Healing Through Remembering

10/08/2026

As part of Féile 2026, local residents are invited to visit the Museum of Free Derry free of charge throughout the festival and on every Monday in August. Visitors can also see the new exhibition, "Irish Republicanism & 'The G**s': Cherishing all of the Children of the Nation Equally".
📍Visit the museum's website for opening times.

04/08/2026

Traditional Music: Orange and Green with Gary Hastings
📅 6 August, 12–1pm at The Linen Hall
🎟 £5

As part of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 lecture series, Gary Hastings will explore traditions of music associated with both Orange and Green cultural traditions.

A traditional flute player, writer and lecturer, Hastings has researched and written extensively on the Lambeg and fifing traditions associated with Orangeism.

🔗 Book tickets: https://linenhall.com/event/traditional-music-orange-and-green-with-gary-hastings/

03/08/2026

03/08/2026

During this week’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, DC Tours Belfast are running their 'Best of Belfast' and 'A History of Terror' walking tours every day.

The tours are a great opportunity to learn more about Belfast's history.

🔗To book tickets visit deadcentretours.com

01/08/2026

From the Easter Lily to Murder in the Mater: Milestones in the History of Irish Republican Women
📅 4 August, 1pm at the Ulster Museum, Belfast
🎟 Free

At the anniversaries of two significant events in Irish republican history, historians Dr Margaret Ward and Dr Susie Deedigan will discuss women's activism in the early decades of the twentieth century. The talk will reflect on the launch of the Easter Lily by Cumann na mBan in 1926 and the assassination of Maire Drumm in 1976.

Part of Féile an Phobail 2026
🔗https://feilebelfast.com/feile-10k-3/

28/07/2026

Check out former HTR intern Paul Kyumin Lee's recently published article in Peacebuilding magazine. Useful work!
Open access: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21647259.2026.2644695

In a context where ‘unofficial’, community-led initiatives have filled the absence of an ‘official’, government-sponsored system of memorialising stories since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the p...

28/07/2026

Across the island and throughout the diaspora, women have always been engaged in making and remaking Ireland’s constitutional story. From Párliment na mBan in 1670 to feminist organising in every […]

25/07/2026

Network member Coiste Irish Political Tours will host a series of walking tours during Féile an Phobail, exploring topics ranging from Belfast's political murals to the history of the United Irishmen.

Tours include:
📍 Falls Road Mural Tour
📍 Joint Falls/Shankill Tour
📍 "Birth of Irish Republicanism" The United Irishmen Tour
📍 Irish-language versions of the Falls Road and United Irishmen tours

Tours take place throughout late July and August, with free and ticketed options available.

🔗 More information and booking:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/coiste-irish-political-tours-36220087163

23/07/2026

‘A Carnival of Reaction’ The Tom Hartley Lecture Series
📅 28–31 July, 1pm at James Connolly Visitor Centre Belfast
🎟 Free

As part of Féile an Phobail 2026, Áras Uí Chonghaile will host a four-part lecture series with Tom Hartley exploring the origins of partition and its consequences.

The series includes:
📍 The Road to Partition (28 July)
📍 The Easter Rising (29 July)
📍 The Special Powers Act (30 July)
📍 The SS Al Rawdah (31 July)

📧 Register: [email protected]

23/07/2026

Changing Ireland Guided Tours
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
🎟 Free (no booking required)

These guided tours explore the National Museum of Ireland's Changing Ireland Galleries, which feature political, social and cultural objects from the Museum's 20th and 21st century collections.

A range of tours are taking place over July and August exploring themes of political and social change, identity, and migration in Ireland over the last 150 years.

🔗 conflictlegacy.org/national-museum-of-ireland/