the National Transport Authority on p. 28.

Dublin Bus will operate its regular Bank Holiday service to O’Connell Street with diversions in place.

See www.dublinbus.ie

Independent Car Parks Euro car park on Moore Lane, Dublin 1 | Hibernian Autopark on Jervis Street | Louis Fitzgerald Group, Jervis Street

Luas will be operating a full schedule bringing visitors straight to the heart O’Connell Street.

See www.luas.ie

Serving food of the time as part of their daily specials.

BOOKING: 01 828 0102

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RTÉ 1916 RTÉ’s vision is to enrich Irish life; to inform, entertain and challenge; to connect with the lives of all the people.

The Decade of Commemorations is a significant milestone and RTÉ will continue to play its role in this cultural exploration across it’s services.

From news and current affairs coverage of events; content from TV, radio and archives; literary, arts and historical television and radio documentaries, and original drama, RTÉ will be at the heart of this cultural celebration. www.rte.ie | @rte

GPO Witness History A unique exhibition space to celebrate the past and embrace our future.

The 1916 Easter Rising was the pivotal event in the birth of modern Ireland.

GPO Witness History takes visitors on a journey of discovery from the birth of a nation to modern Ireland.

Opening Easter 2016 | www.gpowitnesshistory.ie

Decade of Commemorations – Dublin Remembers

IRELAND 2016

Dublin City Council invites Dubliners and visitors alike to engage with the history of the City through exhibitions, artworks, lectures, debate, historic documents, walks, drama, the Dublin Festival of History and much more‌

Ireland 2016 is a national initiative which invites the people of Ireland and our Diaspora to remember 1916, and that pivotal period in our history, to reflect on the past 100 years and to re-imagine our future.

We look forward to welcoming you in March 2016 to the newly refurbished Richmond Barracks, scene of the courts martial of the 1916 leaders and to No. 14 Henrietta Street, a Georgian house which will house a Tenement Museum, testament to the living conditions of many Dubliners 100 years ago.

Throughout 2016, a unique programme of events and initiatives, inspired by the Easter Rising in 1916, will take place across Ireland and abroad, offering the opportunity for every Irish citizen to engage, participate and mark this important moment in our shared history

www.dublincity.ie/decadeofcommemorations www.richmondbarracks.ie

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