IRISH MILITARY SEMINAR 2019
THURSDAY 6 JUNE:
NEWBRIDGE LIBRARY
19:00 pm Official opening of the Seminar
Book Launch — A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at
D-Day, Dan Harvey
THURSDAY 13 JUNE:
NEWBRIDGE LIBRARY
18:45 pm Reception
19:15 pm Downed Luftwaffe Aircraft,
Mick Rowley
19:55 pm Technological Advances in the Boer
War, Liam Kenny
20:45 pm Kildare and the Irish War of
Independence, Mick Murphy
FRIDAY 14 JUNE: RIVERBANK ARTS
CENTRE, NEWBRIDGE
18:00 pm Reception
19:00 pm Heroes of Jadotville, Leo Quinlan
20:00 pm The Battle of At Tiri, a panel
discussion with Irish veterans, facilitated by
Sgt. Wayne FitzGerald, Editor of An Cosantóir
SATURDAY 15 JUNE: RIVERBANK
ARTS CENTRE, NEWBRIDGE
9:00 am –16:00 pm Full day of presentations
from noted historians: Dr. Myles Dungan, Dr.
Ruan O’Donnell, Dr. Leeann Lane, Des Ekin,
Dr. T. Ryle Dwyer and Dr. Mary McAuliffe
Topics: The Battle of Kinsale; Dorothy
Macardle, Irish Neutrality in WWII; IRA
Border Campaign 1956; Margaret Skinnider;
The Irish at the Battle of Little Big Horn
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
THURSDAY: FREE – Newbridge Library newbridgelib@kildarecoco.ie or 045 448353
FRIDAY – FREE – BOOKING ESSENTIAL: BOXOFFICE@RIVERBANK.IE / 045-448327
SATURDAY €5 BOOKING ESSENTIAL: BOXOFFICE@RIVERBANK.IE / 045-448327
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