The Truce, which called a halt to the War of Independence, was agreed in the Mansion House 100 years ago this July.

To mark the anniversary, the Mansion House and Dublin City Libraries presents an online lunchtime lecture series from 5 – 9 July 2021.

The free one hour talks will take place at 1pm each day, with contributions from Dublin City Council Historians-in-Residence and guest speakers.

The series will cover the Truce; national and international press coverage of the Truce; the Ballyfermot troop train ambush and Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill and the revolutionary Mansion House.

• Tuesday 6th July at 1pm: The Ballyfermot troop train ambush of 8th July 1921; the last major action of the War of IndependenceOn 8th July, 1921 a train carrying troops, military supplies, horses and civilians was ambushed by members of the 4th Battalion Dublin Brigade IRA as it passed under the railway bridge near the then rural hamlet of Ballyfermot. This incident occurred hours before the formal announcement of the Truce and marked the end of the War of Independence. City Council historian in residence Cathy Scuffil and historian Liz Gillis tell the story of the last major action of the War of Independence.
• Wednesday 7th July at 1pm: Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill and the revolutionary Mansion House
  Dublin’s Mansion House and its occupant Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill played a pivotal role in many events of the Irish revolutionary era. Cllr Michael MacDonncha, author of The Mansion House and the Irish Revolution, and Chair of Dublin City Council’s Commemorations Committee, discusses the fascinating subject with historian in residence Mary Muldowney.
• Thursday 8th July at 1pm: “The guns are silent – but they remain in the hands of the Irish Volunteers”
  The Truce agreed at the Mansion House in July 1921 was the culmination of negotiations between Sinn Féin and the British government to bring an end to hostilities of the War of Independence. Historian in residence Cormac Moore tells the story of how the Truce came about.
• Friday 9th July at 1pm: “England's interests are not Orange interests”; Approaches to the Truce in the national and international press.
  The Truce was widely covered by reporting and analysis Irish, English and American newspapers, in the days following the announcement of the cessation of conflict in July 1921.
  Historian in residence Mary Muldowney looks at the different perspectives adopted north and south of the newly created Border, and at how the varying editorial viewpoints were replicated in newspapers in Britain, America, and beyond.