• 26 January 2021

6th Connaught Rangers Research Project

The 6th Connaught Rangers Research Project was formed by a group of people who had an interest in issues related to Irish nationalism and WWI. Some of those group members had family relatives who had enlisted, along with hundreds of others from the Falls Road area, in the Connaught Rangers...

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• 12 January 2021

An Inclusive Covenant

Developed through an on-going partnership and series of discussions among congregants of Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church and St Colmcille’s Catholic Parish in East Belfast, ‘An Inclusive Covenant’ was written and signed by participants as an alternative version of the Ulster Covenant for the...

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• 23 December 2020

Ards & North Down Borough Council - Shared Education Project

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• 12 January 2021

Artsekta

Artsekta have been involved in three separate projects focussing on the past, including The Belfast Bayeux, Sanskriti and Belfast Suitcase Stories.

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• 12 January 2021

Causeway Museum Service

Much of the work of the Causeway Museum Service (CMS) is outreach- based, working with local communities, as well as working with local museum collections. This approach to historical work engages participants by encouraging them to share their expertise, tell their own story and providing the...

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• 12 January 2021

Commemoration Through Poetry and Verse

Over a series of four workshops we worked with a group of women from North and West Belfast to look at the First World War through poetry written by men and women poets about that era.

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• 12 January 2021

Entwined Histories

Entwined Histories began in 2012 with a project to commemorate the signing of the Ulster Covenant. Following the success of this pilot, Co-operation Ireland continued the series, with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the reconciliation fund, with a further...

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• 23 December 2020

Fermanagh County Museum – Peace Studies Project

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• 23 December 2020

Journey Together - North West Schools Jointly Remembering the Centenary 2016

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• 12 January 2021

Meeke and the Major

This project focused on the First World War, and in particular the Battle of Messines. It centres on the relationship between Private John Meeke a local Orangeman from Benvarden and Major William Redmond who was a famous nationalist MP. Focusing on this unique relationship has helped to define...

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• 12 January 2021

Military History from the Streets: A Guide for Schools

This is a guide which sets out five steps for history teachers to use or adapt to help students understand how the military history of WWI relates to their area. The briefing is based on the book Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War (...

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