Decade of Centenaries Sligo - Online Lecture Series: Pádraig Duignan Lecture on Linda Kearns

Linda Kearns (1920/21) Nurse Linda Kearns, native of Dromard, Co. Sligo, arrested November 1920 transporting firearms for the IRA. Decade of Centenaries Sligo - Online Lecture Series As part of our Decade of Centenaries programme, Sligo Libraries have created a series of short Online Lectures. These recorded discussions will feature historical events of Sligo significance commemorated during the Decade of Centanaries. These will include: • Wednesday 9th of December from 8pm: Linda Kearns (1920/21) Nurse Linda Kearns, native of Dromard, Co. Sligo, arrested November 1920 transporting firearms for the IRA • Wednesday 9th of December from 8pm: The Moneygold Ambush IRA ambush of RIC patrol at Monegold, Grange, Co. Sligo, 25 October 1920 • Wednesday 16th of December from 8pm: The Chaffpool Ambush IRA ambush of RIC motor party at Chaffpool, Co. Sligo, 30 September 1920 Distinguished Speakers will include; Joe McGowan, Michael Farry and Dr. Pádraig Duignan. Additional recording in this series include: • Wednesday 16th of December from 8pm: Michèle, Local Historian with Sligo County Library, will deliver a talk on behalf of Dr. Rev. Peter C. Humphries on The History of the Sligo Congregational Church (1780-1939). This talk will coincide with a forthcoming publication by Sligo Library of a pamphlet written by Rev. Dr Peter C. Humphries on the SCC. • Wednesday 23rd of December from 8pm, on the eve of the First World War Christmas Truce.: A panel discussion with founding members of the Lest Sligo Forgets campaign; Simone Hickey, Tommy Higgins and Michael Kirby. Mícheál Ó Domhnaill will moderate the discussion Lest Sligo Forgets is a Community Association whose aim is to create a Memorial Garden for volunteers and civilians from County Sligo who lost their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Details of this event schedule can found at https://sligolibrary.ie/decadeofcente...