The app 1916WicklowLife is now available to download free of charge for android phones or tablets from Google Play and on iPhones or iPads from the App Store. The website version of the app can be found on 1916wicklowlife.ie.
Get it on Google Play Get it on the AppstoreThis 10 & 1/2 minute stop motion film tells a story of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. Commissioned by Wicklow County Council as part of their 1916 : 2016 Commemoration programme. Historian Pat Liddy was on hand to ensure historical accuracy and also lent his voice to the main character. Renowned singer songwriter Leslie Dowdall helped write a song for the film - "Time To Be' that features on the opening credits.
"...we saw the Flag being hoisted over the roof, and Mr. Pearse standing on the street outside. It seemed almost impossible..."
1- “Dublin’s Fighting Story 1916-1921– told by the men who made it” – (various). Extract from “The fight in the Bray area by James MacSweeney
2- “Desmond’s Rising Memoirs, 1913 to Easter 1916” - Desmond Fitzgerald, 2006 Liberties Press (originally published 1968)
The above is just a taste of the programme we envisage. More details on these available here...
Brendan Martin - Coordinator
Wicklow County Council Library Service HQ, Boghall Road,
Bray,
Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 286 6566
Fax: (01) 286 5811
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