doyle3 Posted 9 September , 2021 Share Posted 9 September , 2021 On tonight at 7:30pm via Zoom : 9 September meeting: 'Dying for Britain: the Easter Rising and the Wider War' - a talk by Dr Edward Madigan. For anyone interested in attending email: wfadurham@live.co.uk WFA Durham schedule https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/branches/united-kingdom/durham/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 9 September , 2021 Share Posted 9 September , 2021 Thanks, I have emailed them to see if they will let me view it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 9 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2021 waiting for an email myself. They look to have another session next month that might be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 9 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2021 8 hours ago, corisande said: Thanks, I have emailed them to see if they will let me view it Did you get an email with the link? Mine arrived a short while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 9 September , 2021 Share Posted 9 September , 2021 I have not got it yet, but you asked well before I did :-) I am optimistic that it will arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 9 September , 2021 Share Posted 9 September , 2021 No. they were never polite enough to reply either yes or no :-( Anyway, thanks for highlighting that it was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 9 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2021 Damn. That was quite an interesting session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 10 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 10 September , 2021 If of interest, Dublin WFA are holding a session re Brig Gen Gordon Shephard and his involvement in the Howth Gun Running. 2:30pm online, Saturday 11th September. Email dublinwfa@gmail.com Session to be recorded and available a few days later. https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Local-History-Meetup/events/280282479/ https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/branches/republic-of-ireland/dublin/events/gordon-shephard-the-man-who-never-was/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 10 September , 2021 Share Posted 10 September , 2021 13 hours ago, corisande said: No. they were never polite enough to reply either yes or no :-( Anyway, thanks for highlighting that it was there I did receive an email with the link shortly after I requested it, which was after you did. Ed Madigan's talk was very good, but (naturally) aimed at English viewers, explaining what we all know already. The discussion afterwards was interested and constructive, and it was clear that a lot of it was new to the W.F.A members. What I hadn't known before was that Éamonn Kent's brother, C.S.M. William Kent, was killed in action with the R.D.F. exactly a year after the Rising began: 24th April, 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 10 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 10 September , 2021 Gilbert Barrington's witness statement has some information about the post war creation of ISDL, Volunteer etc branches/companies around Northumberland, Durham etc and a range of incidents, thefts, gun running https://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0773.pdf#page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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