TY History students attend "1913 Lockout" talk in Lucan Library

On Thursday 5th of September, 25 TY History students attended a fascinating talk at Lucan Library. This was part of a series of events commemorating the 1913 Lockout. The talk titled " My mother was a child during the 1913  Lockout" was given by Dr Ann Matthews, historian and playwright. 

On Tuesday 30th April the 5th year history students in Lucan CC went on a city tour of Belfast.First stop was Stormont Parliament. Students were given a short history of the parliament and were then given the opportunity to speak to Pat Sheehan from Sinn Fein and former IRA activist and hunger striker. Conal McDevitt from the SDLP gave a very interesting talk on Northern Irish politics. After Stormont the students visited the Titanic exhibition. The tour finished with a tour of the murals on the  Fall's and Shankill road.

Ms Gallagher's 5th Year History Students visited the city archives on Pearse Street, Dublin in January. They carried out research for their  Leaving Certificate topics worth 20% of their final grade. They will be very busy this mid-term putting the final touches to their research topics!

5th Year History Visit to Belfast - March 20th 2012.

5th Year History visit to Stormont and Murals/peace wall tour 
March 20th 2012.

Transition Year Tourism/History Trip to Glasnevin

Transition Year Trip to Glasnevin Cemetery Monday 5th of March

Holocaust Survivor speaks at LCC on 12th of Jan 2012

Tomi Reichental, Holocaust Survivor, visited Lucan Community College on Thursday 12th of January to speak to around 200 people - TY and Leaving Certificate History students, 5th Year German Students and some staff.

Tomi gave an excellent and very powerful talk, detailing his experiences in Bergen Belsen concentration camp during world war two. Following the talk, he signed copies of his book, launched just before Christmas, called  'I was a boy in Belsen'. Once students have read the book, we will publish their comments/reviews in this blog. Watch out for this later on in Jan/feb posts.

A lot of students/staff said Tomi's talk was unforgettable and believe they were very fortunate to have the opportunity to listen to one of the few remaining survivors from the concentration camps. Tomi's message was clear that we should all make sure 'The Holocaust' he experienced never happens again!

See links below to a written testimonial of Tomi's background and experiences (from the excellent Holocaust Education Trust website) and a link to details about his recently published book ' I was a boy in Belsen'. (You can read an extract from this.)

http://www.hetireland.org/index.php?page=survivor_reichental

http://www.obrien.ie/book906.cfm

 

 

Research Topic - 5th Year Visit to the City Archives

On Monday 21st of November, 5th Year students visited the City Archives, Pearse St, as part of their preparation for their Research Topic. This was preceeded by a vist to a specialist bookstore and a brief stop off at 'The Mansion House' where the 1st Dail was held in 1919.

At the archives, students were given reader cards and introduced to researching methods, including working with newspaper and book catalogues and using microfilm/microfiche. Students benifited from the day and returned to class with interesting research and ideas for their projects. Thanks to all those at the City Archives for the tour, their help and the above photo.