Events at home and around Europe from 1912 to 1922 oversaw monumental changes to the political and social structures of the island of Ireland. This exhibition explores some of those events through objects and documents in our collection. The Divided Ireland exhibition is part of the Understanding the Decade of Commemorations project, supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
Click the links below to view our image and video galleries. Please note these are intended as a general introduction to the exhibition content. For a deeper contextual understanding of the events surrounding the Partition of Ireland, please visit our exhibition. For more information contact collections@derrystrabane.com.
Featuring detailed descriptions of some of collections on display.
Images of the Collections and Archives associated with partition.
Short films on life on the border in 1923.
Overview of the Exhibition.
With Tommy Graham, Liz Gillis, Adrian Grant, Breandán Mac Suibhne and Brian Walker.
Art project with students from the North-West Regional College re-interpreting curtains left behind by the British Army at Ebrington Barracks.
Art project exploring the concept and reality of borders, specifically the border created 100 years ago by The Partition of Ireland.
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