Date: 12 Apr 2006 - 30 Apr 2008
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
Web: www.museum.ie
This exhibition will examine the ‘decade of disturbance’ between 1913 and 1923, in other words from the Lockout to the ending of the Civil War. It will concentrate on the political dimension and the personalities involved and the principal medium of conveying the story will be objects from the collections of the National Museum. The social, economic and cultural background to the Rising will be explored, encompassing the plight of the urban poor and the phenomenon of the 1913 Lockout, as well as the general revival of nationalism, in which the Gaelic League, G.A.A. and Republican movement were key.
