An tSeachtain le Máirín Ní Ghadhra

William T Cosgrave raises flag on Dublin City Hall Image Name: William T Cosgrave raises flag on Dublin City Hall Description: William T Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State. He is with three other men raising the flag on City Hall, Dublin in 1922. William T Cosgrave was previously a member of Dublin City Council in 1919.
Máirín Ní Ghadhra Image Name: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Description: Máirín Ní Ghadhra Copyright: Pic: Seán Ó Mainnín
Free State soldiers (circa 1922) Image Name: Free State soldiers (circa 1922) Description: Free State soldiers (circa 1922) Image Ref. No. 0504/081 Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Broadcast Details: Saturday 3rd December, 11.00am

The foundation of the Irish Free State, and the early years, are the focus of today’s programme.

Cuireadh Saorstát na hÉireann ar bun ar 6 Nollaig 1922, agus ar an gclár inniu beidh díospóireacht idir staraithe agus tráchtairí faoi.  Céard iad na mianta a bhí ann don stát nua?  Ar cuireadh i gcrích iad agus cén sórt stáit a d’eascair as na blianta luatha sin?  I measc na n-aíonna ar an gclár chun na ceisteanna seo a phlé inniu, beidh Cormac Ó Comhraí agus Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh, agus Coimeádaí Chonradh na Gaeilge Cuan Ó Seireadáin.  Is í Máirín Ní Ghadhra a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

The Irish Free State came into being on 6 December 1922, and Máirín will be joined on the programme today by historians and commentators to discuss and debate the matter.  What were the aims of the new state?  Were they achieved and what type of state emerged in those early years?  Guests on the programme today will include historians Cormac Ó Comhraí and Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh, and Conradh na Gaeilge Curator Cuan Ó Seireadáin.  Máirín Ní Ghadhra presents.