Commemoration 1916-2016
The Ireland 2016 commemorations programme is being organised by the Embassy of Ireland in London, Culture Ireland and the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh and they are working with partners on a range of flagship events and a wide array of projects for 2016. The programme in Britain of creative, community and commemorative events is to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising and historical events of 1916.
The programme was launched at the Embassy on 23 November by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan.
View the full list of Commemoration 2016 Events in Britain
The Ireland 2016 programme will take place in venues across Britain – from institutions of major cultural significance like the Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall and the Barbican, to community spaces from Glasgow to Camden to Liverpool.
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Flagship cultural events in Britain |
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‘Ireland 2016’ – The Chieftains and Special Guests at Celtic Connections, Glasgow |
15 January 2016 |
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Photographer’s Gallery – Easter Rising 1916 Sean Sexton Collection |
22 January – 3 April 2016 |
The Photographers’ Gallery |
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Barbican Centre – ‘Macalla 1916’, presented by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Association of traditional Irish musicians) |
4 March 2016 |
www.macalla1916.ie and tickets on sale from the Barbican on 30 November 2015. |
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Screening of the 1916: The Irish Rebellion Notre Dame documentary with London Irish Film Festival |
16 March 2016 |
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Wigmore Hall – ‘Irish Culture in Britain – A Centenary Celebration’ |
21 April 2016 |
Booking at Wigmore Hall from 5 February 2016. |
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre – ‘Imagining Ireland’ |
29 April 2016 |
On sale from 26 November 2015. |
Embassy Lecture Series
Podcasts of some of the Embassy Lecture Series already underway are available under the News & Events page.
First World War
Find out more about events and projects commemorating Irish participation in World War 1.
Culture Ireland
Culture Ireland’s programme, ‘I am Ireland’, will be promoting the best of Irish arts and culture worldwide.
Events around Britain
The Consulate General in Edinburgh has the latest update on events taking place in Scotland in 2016.
Find out more about what about special events and projects in connection with and in Wales.
Liverpool had a unique role in 1916. Find out more about events there in 2016.
Community organisations
The Embassy is pleased to support community groups who are organising initiatives as part of the global programme to commemorate 1916. A number of the 110 organisations funded through the Emigrant Support Programme are planning commemorations initiatives. In addition, a total of nineteen projects have received direct financial support for their commemorative projects through the Embassy’s 2016 Community Funding Scheme.
Roger Casement
The Embassy is organising a number of events in 2016 to explore the life and legacy of Roger Casement, a British diplomat, humanitarian and key figure of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Academic Conferences
The Embassy is supporting a number of key academic conferences throughout the UK in 2016. Some of the highlights are as follows:
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The University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and History Faculty will mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising with a two month display, 1916: Responses to the Easter Rising, a web archiving project and a high-profile academic symposium organised by Prof Roy Foster & Prof Senia Paseta. |
Bodleian 1 Feb – 3 April 2016
Symposium 10 March 2016 |
For further details on the academic symposium, please contact Prof. Senia Paseta senia.paseta@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk |
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Churchill College Cambridge will host a high-profile 3-day academic conference, The Easter 1916 Rising in a Global Perspective, organised by Prof. Eugenio Biagini. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Roskill Lecture (speaker to be announced). |
3-5 March 2016 |
Prof Eugenio Biagini - efb21@cam.ac.uk |
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The 20th Conference of Irish Historians, Irish Revolutions, will take place at the University of Liverpool. The conference will explore the meaning and impact of the 1916 Rising and situate it within the broader context of revolutionary movements in Irish history. |
1-3 July 2016 |
Prof Ian McBride - ian.mcbride@kcl.ac.uk |
More information about the Easter Rising and Ireland 2016
The Ireland 2016 programme in Ireland, including State Ceremonials and the commemorative events in Ireland, is led by the Ireland 2016 team in Dublin. The Global and Diaspora Programme is one of the seven strands of the overall Ireland 2016 programme. Ireland’s embassies and consulates, together with Culture Ireland’s programme, ‘I am Ireland’, will be promoting the best of Irish arts and culture worldwide.