Tony Birtill Annual Lecture
Frongoch University of Revolution by Gwyn Sion Ian.
Conradh na Gaeilge, Liverpool in partnership with the Liverpool Irish Festival are delighted to present the third annual Tony Birtill Lecture commencing at 6 pm on 22 Oct 2024 at Liverpool Irish Centre.
On 21 Oct 2021, Liverpool (and Ireland) lost a great Irish Language supporter, Tony Birtill. He made an invaluable contribution to the conservation, promotion and teaching of the Irish Language on Merseyside for over 30 years. A Gaeilgeoir (fluent Irish speaker) and walking enthusiast who loved the outdoors, Tony was also a keen historian and language activist. His widely acclaimed book "Liverpool - A Hidden History" gives a very incisive insight into the lives and living conditions of rish emigrants living in Liverpool in the aftermath of the Great Famine in Ireland 1845-1852.
This year's memorial lecture is entitled: "Frongoch University of Revolution". It tells the story of the Frongoch marker stone and plaque erected by Tony. Gwyn Ifan and friends in memory of the 1800
Irishmen interned at Frongoch following the 1916 uprising in Dublin. The talk will fittingly be delivered by Gwyn Sion Ifan, himself a Welsh language activist from the Welsh language society and Tony's close friend of over 30 years.
Join us to hear to Gwyn deliver a very interesting talk.
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