The Irish Civil War Part 1: From Treaty Talks to Fire at the Four Courts
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The Irish Civil War Part 1: From Treaty Talks to Fire at the Four Courts
About this event
Cabra Library is delighted to present, The Irish Civil War Part 1: From Treaty Talks to Fire at the Four Courts.
2022 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. To commemorate the event, a two-part lecture series on the Civil War will be delivered in Cabra Library by Dr. James Curry, Dublin City Council historian in residence. This first lecture will discuss the period from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty to the Battle of the Four Courts.
James Curry received his PhD in History & Digital Humanities from NUI Galway in 2017, having previously graduated with BA and MPhil history degrees from Trinity College Dublin. He is the creator of a “History of Dublin” channel on YouTube and has published widely on twentieth century Irish history, including a book about Dublin radical cartoonist Ernest Kavanagh. James is a former committee member of the Irish Labour History Society and is the Historian in Residence for the North West area of Dublin City.
