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Liam O’Flaherty, a novelist whose best-known work – The Informer – a study of the life of an Irish revolutionary, was born.

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Irish novelist Brian Moore, best known for his novel The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn, was born on this date.

The Giant’s Causeway in county Antrim consists of 37,000 columns formed by cooling lava in 6000 B.C in the Mesolithic period or Middle Stone Age.

Michael Collins was assassinated on this date in 1922 during Ireland’s civil war.

Referring to the famine, Prime Minister Lord John Russell tells the House of Commons that he does not propose to interfere with the methods by which Indian corn and other grains are brought into Ireland.

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On this day in Ireland, the Intermediate Education Act granted female students the right to participate in public examinations and to enter into careers and professions.

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On this day, August 15 in 1919, Benedict Kiely, novelist and short-story writer was born.

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Dear Friend,

During this time of uncertainty, we hope that you and your families are keeping well.   

Pauline Kersten, Manager of Conway Education Centre in West Belfast, kindly reached out to let us know that the United States remains in her thoughts and prayers during this crisis.  We wanted to share with you her message:

“We hope you are safe and in good health in this unprecedented time. The news from America sounds very worrying and we hope you have good support from families and friends.

Conway Education Centre had to temporarily close our office, but all staff are working from home and we are continuing our services as best we can. Computer technology is a fantastic tool in these circumstances and is allowing us to stay in touch with all our learners and refugee families.

We are using online platforms to continue classes; we have a call divert on our phone system so people calling CEC will continue to get a member of staff on the line to have a chat with or to get information. We have now a system in place to support our most vulnerable learners and a small group of our volunteers is on stand-by to do grocery shops for people who cannot do so themselves and to deliver arts and crafts parcels to our refugee families so the children can participate in our online arts and crafts sessions which we are going to put on our Facebook.

All state examinations such as the GCSE English and Maths, due to happen in May and June, have been cancelled. Students will receive a ‘predicted grade’ based on completed course work, work in class and the professional opinion of the teacher.

To be honest, it is a steep learning curve for me and other staff to learn how to do all of our work online and use these different platforms, being mindfull of data protection and keeping children and young people safe, but we do our best.

It is brilliant to see how communities do pull together and how people help each other in this health crisis, I very much hope it is the same where you live.

You are in our thoughts, please stay safe,

Warm regards on behalf of CEC management committee, staff, volunteers and learners,

Pauline”

From all of us at Conway Mill Trust, please know that all of you remain in our thoughts and prayers.  We will get through these trying times, together.

For the latest news from the Conway Mill Trust family in Northern Ireland, click here Conway Mill Trust Newsletter – December 2019.