at the Cuirt literary festival
6.30 pm, Mechanics Institute, Middle Street, Galway
Three short interesting talks from three lively and highly original historians
John Borgonovo: Irish Women, American Sailors, and Catholic Vigilantes in Cork, 1917-1918
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Sonja Tiernan: ‘Drunkenness, immorality, misery and frequently suicide;’ the protection of barmaids and the defeat of Winston Churchill by Countess Markievicz an Eva Gore-Booth.
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Niall Whelehan: ‘The Boys’: young men and Ribbonism in post-Famine Ireland.
Admission charge is 8 euros (6 concession). Booking via Town Hall, 091-569777.
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