Irish radicals added to the Chartist Ancestors Databank

I have added 143 new names to the Chartist Ancestors Databank, taking the total number of those included to 14,523.

This latest batch includes a significant number of Chartists of Irish origin, and is made up of three groups.

Chartism Day 2016: from 'constitutional humbug' to cheap beer, a political rehabiliation and 3D models

Chartism Day 2016 took place at the University of Chester at the weekend, with around 50 delegates turning up for a busy programme of presentations on topics as diverse as Chartism’s relationship with the Irish Repeal movement, the impact of the Beer Act on radical meetings and an exciting new initiative using 3D animated modelling techniques to re-create Chartist processions.

What follows does not attempt to summarise the arguments of the speakers, which are in any event almost all drawn from work in progress towards full academic publication, but simply to give a flavour of the day’s talks.

Chartism Day 2014 - Ireland and British Democracy

Chartism Day 2014 takes place in Galway, beginning on Friday 4 July and running through Saturday 5 July.  This year’s theme is Ireland and British Democracy.

Registration is now open for anyone who would like to go along.