Reflections from Waterford

Contributed by Dr Ciara Meehan, project Principal Investigator. As you step off the train in Waterford, you can’t escape history. The train station is named after Joseph Mary Plunkett, one...

In Conclusion: Waterford

Contributed by Dr Ciara Meehan, project Principal Investigator. My tour of Irish centres and communities across Britain and Ireland will come to a close next week, in Waterford. Travelling to...

Memory and Meaning in Enniskillen

Contributed by Dr Ciara Meehan, project Principal Investigator. In my last post, I wrote about my planned visit to Enniskillen for the Northern Irish-leg of this workshop tour. I got...

Enniskillen Workshop

Contributed by Dr Ciara Meehan I’m off to Enniskillen later this week for a workshop about Irish memories of the First World War and attitudes towards commemoration. The event is...

Wheathampstead’s First World War project

Link here to Wheathampstead’s First World War project:  http://wheathampsteadheritage.org.uk/history-society-gwp.asp Looking forward to hearing more from the group ever since we held a workshop toget...

Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians Toolkits

The Everyday Lives in War team has often talked about producing a guide to ‘doing history’. But Manchester Histories have produced a toolkit: step-by-step, with lots of practical advice. Includes......