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Making history
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The project
Making history home
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Making history is a live project occurring in real time that engages with nations in a responsive way. The aim of the ISEA 2009 project is to celebrate Irish history by incorporating a moment of Irish history into the history of the district of Leistavia. Initially the project was conceived as reflecting Ireland in its contemporary historical phase. It was considered that the project would celebrate the 'post-conflict' period. However it seems that tensions still flare in this contentious territory.
Consequently the project has taken on a political dimension in so far as it is now directed to endorse the peaceful side of Irish history, celebrating specifically moments in Irish history where the barriers between peoples have come down or Ireland stood unified. The audience is asked to select one of four dates, summarised below. The project installation can also be viewed at Golden Thread Gallery, 84-94 Great Patrick Street, Belfast. Voting opens on 7 August 2009 and closes at 1pm on 29 August Belfast time. The most voted for date will be announced at Golden Thread Gallery at 6.15pm on the 29th.
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1 November 190BCE |
1 November 190BCE
A significant festival in Celtic times, Samhain (Gaelic "samhraidhreadh" which means "summer's end") involved a great gathering of tribes on Tara Hill, at the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. The last harvest is celebrated along with the cycle of life, and spirits passed. More
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21 April 1006 |
21 April 1006
1006 was the year in which Brian Boru completed his circuit of Ireland, attempted two years earlier. Ireland was united by Boru in 1002. This was a period of unity in Ireland and the Easter date a time of significance for him, and Ireland in later centuries. More
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10 August 1976 |
10 August 1976
This was a day of tragedy – three children of Anne Maguire were killed after an IRA fugitive was shot dead at the wheel of his car by soldiers. Within a week, Betty Williams, who lived nearby and rallied a call against violence, Mairead Corrigan (later Maguire) the sister of Anne Maguire who made a plea for peace, and Ciaran McKeown a journalist and nonviolent activist, would form the movement known as Peace People.
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12 March 2009 |
12 March 2009
On March 12 2009 following the killing of two soldiers waiting for pizza on March 7th and a policeman on March 9th, Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist church leaders urged the people of Northern Ireland to wear purple for peace at St Patrick's day services (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig). This moment perhaps represents a watershed in Irish history as the killings were widely condemned in post-cause Ireland. More
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