Living Legacies 1914-1918

The Living Legacies 1914-18 Engagement Centre connects academic & community researchers interested in how the First World War lives on in the 21st Century.

The Centre is based at Queen’s University Belfast, and its purpose is to work with community-led research projects across the United Kingdom to help achieve greater levels of outreach and engagement beyond their immediate localities. The Centre is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for three years, from January 2014 to December 2016. During this time, the Centre will be deve

loping programmes to support community projects working on the legacies of the First World War. The five research themes of the Centre are our key areas of expertise, linked to academic researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Ulster and National Museums Northern Ireland. Beyond Northern Ireland the Centre has strong links with academic research expertise in Wales, the north-east of England and London, collectively comprising the Centre’s network. The formation of the Living Legacies Engagement Centre emerged through shared interests between academics in exploring the contemporary resonances of the First World War. The past is particularly palpable in Northern Ireland, where our centre is situated. In Ireland, the First World War had a complex impact and longstanding effect, evidenced still today by the enduring legacies of the conflict in the histories and identities of Ireland’s populations, as well as in its politics and places, both in this offshore part of the UK as well as in the neighbouring Republic of Ireland. These troubled legacies of the First World War offer interesting opportunities to work with communities in understanding the cultural politics of conflict commemoration and its shaping of transnational identities, subjects we think have contemporary relevance not just for Northern Ireland but for other parts of Europe too, and indeed other parts of the world. For this reason we are using different but complementary areas of research – our five themes – to address the First World War not simply as history but as heritage. Thinking about heritage focuses attention on the ways the past lives on in the present, in complex ways. This academic interest also provides us with substantive ways of contributing to community-based research projects that are similarly concerned with First World War heritage; whether that heritage is something that is shared, for example through theatre, through landscapes and monuments, and museums; or something kept personal and private, such as family histories and objects, artefacts and memorabilia that we keep as reminders of the First World War and its impacts on previous generations. What we hope the Living Legacies engagement centre will achieve, during the three years it is funded, is a stronger shared understanding of the First World War and its legacies. We aim to bring disparate communities together through linking projects that share a common interest in the war’s continued presence in our lives and our memories. Recording these modern-day community engagements with First World War heritage, during the centenary period, is as important – we think – as researching the war itself, taking both together we can begin to move from a past conflict to a shared future.

08/03/2022

Legacy of Landscape:
The People & Heritage of Lough Erne
“WHAT’S THE CRAIC”
‘Making a Living’ in Fermanagh!
Join us at Fermanagh House on Wednesday the 23rd of March and share your earliest memories of your working past. Where you a farmer; did you work the land or the Lough? Were you employed in the mills, or make a living through travel or trade? If you have a story you would like to tell, why not grab a cuppa with one of our team, and share your recollections. We would love to hear and gather as many stories as possible about your working life, and the past ways of ‘Making a Living’ in Fermanagh.

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership QUB - Archaeology at Queen's Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

22/11/2021

27/07/2021

The Dig Enniskillen Toolkit- Free online Course

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis Queen's University Belfast QUB - Archaeology at Queen's National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities-training/

21/07/2021

Heritage Volunteer Opportunities & Training Through our Legacy of Landscape project we will have many exciting and innovative opportunities for volunteers to learn new skills and engage in activities celebrating and preserving the culture an…

02/07/2021

*LIMITED SPACES STILL AVAILABLE*

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on Monday 5th July at 7:30pm

n: Vernacular ‘architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental’

Vernacular buildings have adorned our Irish landscape for millennia. At their most basic they are buildings built by the people for the people. Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with the term ‘vernacular’ but we have no doubts that you know what a vernacular building is and have much to share with us! You’ve definitely driven past one, maybe lived in one, and surely know a good yarn or two about one! Thatched cottages, farm buildings, maybe even a watermill or two? Have we got your attention? Would you like to learn more?

We would be delighted if you could join us on Monday 5th July from 7.30pm to enjoy an evening of all things vernacular.

With a line-up including Barry O’Reilly, renowned expert on Irish vernacular buildings; Cathy McGovern, local Fermanagh interior designer and stylist, and historic home conservator; Colm Donnelly, Co-Director of the Centre for Community Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast, and Rachel Tracey, historical archaeologist and co-ordinator of the online module. Come along to hear more! From how to identify vernacular buildings to the delights and tribulations of restoring a 200 year old Fermanagh cottage! To register for this event contact Elaine Reid via email - [email protected].

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP) in collaboration with the QUB - School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen's University Belfast would like to invite you to learn more about how you can enrol on our FREE four-week online learning course that you can enjoy at your leisure, learning more about vernacular buildings around the world, and here in Fermanagh. We also will give you the exciting opportunity to join our two week field school, on how to record and read the buildings around you!

For further details about the projects, or how to register as a volunteer, please visit https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities-training.

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership Queen's University Belfast QUB - Archaeology at Queen's Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

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30/06/2021

Don't forget to join us on MONDAY 5th JULY at 7.30pm for our FREE webinar on Vernacular Buildings.

We are delighted to have Dr. Barry O'Reilly as one of our presenters. Barry is a renowned expert on Irish Vernacular Tradition and has published widely on the topic, including a terrific volume on thatched cottages. Don't miss this great opportunity to hear from Barry and learn more about Ireland's vernacular builings!

To book a place at this FREE webinar, contact Elaine Reid at [email protected]

This project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NI). For further details about the project or the other projects we are running, including Oral History Gathering and Recording, Excavation, and the Maguire Landscape. , or how to register as a volunteer, please visit https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities
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QUB - School of Natural and Built Environment
Lough Erne Landscape Partnership
National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland

Photos from Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis's post

28/06/2021

24/06/2021

Join Us

on Monday 5th July at 7:30pm

n: Vernacular ‘architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental’

Vernacular buildings have adorned our Irish landscape for millennia. At their most basic they are buildings built by the people for the people. Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with the term ‘vernacular’ but we have no doubts that you know what a vernacular building is and have much to share with us! You’ve definitely driven past one, maybe lived in one, and surely know a good yarn or two about one! Thatched cottages, farm buildings, maybe even a watermill or two? Have we got your attention? Would you like to learn more?

We would be delighted if you could join us on Monday 5th July from 7.30pm to enjoy an evening of all things vernacular.

With a line-up including Barry O’Reilly, renowned expert on Irish vernacular buildings; Cathy McGovern, local Fermanagh interior designer and stylist, and historic home conservator; Colm Donnelly, Co-Director of the Centre for Community Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast, and Rachel Tracey, historical archaeologist and co-ordinator of the online module. Come along to hear more! From how to identify vernacular buildings to the delights and tribulations of restoring a 200 year old Fermanagh cottage! To register for this event contact Elaine Reid via email - [email protected].

The Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP) in collaboration with the School of Natural & Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast would like to invite you to learn more about how you can enrol on our FREE four-week online learning course that you can enjoy at your leisure, learning more about vernacular buildings around the world, and here in Fermanagh. We also will give you the exciting opportunity to join our two week field school, on how to record and read the buildings around you!

For further details about the projects, or how to register as a volunteer, please visit https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities-training.

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership Queen's University Belfast QUB - Archaeology at Queen's Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

Read more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforDataDigitisationandAnalysis/News/

02/06/2021

Have you ever wanted to learn how to go about collecting oral history? Or how to survey a vernacular building? Or how archaeologists go about organising and delivering an excavation? If so, a new suite of three FREE online heritage toolkit courses will be released this year by the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP), commencing with "Gathering and Recording Oral History", currently open for registration and commencing 7th June, to be followed by "Studying Vernacular Buildings" (launch date: 19th July) and "Archaeological Excavation" (launch date: 1st August).

No previous expertise or experience is required! You can learn at your own pace. There are no exams or homework, just lots of useful tips and fun information, with each course delivered over four weeks in bite-sized components, with registered participants able to take part in the course as and when they wish to, and with supervision provided by an online tutor.

Having completed these online toolkits the participants are then able to join the archaeologists on building surveys (scheduled for 9th to 20th August) and a community-based excavation in Enniskillen (scheduled 30th August to 10th September).

Registration for the first course ("Gathering and Recording Oral History") is now open. To register please visit https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities-training/

The online courses have been developed for Lough Erne Landscape Partnership LELP by staff within the QUB - Archaeology at Queen's - Centre for Community Archaeology (CCA) and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA) at Queen's University Belfast and are supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland and Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. If you have any queries regarding the courses, please contact [email protected]. Further information on the work of LELP can be found at Lough Erne Landscape Partnership – Protecting, promoting and enhancing your heritage (www.lelp.org.uk)

27/05/2021

Legacy of Landscape: The People & Heritage of Lough Erne

Have you ever wanted to learn how to go about collecting oral history? Or how to survey a historic building? Or how archaeologists go about an excavation? If so, a new suite of three FREE online heritage toolkit courses will be released this year by the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP). First up is the "Gathering and Recording Oral History", to be launched on 31st May, to be followed by "Studying Vernacular Buildings" (launch date: 19th July, Highlight Video - https://youtu.be/5l0Doh14vVk) and "Archaeological Excavation" (launch date: 1st August). No previous expertise or experience is required!

Please learn more about the project and how you might get involved LELP Legacies of Landscape Information Booklet : https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/media/Media,1088110,smxx.pdf

If there is one thing we have learned over the last 18 months, it is how much our local areas still have to tell us. Developed for LELP by staff within the QUB - Archaeology at Queen's - Centre for Community Archaeology (CCA) and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA) at Queen's University Belfast and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland and Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, each course will be delivered over four weeks in bite-sized components to help you explore your local heritage. Registered participants are able to take part in the courses as and when they wish to, and with supervision provided by our expert online tutors. Having completed these online toolkits the participants would then be able to join the archaeologists on building surveys in Fermanagh (scheduled for 9th to 20th August) and a community-based excavation in Enniskillen (scheduled 30th August to 10th September).

To register please visit https://www.lelp.org.uk/heritage-volunteer-opportunities-training/

21/05/2021

This year's Deirdre Flanagan Memorial Lecture, will be hosted online for the very first time. Attendance is free and the event is open to all. The registration link is pasted below. The Northern Ireland Place Name Project Queen's University Belfast

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-deirdre-flanagan-memorial-lecture-2021-tickets-156085388599

12/05/2021

The Launch of Legacy of Landscape: The People and Heritage of Lough Erne The Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP) invites you to join us at the virtual launch of our exciting new two-year engagement programme – Legacy of Landscape: The People and Heritage of Lough Er…

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