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A Symposium on Irish language court records documenting violence against girls and women in the early years of the Irish Free State will be held in the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ on Tuesday November 11 2025. 'Tá Bean in Éirinn: Violence against Women, the Irish Language and Justice in the early years of the Irish Free State: A National Archive Research Project’ will be held from 9am to 4.30 pm and is open to both academics and the public. It will be of particular interest to those interested in history, law and the Irish language and especially to those interested in Irish language court records held in the National Archives. This is a Royal Irish Academy funded research project and the principal investigators on the project are Dr Sorcha de Brún (School of English, Irish and Communication) and Dr Helene Haak (Glucksman Library). The symposium will take place in the Appellate Court in the Glucksman Library and will begin with a series of papers from Dr Haak and Dr de Brún, followed by lectures from Professor Alan Titley and Professor Eunan O’Halpin. After lunch, which will be served in the Library Plaza, the researchers will give an overview of the cases they found in the course of their research. An interactive mock ‘trial’ will then follow, and the symposium will end with a question and answer session. All are welcome to attend all, or any, of the sessions. A lunch will be provided in the Library Plaza and all are welcome. The event is also available to attend . Please contact sorcha.debrun@ul.ie for registration.