The National Library has completed a major digitisation project of archives related to the
seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation. A selection of this fascinating content will feature
in the exhibition Signatories, to be held in the National Library's main building. Visitors will be introduced to the lives of the seven men who signed the Proclamation through images and original documents, family photographs and letters, correspondence with comrades and associates, and records of their work and interests.
Signatories will allow everyone to experience the power and impact of the original material firsthand.
The exhibition will also feature a special look at the staff of the NLI in 1916 and how they were
caught up in the year’s events.
Tá mórthionscadal digitithe curtha i gcrích ag an Leabharlann Náisiúnta i leith cartlann a bhaineann leis an
seachtar a shínigh Forógra 1916. Beidh rogha den ábhar fíorspéisiúil seo san áireamh
sa taispeántas ‘Sínitheoirí’, a bheidh ar siúl i bpríomhfhoirgneamh na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta. Gheobhaidh na cuairteoirí léargas ar shaol an tseachtair fear a shínigh an Forógra trí íomhánna agus cáipéisí bunaidh, litreacha agus grianghraif theaghlaigh, comhfhreagras le comrádaithe agus comhghleacaithe, agus taifid ar a gcuid oibre agus caitheamh aimsire.
Tabharfar deis do chách sa taispeántas ‘Sínitheoirí’ blas a fháil de chumhacht agus de thionchar an ábhair bhunaidh go pearsanta.
Caithfear súil ar leith sa taispeántas freisin ar fhoireann Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann i 1916 agus ar an gcaoi a raibh siad
gafa in imeachtaí na bliana sin.
