Seán MacDiarmada Summer School goes online for second year
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former Tanaiste and Justice Minister Michael McDowell will be among the speakers at this year’s online Seán MacDiarmada Summer School that takes place from June 4th to 5th. MacDiarmada, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, was born in Corranmore, near Kiltyclogher in north…
MacDiarmada Summer School in Kiltyclogher opens this Friday
The annual Sean MacDiarmada Summer School in Kiltyclogher, Co Leitrim, takes place this coming Friday and Saturday. The official opening will be on Friday evening at the home of Sean MacDiarmada in Corranmore. Regina Fahy, of the summer school committee, has been telling Ocean FM News, what’s in store.
Seán MacDiarmada Summer School opens this evening
Rural regeneration and the need for balanced regional development will be among the issues discussed at the annual Sean MacDiarmada Summer School which opens in Kiltyclogher, in north Leitrim this evening. While the School celebrates the life and times of the 1916 signatory from nearby Corranmore, it’s also moving more…
Historic letter written by Sean MacDiarmada returns to the county
A Leitrim businessman says has bought a significant letter written by one of the 1916 Rising leaders from the county. The letter was handwritten in January 1915 by Sean MacDiarmada, a native of Kiltyclogher in north Leitrim. It refers to a meeting about ‘the Emmett celebration’, which is thought to…
Taoiseach to visit homestead of Sean MacDiarmada, Kiltyclogher
The Taoiseach will visit the homestead of Sean MacDiarmada in Kiltyclogher in county Leitrim today. Enda Kenny is expected to meet family members of the late 1916 signatory as well as local politicians. The invite was extended for him to make this visit during the 2016 centenary celebrations last year…
Big weekend for celebrations in Sligo & Leitrim
It’s a big weekend around the region for celebratory events with Yeats Day 2016 and the Sean MacDiarmada school taking centre stage. Both events get underway today.