Tag Archives: Ireland

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy and 1960s America: what Irish diplomats saw and heard

Posted on November 29, 2022 by athlonehistory

Tuesday 29 November at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel Talk by Dr John Gibney Summary Documents on Irish Foreign Policy publishes archival records relating to Ireland’s foreign relations since 1919. Established as a partnership between the Royal Irish Academy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives, … Continue reading →

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Colony to March: the borderlands of the lordship of Meath in medieval Ireland

Posted on November 1, 2022 by athlonehistory

Wednesday 2 November at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel Talk by Rory Masterson Summary – The talk will focus on the political and religious settlement of the western edges of the Anglo-Norman lordship of Meath. The talk examines the nature and extent of Anglo-Norman colonisation of the baronies of … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher and Ireland: 

Posted on September 30, 2022 by athlonehistory

The Story of the Negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 Wednesday 5 October at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel Talk by Frank Sheridan William English Memorial Lecture: 2020-2022 Summary – The Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) signed by Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher on 15 November 1985 was unique … Continue reading →

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The Last Ice Age in Westmeath

Posted on May 16, 2022 by athlonehistory

Tuesday 17 May at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel Talk by Dr Robert Meehan Summary – The last ice age set in about 120,000 years ago and was at its peak by about 29,000 years ago. Such was the extent of ice – up to 1km – that … Continue reading →

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Glasson: a settlement history, 1600-1900

Posted on March 15, 2022 by athlonehistory

Wednesday 22 March at 8.15pm in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone Talk by Dr Aengus Finnegan Summary – This lecture will discuss the development of settlement in Glasson and the surrounding area from the year 1600 to around 1900. Glasson is commonly thought to be … Continue reading →

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From Westmeath to Mount Everest: the 1921 reconnaissance expedition

Posted on November 4, 2021 by athlonehistory

Wednesday 17 November at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel Talk by Frank Nugent Summary – In September 1921, a small group of mountaineers reached a ridge high in the Tibetan Himalayas. Rising before them was the greatest mountain of them all: Chomolungma to the Tibetans, Sagarmatha to the … Continue reading →

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‘Ancient Ireland and the Roman Empire’

Posted on February 15, 2020 by athlonehistory

Wednesday, 19 February, at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone Talk by Dr Raoul McLaughlin Summary At its zenith, the Roman Empire incorporated lands on three continents and ruled almost a fifth of the world’s ancient population. On every frontier the Roman Empire expanded until it reached … Continue reading →

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Fake News, Forgery and Dirty Tricks: the British Secret Service, Parnell and Ireland, 1885 to 1892

Posted on January 14, 2020 by athlonehistory

Wednesday, 15 January, at 8.15pm in the Officers’ Mess, Custume Barracks Talk by Mr Justice John MacMenamin, Supreme Court Summary Under the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, the Irish Parliamentary Party achieved unprecedented success in the mid-1880’s. The Party held the balance of power at … Continue reading →

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The Late Prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan – a centre of cult, kingship and cosmos

Posted on December 1, 2019 by athlonehistory

Wednesday, 4 December, at 8.15pm in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone Talk by Joseph Fenwick Summary Rathcroghan, ancient Crúachu, like the other ‘royal’ sites, features prominently in the literary imagination of early medieval Ireland. These places are presented as royal strongholds, distinguished cemeteries, and the backdrop for … Continue reading →

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Casement’s Irish Brigade and U-boats around Ireland

Posted on November 9, 2019 by athlonehistory

Wednesday, 13 November, at 8.00pm in the Officers’ Mess, Custume Barracks Talks by Dr Pat McCarthy and Guy Warner Summary In October 1914, after the outbreak of the First World War, Roger Casement travelled to Germany with two objectives: to obtain an agreement that, in the … Continue reading →

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