Donegal County Archives, Donegal County Museum, Regional Cultural Centre, Culture Division Donegal County Council
delivered 3 unique and varied heritage and arts projects, funded through the European Union's PEACE IV Programme
managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). These project recieved €280,000 in funding.
These projects form part of Donegal County Council’s €5.5m Local Authority Action Plan. This Action Plan is funded through the EU’s PEACE IV Programme,
which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
Match –funding has been provided by the Executive Office in Northern Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development in Ireland’.
In 2021 the Museum developed an exhibition entitled, ‘From Conflict To Division, Donegal 1919-1925’. The exhibition explored the events of the War of Independence, the Civil War and Partition through artefacts, archives and images and revealed the impact of the revolutionary years on the people of Donegal. This exhibition formed part of the Echoes of the Decade Project developed by Donegal County Museum and Donegal County Archives and was funded through the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). Women's Voices from the past - Revolutionary Times
Donegal County Museum, the Regional Cultural Centre and the Museum and Heritage Service of Derry City and Strabane District Council commissioned and produced a series of six short video pieces which highlight the experiences of women during the Revolutionary Period (1919-1923). These videos provide snapshots of the period, exploring the stories of women during the struggle for Irish independence. https://www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie/videos
The Donegal video pieces highlight the varied experiences of local women. The first video features Eithne Coyle, an active member of Cumann na mBan. During the War of Independence she carried out a one woman campaign holding up trains, seizing goods and burning British newspapers. In September 1922 she was arrested and remained in jail until the end of the Civil War. She was President of Cumann na mBan between 1926 and 1941.
Echoes of Decade Peace IV Project -
Donegal County Archives and Donegal County Museum
See
https://www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/peaceivprojects/echoesofthedecadeproject/
North West Border Stories: Tales of the Trouble Peace IV Project
And Living in Donegal Peace IV Project
- Regional Cultural Centre
See
https://www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/peaceivprojects/northwestborderstoriestalesofthetrouble/
See
https://www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/peaceivprojects/livingindonegalprojectpeaceiv/
To learn more about the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) visit https://www.seupb.eu/
Donegal County Archives, Donegal County Museum, Regional Cultural Centre, Culture Division Donegal County Council delivered 3 unique and varied heritage and arts projects,
funded through the European Union's PEACE IV Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
These projects formed part of Donegal County Council’s €5.5m Local Authority Action Plan.
This Action Plan is funded through the EU’s PEACE IV Programme, which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
Match –funding has been provided by the Executive Office in Northern Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development in Ireland’.
The projects included
Echoes of Decade Peace IV Project -
Donegal County Archives and Donegal County Museum
‘From Conflict To Division- Donegal 1919-1925’ Exhibition
Donegal County Museum and Donegal County Archives
North West Border Stories: Tales of the Trouble Peace IV Project
And Living in Donegal Peace IV Project
- Regional Cultural Centre
To Learn more abou the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) visit https://www.seupb.eu/
For further information on any of these projects please contact Clodagh Murray at [email protected]
