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O'Connell Street 1916 Image Name: O'Connell Street 1916 Description: Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) A crowd gathered on Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), looks at buildings severely damaged during the Easter Rising in 1916. Nelson's Pillar is partly visible on the right. RTÉ Murtagh Collection Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library
Éirí Amach 1916 Image Name: Éirí Amach 1916 Description: Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library
Patrick Pearse Speaking at Dolphins Barn (1915) Image Name: Patrick Pearse Speaking at Dolphins Barn (1915) Description: Patrick Pearse Speaking at Dolphins Barn (1915) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library Image Ref. No. 0510/074
Patrick Pearse Image Name: Patrick Pearse Description: The surrender of Patrick Pearse (1916) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library Image Ref. No. 0510/061

Cuireann an staraí Cormac Ó Comhraí, údar Ireland and the First World War riocht na hÉireann tar éis an Éirí Amach agus le linn an Chéad Chogadh Domhanda i gcomhthéacs dúinn, agus déanfaidh John Bhaba Jeaic Ó Confhaola ó Ionad Oidhreachta Leitir Mealláin cur síos orthu siúd as Ceantar na nOileán a d’fhág an dúthaigh sin le troid i dtrinsí na Beilge agus na Fraince.  Cearbhall Ó Síocháin a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

Historian Cormac Ó Comhraí, author of Ireland and the First World War, puts Ireland’s position in the aftermath of the Rising and the Great War into context, while John Bhaba Jeaic Ó Confhaola of Ionad Oidhreachta Leitir Mealláin heritage centre sheds light on those from that part of Conamara who left to fight for the British army in the trenches of Belgium and France. Cearbhall Ó Síocháin presents.