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Booklet cover. Graphic design by Epic for 'The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives' exhibition.

Booklet cover. Graphic design by Epic for 'The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives' exhibition.

National Archives 2021 Commemoration Programme

September 22nd, 2021

As part of our ongoing work with the National Archives, we recently worked on materials for their 2021 Commemoration Programme. Included in their programme will be ‘The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives’ exhibition (Designed by Epic). Using the Treaty as the centrepiece, this exhibition places significant documents from the collections of the National Archives on public display for the first time. The exhibition will run from 6th December 2021 to 27 March 2022.

The Treaty exhibition is accompanied by a series of commemoration programme initiatives aimed at encouraging historical enquiry and promoting the widest possible interest and use of primary archival sources. The National Archives has commissioned an Artist-in-Residence, John Beattie to engage with its collections, to reflect in imaginative ways on the contemporary resonance of particular episodes from the 1921-23 period.

For more information go to: nationalarchives.ie/2021commemorationprogramme

 

Illustration of the Treaty talks in the cabinet room of 10 Downing Street featured in the London Illustrated News, 5 November 1921.
National Archives. Reference: PRIV1903/16/1

Illustration of the Treaty talks in the cabinet room of 10 Downing Street featured in the London Illustrated News, 5 November 1921.
National Archives. Reference: PRIV1903/16/1

Irish people praying in Downing Street, London, during meetings to arrange the Truce to end the Irish War of Independence, July 1921.

Irish people praying in Downing Street, London, during meetings to arrange the Truce to end the Irish War of Independence, July 1921.

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Due to fears the talks might collapse the IRA purchased a Biplane, The Big Fella, that could swiftly bring Collins & the other plenipotentiaries back to Ireland if needed. Military Arch: PRCN/66/2658

Due to fears the talks might collapse the IRA purchased a Biplane, The Big Fella, that could swiftly bring Collins & the other plenipotentiaries back to Ireland if needed. Military Arch: PRCN/66/2658