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The queue formed to hear The Last Post and closing ceremony of Trinity College’s World War 1 Roadshow on July 12.

On July 12, Trinity College Dublin hosted a series of talks, events and exhibitions to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

One imagined that the event would be of interest to many, but even so, Trinity was caught off guard by the numbers of people who turned up to hear the discussions which ranged from memory and commemoration, researching one’s war ancestors, interpretation of soldier’s wills, the effect of the war on modernity and the 20th century.

Queues formed around the campus of hopeful visitors, many of whom had brought medals, letters, pictures and official documents to be included in the Europeana archive, and of these, so many had been rescued from drawers, shoe boxes, neglected corners of wardrobes and attics.

It was both moving and powerful to see what happens when people have the opportunity to talk about their past, when the stories of those long departed can be told and their bravery and courage acknowledged.

EVER CHANGING

The concept of history is ever changing, and the version based on statistics and formal records has shifted to accommodate the personal understanding of people caught up in events greater than what can be expected in the normal course of a life. This view of history is formed by the stories and mementos that have been carried down through generations.

Catriona Crowe of the National Archives was compelling in her analysis of letters written from a brother to his sister from both the Boer War and the Great War, he hopeful of surviving and he, keenly aware that he might not. Sadly, he was killed just before the end of the war in 1918.

FERMOY EVENT

These accounts are what we hope you will contribute to the Fermoy’s War Archive event to take place in Fermoy on July 25 to 27. Those involved will document and photograph material but not keep the actual artefact, and this will form part of an archive specifically created to document Fermoy’s relationship with the military and with the war.

A detailed calendar of the event will be published in next week’s Avondhu. In the meantime, if you have any queries of just want to register interest, please email Fermoyswar@gmail.com.

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