Engagement session on National Centre for Research&Remembrance, Ireland

This is an engagement event on the new National Centre for Research and Remembrance (NCRR). It will be held in the London Irish Centre, and online, on 25 February 2025, between 12.30 and 5pm.

The event is being held so that survivors and affected people, and their family members and advocates, can hear about and feedback on the work of the National Archives and National Museum on the National Centre for Research and Remembrance.

To reserve your place at the event: Please click on the 'Reserve a spot' button. When you do so, you'll be asked to specify any accessibility or dietary requirements - this is to make sure all attendees are accommodated on the day. As this event will also be streamed online, please also specify whether you intend to join in person or online.

The purpose of this engagement event is to deliver on the National Centre for Research and Remembrance Steering Group’s commitments, published in May of this year, following the initial consultation on the National Centre. Those commitments relate to:

• Survivor-centred - decision-making and co-creation
• Equal and inclusive memorialisation
• An engaging, authentic and professional museum experience
• Truth, healing and support
• Treatment of records
• A calm and reflective garden space

Further information on the consultation and commitments is available at www.gov.ie/nationalcentre

Within these core commitments, the next steps included a series of interactive in-person sessions for survivors and former residents Industrial Schools, Magdalen Laundries, Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, Reformatories, and related institutions, as well as their families and advocates.

This event will be run by the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) and National Archives (NAI), supported by the Special Advocate for Survivors.

The event will include:

• a welcome and introduction from the Special Advocate for Survivors;
• a presentation from the Office of Public Works on the development of the NCRR site;
• a presentation and interactive feedback session on the National Archives’ work on developing the archival repository; and
• a presentation and interactive feedback session on the National Museum of Ireland’s research on survivor-focused museums as examples of survivor-led exhibition and memorialisation spaces.

Each presentation will be followed by time for attendees to ask questions and share their feedback. Representatives from the National Archives, National Museum and Special Advocate’s office will also be available during and after the event to speak with attendees directly about any questions or any other comments they may have on the National Centre.

Lunch will be provided for attendees on arrival, along with tea, coffee and water. Refreshments will also be available throughout the afternoon.

An engagement and information sessions was held in Dublin on 22 October 2024, and sessions are also planned for Galway (14 November 2024), and Cork (19 November 2024). Registration for these events is now open and available at these links:

- Galway: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/engagement-session-for-the-national-centre-for-research-and-remembrance-tickets-1021638096047

- Cork: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/engagement-session-for-the-national-centre-for-research-and-remembrance-tickets-1021683612187

We would appreciate if you could let those who may be interested in participating know about these sessions in order to reach as many people as possible. If you do wish to attend, registration is essential. If you have any queries at all on this event, please contact NCRR@museum.ie.

For further information on the National Centre for Research and Remembrance, including the Steering Group’s commitments, please visit our website at www.gov.ie/nationalcentre

Hosted by

• Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Ireland
• National Archives of Ireland
• National Museum of Ireland
• Office of Public Works, Ireland
• Special Advocate for Survivors

Getting to the London Irish Centre

Rail: The closest tube station is Camden Town, which is a 15-minute walk away. This station is serviced by the Northern Line. The closest overground station is Camden Road, which is a 10 minute walk from London Irish Centre.

Bus: Routes 29, 253, 274 all stop near the London Irish Centre.

Parking: The London Irish Centre does not have its own car park or disabled parking, but Blue Badge holders can park in resident bays, and pay and display bays are available for an unlimited time.