CHAS lecture on the Irish Civil War

CARLOW Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) will hold its next lecture in the Milford Room at the Seven Oaks Hotel on Wednesday 19 February at 8pm. 

Economic and social historian Andy Bielenberg will give this month’s talk on the topic of the Irish Civil War.

Andy holds a wide-ranging interest in Irish economic and social history in the 19th and 20th centuries and has published several books and articles, including international journals. He was the lead on a project to record fatalities in the Irish civil War, which has been published in the Atlas of the Irish Civil War.

Originally from near Tullow, and recently retired from working in UCC Department of History, he has a wide ranging interests in historical demography, the civil war and war of independence, and in industrial history.

CHAS lectures are free and all are very welcome to attend.