About Voices 16
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A look at 大象传媒 Northern Ireland's landmark 1916 multiplatform project.
One year, two seismic events that shaped Ireland
A century on from the events of 1916, 大象传媒 Northern Ireland revisits the testimony of those who were witness to history and looks at how people's lives were affected by the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme.
These are not the stories of the history text books. Ordinary people lived through these tumultuous times and Voices 16 aims to bring their experiences to life.
Discover personal perspectives from those who experienced the events of 1916, as well as some of the social context during a pivotal year in Ireland's history.
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provides daily updates on life in Ireland 100 years ago throughout 2016. Newspaper reports and personal accounts mix to provide a rich picture of how people lived and what was reported back then.
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Get under the skin of with biography pages that reflect the progression of our character's lives as the events of 1916 unfold.
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with short films that explore the history and importance of such artefacts as the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and the flag of the 36th Ulster Division at the Somme.
Creative collaborations
Voices 16 would not be possible without the vast resources made available to us by the families of our characters and our wide range of creative collaborators on the project, listed below...
We are also indebted to the archives of the following newspapers...
Northern dailies:
- Belfast News Letter
- Belfast Telegraph
- Irish News
- Northern Whig
Regional papers:
- Anglo-Celt
- Armagh Guardian
- Ballymena Observer
- Ballymoney Free Press
- Banbridge Chronicle
- Co Down Spectator
- Derry Journal
- Derry People & Donegal News
- Donegal Vindicator
- Downpatrick Recorder
- Drogheda Independent
- Dundalk Democrat
- Fermanagh Herald
- Fermanagh Times
- Frontier Sentinel
- Impartial Reporter
- Lisburn Herald
- Londonderry Sentinel
- Lurgan Mail
- Mid-Ulster Mail
- Newry Reporter
- Newtownards Spectator
- North Down Herald
- Northern Constitution
- Northern Standard
- Portadown Express
- Strabane Chronicle
- Tyrone Constitution
- Ulster Echo
- Ulster Guardian
- Ulster Herald
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The people and papers of Ireland provide a rich picture of life a century ago
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Discover more about some of those who experienced the tumultuous events of 1916
