The event – The War To End All Wars, 1914-1918 – will be held at the Dún Laoghaire Club (aka Eblana Club), Eblana Lodge, 3 Eblanda Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Here's the programme:
11:30am | Registration |
Noon | Build up to war and those opposed, with Roger Cole, Peace & Neutrality Alliance |
12:45pm | Living in Dublin 1913-1918 – social aspects, with Padraig Yeates, historian |
1:30pm | The sinking of the mail boat Leinster, with Roy Stokes, author |
2:15pm | The colonies and the freedom of small nations, with Padraig Mannion, researcher and editor |
3:00pm | Uncle Sam's Navy, with Pat Sweeney, author |
3:45pm | RMS Lusitania – arms and the ship, with David Snook, author |
4:30pm | SS Kelp - Four flags in war, the story of a German ship captured and later used by Allied Forces, with Dr John Treacy, NUI Limerick |
5:15pm | Winston Churchill: Worst Lord of the Admiralty? Speaker tbc |
6:00pm | Lest we forgot or best we forget? Speaker: tbc |
6:45pm | Music & songs of WWI, with William Byrne and guests |
8:00pm | Approximate time of finish |
Admission is by donation to cover costs. Suggested donation, €5 per lecture/€20 for the day.
More details at www.mariner.ie