The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council Collection
Decade of Centenaries 2012 – 2023
The NI Community Relations Council plays a key part in promoting cross-community understanding and engagement. It has pioneered a number of projects down the years which Éamon played a part in, including the CRC’s role in the wider Decade of Centenaries initiative and Remembering The Future.
Here, for example, you can access the full Decade of Centenaries playlists on the NICRC’s YouTube channel, which features a range of speakers including many contributions from Éamon. You can explore the whole set of videos for this project on the Introduction playlist.
Below are some of the many videos featuring Éamon, including many from the Centenaries and Remembering the Future projects.

Decade of Centenaries 2012 – 2023
The Decade of Centenaries – 10 Year Anniversary: Partition and the Birth of N. Ireland revisited
In this video Dr Phoenix talks about: A Reflection on the Decade of Centenaries. The Decade of Centenaries refers to the period of the Home Rule Crisis and the Ulster Covenant Campaign in 1912 through to Partition and the establishment of two parliaments in Ireland in 1921/22.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2022
Reflection & Years Ahead: Éamon Phoenix
Talking about aspects of the Decade of Centenaries in an event in Lurgan, Co Armagh.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2018
Jim McDermott – Ulster Catholics, Belfast in particular and the Great War: Remembering The Future
Éamon introduces a Jim McDermott lecture with lots of fascinating info including the participation of Catholics in various regiments including the 6th Connaught Rangers.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2016
Dr Éamon Phoenix Interview
Éamon interviewed at the Creative Centenaries Resources Fair 2015 organised by Community Relations Council, Nerve Centre and Heritage Lottery Fund, in Titanic Belfast, in March, 2015.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2015
Dr Éamon Phoenix keynote address
Dr Éamon Phoenix keynote address at the Creative Centenaries Resources Fair 2015 organised by Community Relations Council, Nerve Centre and Heritage Lottery Fund.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2015
Dr Éamon Phoenix – Overview of the decade of anniversaries series
Dr Phoenix gives a broad and detailed review of the perspectives in the Remembering The Future series and introduces the panel for the forum discussion.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2013
Chairperson’s summary and the influences on Nationalists
Part of the Remembering The Future series, Dr ÉamonPhoenix provides a brief overview of the lecture. The panel explores what factors were influencing nationalists from 1914 – 1918.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Dr Éamon Phoenix: The UVF man who saw the Rising from the Gresham Hotel
This video sees Dr Phoenix explore the hand-written account on Gresham Hotel notepaper of Jim Mitchell — a 38-year-old primary school teacher from East Belfast.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Summary by Éamon Phoenix
Part of the Remembering The Future series.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
The Burden of our History: Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix introduces the first lecture in the series of ten Remembering the Future and marking significant centenaries 2012-2023. He introduces Professor Paul Bew.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
From Rising to Truce: Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix introduces the session and Michael Laffan.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Remembering the Future: Dr Éamon Phoenix Summary
Dr Phoenix sums up after a session on the Irish Revolution featuring Dr Michael Laffan.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Partition, Treaty and Civil War: Remembering The Future
Éamon Phoenix covers the period of the Anglo Irish Treaty, its reception in the Dail, the beginning of the Civil War and Partition.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Easter Rising 1916: Remembering The Future
Dr Phoenix introduces the lecture and Dr Fearghal McGarry.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Northern Nationalists and Southern Unionists: Remembering The Future
Éamon Phoenix provides an overview of the situation of Northern Nationalists and Southern Unionists.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Carson, Craig, British Conservatism and the 3rd Home Rule Crisis (1910-1914): Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix introduces the second lecture in the series of ten marking significant centenaries 2012-2023. He introduces Dr Alan Parkinson.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Labour in Ireland 1900-1922: Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix introduces lecture 4 and Dr Emmet O’Connor.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Divergent Views: Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix speaks for 15 minutes on the Protestant pro Home Rulers’ divergent voices.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Ireland and the First World War: Remembering The Future
Dr Éamon Phoenix introduces the lecture and Professor Keith Jeffery.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Experience of Catholics in Northern Ireland: Question from the Audience
An audience member asks a question about the experience of nationalists in NI following comments by President of Ireland Mary McAleese.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Chairperson’s summary and 1st question
Dr Éamon Phoenix gives a brief summary of the high power the Ulster Unionists commanded in the press, Tory Party aristocracy and Court circles, the significance and emotion attached to the Covenant and the minority Protestant Home Rulers.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Carson and Redmond’s Relationship
Professor Paul Bew and Dr Phoenix discuss the context and relationship within which Carson and Redmond were simultaneously and respectively leaders of Unionism and Nationalism.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012
Women’s Movement in Ireland 1910-22
Remembering The Future – Dr Phoenix introduces a session on the Women’s Movement, and Dr Myrtle Hill, Re-visioning the Past.
Produced by The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, 2012