Louth history goes online

HISTORY buffs won’t have to leave their homes to enjoy the fascinating programme put together by Louth Library Service for their month long 2020 Festival of History as this year’s event has moved online.

The festival gets underway on Saturday September 26, bringing together historians from across the country to discuss a wide range of tops which will go beyond the traditional political and military histories of the Irish Revolution and to bring to life the personal lived histories of the period.

Talks will be delivered over Youtube and Zoom covering a wide range of topics including the f border, political violence and national identity, at a time when these issues are as important as ever. The topics chosen are also extremely current representing the forefront of modern thinking on the period which will cement the Louth history festival’s own position as one of the most important popular drivers of historical debate in Ireland.