Deadline for LAOH Irish History essay contest is Nov. 15

| 23 Sep 2015 | 05:28

MONROE — All students in grades 6 through 12 are invited to participate in the annual National LAOH Irish History writing contest.

Next year marks the Centennial Year of the Easter Rising, an insurrection waged for six days in Dublin in 1916 to protest British rule.

Accordingly, the theme for the Irish History Contest sponsored by the National Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians is "The Involvement of Women in the Easter Rising."

Rules• Level 1, Grades 6-7-8: Not less than 500 words or more than 1,000 words.

• Level 2,Grades 9-10-11-12: Not less than 750 words or more than 1,500 words.

• Contest essays are due by Nov. 15.

• Each student is required to submit four copies of their essay and must follow the established guidelines of the LAOH available by e-mail request or can be downloaded from the National Ladies AOH website (http://www.ladiesaoh.com/irish-history-contest/_

In addition to the national awards presented for this contest, awards will also be made at the local division, county and state levels.

The top five entries for each level will move on to the next round.

National Awards are:• First place: $500 (grades 6-8); $1,000 (grade 9-12).

• Second place: $250 (grades 6-8); $ 500 (grades 9-12).

• Third place: $125 (grades 6-8); $ 250 (grades 9-12)

• Honorable mention (two): $50 (grades 6-8); $100 (grades 9-12).

National awards will be announced on or about March 31, 2016.

Submitting your essaySubmit essays by mail to:

Ann Marie Mulholland, Irish Historian

Orange County LAOH
110 School Road, Monroe, NY 10950

laoh_irishhistory@frontier.com
What was the Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week 1916 in Dublin. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I.

More than 100 women are said to have taken part directly in the Rising. Many were members of the republican organization, Cumann na mBan, which declared in its constitution an explicit commitment to the use of force by arms against crown forces in Ireland, alongside its equality agenda.