Peacebuilding a shared Northern Irish society
The afterlife of Troubles’ memoriesby Allan LEONARD10 December 2024 Why do survivors of the Troubles conflict in Northern Ireland recall what they do when providing their oral histories to interviewers? What is the collective effect? In a seminar, “The Afterlife of Feelings in Oral Histories of the Troubles”, Ulster University INCORE visiting professor Graham Dawson... Continue Reading →
A celebration of unionist culture by Allan LEONARD 31 March 2023 A showcase day of unionist culture was held at 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast, with activities of a cultural identity video; a “living library” event; a talk by historian and broadcaster, Dr David Hume; an exhibition of archival footage by NI Screen of cultural events;... Continue Reading →
Discovering the amazing images by Robert John Welch (1859-1936) of the visual history of shipbuilding in Northern Ireland https://artuk.org/discover/stories/capturing-northern-irelands-dynamic-shipbuilding-history #northernireland #shipbuilding #belfast #photography #history
Discovering the amazing images by Robert John Welch (1859-1936) of the visual history of shipbuilding in Northern Ireland https://artuk.org/discover/stories/capturing-northern-irelands-dynamic-shipbuilding-history #northernireland #shipbuilding #belfast #photography #history
Discovering the amazing images by Robert John Welch (1859-1936) of the visual history of shipbuilding in Northern Ireland (via Capturing Northern Ireland’s dynamic shipbuilding history | Art UK) Source: artuk.org
Book review — Old Ireland in Colour (John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley) by Allan LEONARD 14 March 2021 Old Ireland in Colour is an ongoing project of colourising black and white images by photographers in Ireland in the late 19th to early 20th century. The catalyst was John Breslin working on colourising some photos of... Continue Reading →
My #BookReview: A Pocket #History of #NorthernIreland (Richard KILLEEN). A compact volume of concise summaries of key events, in time for the centenary. https://mrulster.com/2020/12/29/book-review-a-pocket-history-of-northern-ireland-richard-killeen/
Book review: A Pocket History of Northern Ireland (Richard Killeen) by Allan LEONARD 29 December 2020 Occasionally I am approached for an image to be used in a book publication. Recently, this was for one that I made of a mural celebrating the television series, Derry Girls. Disclosure: I granted permission, with payment, for the... Continue Reading →
For Northern Ireland: Parity of esteem and reconciliation by Allan LEONARD 1 August 2019 As part of the 31st annual Féile festival, Jim Gibney (a member of the Féile Debates and Discussions Committee) welcomed the audience of a couple dozen attendees of a panel discussion on what parity of esteem, reconciliation, and mutual respect means... Continue Reading →
Book review — The Colour of Time (Dan Jones & Marina Amaral) by Allan LEONARD 26 May 2019 Released in hardcover in August 2018 and now available in paperback, The Colour of Time, by historian Dan Jones and artist Marina Amaral, is a collection of 200 colourised photographs taken between 1850 and 1960. With accompanying... Continue Reading →
Look what arrived! Magnum Chronicles #photography #history re ISIS. Worth the import wait from US. @MagnumPhotos @newspaperclub
Ephemera to direct our future: Introduction to the Peter Moloney Collection by Allan LEONARD 10 April 2018 Peter Moloney, who collected Troubles-related ephemera for over 50 years, presented a personal lecture on how it began, why he decided to donate it all to the Tower Museum, and how he’ll keep on collecting. The negotiation to... Continue Reading →