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1689 – 2012, The Irish and France: Three Centuries of Military Relations

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  • 1689 – 2012, The Irish and France: Three Centuries of Military Relations

    Saturday 8th June 2013

    The National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History is holding a day of talks about Irish-French military relations from the 17th-20th century.

    Speakers will explore the Jacobite diaspora in France, the Wild Geese and related historiography, the life of Theobald Wolf Tone and Irish people’s involvement in the French Resistance during World War II.
    Check the website for the full programme.

    Talks start at 10.30am in the Palatine Room, Collins Barracks.

    Admission is FREE, please contact the Bookings Office to book your place.
    Last edited by Vickers; 24 May 2013, 11:27. Reason: Tidy up
    "Fellow-soldiers of the Irish Republican Army, I have just received a communication from Commandant Pearse calling on us to surrender and you will agree with me that this is the hardest task we have been called upon to perform during this eventful week, but we came into this fight for Irish Independence in obedience to the commands of our higher officers and now in obedience to their wishes we must surrender. I know you would, like myself, prefer to be with our comrades who have already fallen in the fight - we, too, should rather die in this glorious struggle than submit to the enemy." Volunteer Captain Patrick Holahan to 58 of his men at North Brunswick Street, the last group of the Four Courts Garrison to surrender, Sunday 30 April 1916.
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