Lectures, Debates and Seminars  Léachtaí, Díospóireachtaí agus Seimineáir

Conradh na Gaeilge

This programme will include a number of elements, including Plé 2016. This will consist of a specially commissioned series of seminars that will commemorate the importance of the Irish language at home and overseas, as well as the role of Conradh na Gaeilge and the cultural revival as a source of inspiration for the organisers of the 1916 Easter Rising. These events will provoke and facilitate a wider conversation and reflection about the role of the Irish language in contemporary life.

Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga

The Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga, in partnership with NUIG, will organise an international conference on language rights at the beginning of 2016, examining the link between independence, the establishment of states and language identity in an international context. A public lecture will form part of the event which will examine the historical context to the foundation of the State, the revival of the Irish language and the State's approach to the Irish language, especially in the context of public services. In addition, an insight will be provided into the period before and after the Easter Rising and historical sites will be visited as part of the conference.

Oireachtas na Gaeilge

Oireachtas na Gaeilge will begin to commemorate 2016 by organising Parlaimint na nDán (the Artists’ Assembly) at Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2015 in Dublin. Two separate lectures on 1916 will be delivered at Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2016 in Killarney, County Kerry, and at the visitor centre at Teach an Phiarsaigh in Ros Muc, County Galway. A lecture on The Influence of 1916 on the Celtic countries will be delivered at the International Pan Celtic Festival in Carlow in 2016.

Cumann Merriman

Cumann Merriman will convene a special Irish language Winter School in Dublin dedicated to the theme of the Easter 1916 Rising.

Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUIG

Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUIG will curate and present an exhibition in Carna, County Galway of material from the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta archive relating to 1916.

An Gúm

An Gúm, Foras na Gaeilge’s publishing house, will be celebrating 90 years since its establishment in 1916 and a conference to celebrate that is being planned.

Coláiste na Rinne, Co. Waterford

As part of Daonscoil na Mumhan, four lectures will be held to mark the 1916 centenary in Leabharlann de Hindeberg, Coláiste na Rinne, County Waterford in March and September 2016.

Gael-Taca, Cork city

Gael-Taca will host a lecture on the Rising during Easter Week 2016 in Ionad Gael-Taca in Cork city.

Coiste Gaeilge Locha Riach, Co. Galway

A series of lectures/events will be held in the following towns in County Galway: Ballinasloe, Athenry, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna.