By Dan Walsh
Popular RTÉ Six One News presenter David McCullagh is also an accomplished author and learned historian, and he is a special guest in Gorey Library on Saturday where he will deliver a talk entitled Crown and Harp; from Free State to a Republic from 3pm.
His contribution is full of intrigue. How much freedom did the Treaty really give? Why did it lead to a Civil War? And how did successive Irish government dismantle it to allow Ireland to emerge on the world stage? Featuring: wading through blood; a country with no ships at a naval conference; Éamon de Valera supporting true love; and deadly insults at a state banquet.
Starting with the Treaty and the split that led to Civil War, McCullagh will then look at how the Treaty was dismantled by Cosgrave and then de Valera, and finally the declaration of the Republic in 1948.
David McCullagh is a journalist, author and presenter with RTÉ, where he has presented the Six One News since August 2020. He previously presented the current affairs television programme Prime Time from 2013 to 2020 and was Political Correspondent with RTE News and Current Affairs. He has also written the book A Makeshift Majority: The first inter-party government, 1948-51, and a biography of John A. Costello. The Reluctant Taoiseach: A Biography of John A Costello, was launched in 2010.
Booking essential, anyone requiring additional assistance to participate in this event, please contact the Gorey Library on 053 9483820.
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