Waterford County Archives will be providing a talk on Local Elections in County Waterford on Thursday 22nd January at 8pm in Dungarvan Library. The talk is being held to accompany an exhibition produced by the Local Authority Archivists’ Group and features archives from local authority collections around the country.
Find out about the public meetings held across Waterford County to select the first County Council candidates in 1899. Discover more about the people who got to vote for the first time in the County on 6th April 1899. On 15th April 1899 the Munster Express reported from Dungarvan that:
Around the hills bonfires blazed. This was the rejoicing of the people, for, for the first time in the country’s chequered history the voice of the people was allowed to assert itself…
Find out about how the voice of the people was expressed in this and later local elections, the role that local government had in supporting the newly formed Dáil Éireann and learn more about the impact local people have had on their local councils since 1899.
The exhibition offers an opportunity to assess the history and impact that local elections have had in Ireland and the County Archive will have archives on display that provide details of local elections in Waterford.
For further information contact:
Joanne Rothwell
Waterford County Archivist
Waterford County Archives Services
Dungarvan Library
Davitt’s Quay
Dungarvan
Co. Waterford
E-mail: archivist@waterfordcoco.ie
Telephone: 058 23673
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment