The decade 2012-2022 is categorised as the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ as it marks the centenary of a number of important historical events and developments that occurred in the period 1912-1922, and which formed a vital role in the formation of modern Ireland
As part of the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ commemorations, schools and students at all levels of primary and post-primary schools across Ireland are invited, in the 2017-18 school year, to enter the fifth annual schools’ history competition. The selected themes have a particular link to events of a century ago across the island of Ireland.
CategoriesThis year, at both primary and post-primary levels, projects are invited under the following general headings:
- A local/regional studies theme from a century ago – a study of a particular historical event that affected your local or regional area in the 1912-1922 period.
- Ireland and the First World War – a study of the Irish experience of the war from the perspective of an individual or group. This could involve a focus on a particular battle, an individual participant’s story or a consideration of the entire 1914-1918 period.
- Women's history in Ireland during the revolutionary period – a study of a particular individual/group/organisation/movement striving to improve the quality of women’s lives or involved in revolutionary activity in Ireland in the 1912-1922 period
- Revolution in Ireland – a study of a political/revolutionary event from the 1912-1922 period, a particular aspect of the event, or an individual/group/organisation associated with it.
Projects must be submitted online to the following email address: historyaward@mercierpress.ie . Each project must include a cover sheet at the front and a bibliography listing the sources consulted.