James’ Hospital & TCD – 1916 Commemoration Weekend
St.James’s Hospital commemorates 1916 with events taking place over three days from Friday, the 6th of May until Sunday, the 8th of May, at the Saint James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8.
Programme:
Friday, 6th May – Trinity Centre for Health Sciences
4.30 pm – Unveiling of plaque, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences
5.00 -7.00 p.m. – Seminar: Robert Smith Lecture Theatre
Paul O’Brien – Author of: ‘Uncommon Valour: 1916 & Battle for the South Dublin Union’
Mary Gallagher – Author of: ‘Eamonn Ceannt’ (16 Lives Series)
Cathal MacSwiney Brugha – Grandson of Cathal Brugha
Derek Browne – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
7.15 p.m. – Refreshments in Marquee
Saturday, 7th May – Trinity Centre for Health Sciences – Morning Session
11.00 – 1.00 p.m. – Seminar – Robert Smith Lecture Theatre
Davis Coakley – Physician/Medical Historian
Eunan O’Halpin – Professor of Modern History, TCD
Joe Harbison – Physician/Medical Historian
Saturday, 7th May – St. James’s Hospital – Afternoon Session
1.15 p.m. – Unveiling of plaque, St. James’s Hospital
1.30 p.m. – Naming of ward in honour of Nurse Margaret Kehoe, first civilian casualty of the 1916 Rising
2.00 p.m. – Lunch
3.00 p.m. – Opening of photographic exhibition, Rialto-Kilmainham 1916 Commemoration Committee
Saturday, 7th May – Trinity Centre for Health Sciences – Robert Smith Lecture Theatre – Evening Session
7.00 p.m. – Readings by relatives of the 1916 Rising, 4th Battalion, South Dublin Union
8.00 p.m. – Concert, Uilleann Piper and Harpist
Sunday, 8th May – St. James’s Hospital
2.30 pm. – Concert, St.James’s Brass and Reed Band
