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X-WR-CALNAME:From Dangerous Ground: Irish Revolutionary Máire Comerford’
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DESCRIPTION:Named as the most daring woman working for the Irish Republican
  cause by the Daily Mail in 1923\, Máire Comerford (1893-1982) was an act
 ive participant in the War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War (1
 919-1923)\, when she fought against acceptance of a partitioned Ireland\, 
 the new Irish Free State\, and the creation of the Northern Ireland statel
 et\, which remained part of the United Kingdom. Following arrests\, impris
 onment\, beatings\, hunger strikes\, and a daredevil escape\, Comerford wa
 s sent to the United States in November 1923 by jailed Anti-Treatyite lead
 er Éamon de Valera to propagate the Republican cause and to raise funds f
 or Republican prisoner relief.\n\nMarking the hundredth anniversary of Com
 erford’s mission\, the editor of her posthumously published memoir\, Hil
 ary Dully\, will trace Comerford’s footsteps from gentile beginnings in 
 rural Ireland to Republican icon—a journey of extraordinary commitment t
 o a national ideal\, explored and reimagined through her unique archive\, 
 recently acquired by the Burns Library\, with particular emphasis on Comer
 ford’s letters home during her nine-month sojourn. Moving between the an
 ecdotal\, familial and political\, the letters bear testament not only to 
 a creeping sense of defeat for the Republicans but also lay bare both the 
 homesickness and simultaneous wide-eyed wonder of a young woman traversing
  between New York\, Boston\, Chicago and Washington in the presidential el
 ection year of 1924. \n\nA documentary filmmaker\, writer\, and film lectu
 rer\, Hilary Dully’s films have been commissioned and broadcast on RTE\,
  Channel 4 and TG4 and shown at Irish and international film festivals. Sh
 e has also taught documentary and film practice at the University of Galwa
 y. Dully lives in rural East Clare\, where she has initiated and produced 
 a number of documentaries about\, or in conjunction with\, her local commu
 nity. Related by marriage to Máire Comerford through Comerford’s nephew
 \, filmmaker Joe Comerford\, Dully’s publication of On Dangerous Ground:
  A Memoir of the Irish Revolution with Lilliput Press in 2021 has brought 
 long overdue attention to Máire Comerford’s remarkable courage\, charac
 ter\, and impact.\n\nA complimentary cold buffet supper and bar service wi
 ll follow Dully’s talk and discussion at 6pm. Copies of On Dangerous Gro
 und will be available for sale and signing.\n\nJoe Comerford’s recently 
 digitally restored and acclaimed 1988 film\, “Reefer and the Model\,” 
 which features a character part based on Máire Comerford\, will be screen
 ed at 7pm with discussion with Joe Comerford to follow.\n\nAll are welcome
 . RSVPs not required but appreciated: https://bit.ly/comerford-events-BC\n
 \nThe above portrait photo Máire Comerford was taken for her American tou
 r\, which included lectures in various cities.\n\nPresented by Boston Coll
 ege Libraries in collaboration with Boston College Irish Studies and suppo
 rt from the Eire Society of Boston and Tom and Trisha Carty. \n\nFor quest
 ions regarding transportation\, parking\, and building accessibility\, ple
 ase refer to our Burns Library website\, or contact Burns Library administ
 rative assistant Caroline Pace at pacecar@bc.edu or (617) 552-3282.
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LOCATION:Burns Library
SUMMARY:From Dangerous Ground: Irish Revolutionary Máire Comerford’s Mis
 sion in America
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bc.edu/event/from-dangerous-ground-irish-revol
 utionary-maire-comerfords-mission-in-america
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