Free 7.30pm Jack Hepworth: The ‘Good Old IRA’: Collective memory of Ireland’s revolutionary decade (1912-1923) during the Northern Ireland conflict, 1969-1989 Through the 1970s and 1980s, veterans of Ireland’s revolutionary decade (1912-1923) entered old age. When they died, local newspapers published reverential obituaries and lionised their military exploits. Meanwhile, in the north, a younger generation […]

Free 7.30pm Sarah Campbell: Anglo-Irish Relations: from partition to Brexit "Indeed, so much of this visit reminds us of the complexity of our history, its many layers and traditions, but also the importance of forbearance and conciliation. Of being able to bow to the past, but not be bound by it". Queen Elizabeth II, 18 […]

Free 7.30pm Tim Ellis: Why did the Long Fellow last so long?: De Valera in the Irish imagination, 1916-2020 Éamon de Valera cast a significant influence over Irish politics for nearly sixty years. Internationally, no other democratically-elected leader, has served as long in office. Crucial to de Valera’s political endurance was a potent, yet also vibrant […]

ROSS is a special project for older Irish people and their friends organised by the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society. One of our aims is to bring together Irish emigrants who settled in the North East region during the 50s and 60s to celebrate their cultural heritage. Our title comes from the famous Dubliner’s song- ‘The […]

Free 7.30pm Connal Parr: 'Pogroms' and 'Rotten Prods': 1920 and the Beginnings of Northern Ireland This lecture will focus on Ulster Unionism around the pivotal year of 1920, addressing how it dealt with the 'threat' of a resurgent Labour movement, along with the connected industrial strife of what would become, the following year, the statelet of Northern Ireland. It […]

ROSS is a special project for older Irish people and their friends organised by the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society. One of our aims is to bring together Irish emigrants who settled in the North East region during the 50s and 60s to celebrate their cultural heritage. Our title comes from the famous Dubliner’s song- ‘The […]

This event is not going ahead. ROSS is a special project for older Irish people and their friends organised by the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society. One of our aims is to bring together Irish emigrants who settled in the North East region during the 50s and 60s to celebrate their cultural heritage. Our title comes […]