Join us for a shared reading session for adults where a story will be read aloud and key themes and ideas discussed. This event celebrates the principles of connection and collaboration that are central tenants of Good Relations Week. Booking advisable.
Council Area: Mid Ulster
The Timorese Association Inclusive Support (TAIS) Community Football Project
The Timorese Association Inclusive Support (TAIS) uses the power of football to ensure that ‘Change Starts With Us’ as it helps Timorese people integrate within communities across Mid Ulster. The community football project helps the local Timorese break down barriers with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Good Relations Week 2022 is running until Monday 26th September with a colourful programme of over 250 community focused events across the region based on the ‘Change Starts with Us’ theme.
Visit www.goodrelationsweek.com for the 2022 event listings #GRW22
Check out this video to learn more about TAIS Community Football Project: https://fb.watch/fOyi49KeD1/
Sir John and Lady Hazel Lavery and the Lavery Collection
Free talks via Zoom By Dr Sinéad McCoole on Sir John and Lady Hazel Lavery and the Lavery Collection: A Pictorial Record of Partition and the Establishment of Two Irish States c 1918-30.
Conflict, Division and Partition: Events in Mid-Ulster 1919-21: The Summing-up – Dr Eamon Phoneix
‘Conflict, Division and Partition: Events in Mid-Ulster 1919-21: The Summing-up’: Your Questions Answered in this final, reflective session with Dr Éamon Phoenix.
To register for this event please contact sean.mcelhatton@midulstercouncil.org
International Big Breakfast
Radius Housing in partnership with Apex Housing are hosting live cultural performances on stage at Ranfurley House, Dungannon. Food will be available from 10 different cultures and performances will consist of cultures from around the world who call NI home including; East Timor, Mexican, Chinese, Irish and Ulster Scots.
*Limited numbers.
Please email Geraldine to attend this event – Geraldine.dougan@radiushousing.org
Cultural Parade & Live Performances – Radius Housing Cookstown
Radius Housing in partnership with Clanmill and The Hub will host a cultural parade through the streets of Cookstown will be followed by live performances. Food and entertainment for children.
For more info, please contact Geraldine.dougan@radiushousing.org
Carson, Craig and the Partition of Ireland 1912-1921 : Dr Russell Rees
Remembering the Future, Decade of anniversaries.
Autumn Programme of Talks via Zoom
Dr Russell Rees is a political historian and author. A former Head of History at Omagh Academy, he is the author of Ireland 1905-25 and ‘The Labour Government and Northern Ireland 1945-51’.
For more information, please contact sean.mcelhatton@midulstercouncil.org
An Island Divided: From the King’s Speech to the Anglo-Irish Treaty: June-December 1921 – Dr Francis Costello
Remembering the Future, Decade of anniversaries.
Autumn Programme of Talks via Zoom
Dr Francis Costello is an American historian and businessman. Living in Belfast for the past 20 years, he holds a doctorate in History from Boston College and is a former Research Fellow of Queen’s University, Belfast. His books include Years of Revolt: the Irish Revolution and its Aftermath.
A Difficult Birth: Northern Ireland 1920-21 – Dr Alan Parkinson
Remembering the Future, Decade of anniversaries.
Autumn Programme of Talks via Zoom
A Difficult Birth: Northern Ireland 1920-21
Dr Alan Parkinson is a political historian and author. Belfast-born, he is a former Senior Lecturer at London Southbank University and has written numerous books on Modern Irish History including his latest work, A Difficult Birth: The Early Years of Northern Ireland 1920-25 (Eastwood-Dublin)
Partition and the Birth of Northern Ireland 1920-21: The Story from the Newsreels – Dr Éamon Phoenix
Dr Éamon Phoenix in conjunction with Ann Donnelly of Northern Ireland Screen: ‘Partition and the Birth of Northern Ireland 1920-21: The Story from the Newsreels’
Dr Éamon Phoenix is a political historian, author and broadcaster. He is member of the Irish Government’s Expert Advisory Group on Centenaries. He is the author of Northern Nationalism 1890-1940 and Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900-2000. and writes a daily column for the Irish News.
These events will be delivered via zoom.
If you wish to register for any or ALL of the events please contact sean.mcelhatton@midulstercouncil.org