Event to focus on Dublin Protestants – The Easter Rising and after
‘“Is there anybody goin’ with a titther o’ sense?”– Dublin Protestants: The Easter Rising and After’, is a ‘Decade of Centenaries’ event in advance of 2016 anniversaries run jointly by the Church of Ireland Historical Centenaries Working Group and the Unionist Centenaries Committee, with dramatic input from Partisan Productions.
Speakers: Dr Ian d’Alton and Philip McKinley
When:
Thursday 15 October 2015 at 7.30 pm
Where:
Willowfield Parish Church, Woodstock Road, Belfast
This event will provide an insight into the lives of Southern Irish Protestants and how they might have related to their surroundings and the State during the First World War and on the eve of the Easter Rising in Dublin, and into the ordinary lived experience of a Southern Irish Protestant today, 100 years later.
Dr Ian d’Alton, a renowned historian whose work has focused on Southern Irish Protestantism, will enlighten us on the past while Philip McKinley, a member of the Church of Ireland from Dublin in his 30s, will give his own personal thoughts on the present. The evening will include a specially commissioned new piece of drama based on the speakers’ thoughts, developed by Belfast–based theatre company Partisan Productions.
Admission free and refreshments provided.