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Kevin Barry: a conversation with Professor Eunan O’Halpin
Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Event: As part of the Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme 2020, you are invited to join the conversation with professor Eunan O’Halpin and Dermot Mulligan, Carlow County Museum Curator on Monday, November 2nd at 8pm. Eunan will discuss his own roots as grand nephew of Kevin Barry and talk about tow of his most recent publications: "Kevin Barry : An Irish Rebel in Life and Death" and "The Dead of the Irish…
Find out more »An Irish Hero for Children with Carmel Uí Cheallaigh
Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Event: Join Carlow County Council Library Service online as we facilitate the event Kevin Barry: an Irish Hero for Children with author Carmel Uí Cheallaigh who will discuss her recently published book with 6th class from Rathvilly National School. The event will be streamed online for all school children in the county at 12pm on November 3rd through the Library YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/user/carlowcountylibrary About Carmel's book: On a dark November morning in 1920, Kevin…
Find out more »A Memoir of Kevin Barry with Síofra O’Donovan and Michael Moriarty
A Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Event: Join Carlow County Council Library Service online for the event A memoir of Kevin Barry with Síofra O’Donovan and Michael Moriarty in conversation with Christopher Power, Library Assistant on November 4th at 8pm. Síofra and Michael will discuss their connections to Kevin Barry and their recently published books on him. "Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry" by Síofra O'Donovan The 1st of November marks 100 years since young Kevin…
Find out more »Kevin Barry and the Oral Tradition
Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Event: When Kevin Barry was executed, on November 1st, 1920, he had packed a lot of living into his eighteen years on this earth. From his own comments and letters, from comments of family and friends, we know that he played rugby and hurling, he loved dancing, he enjoyed the company of his friends, male and female, and the camaraderie of sing-songs. He had a promising medical career before him, as well as potential…
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