The 'Decade of Centenaries' conference was organised by The Irish Association in the Ulster Reform Club, Belfast, on Thursday 23 November 2023.

The National Archives' Decade of Centenaries website describes this period in Irish history as follows:

The decade, which began in 1912 and finished in 1923, was the most turbulent and transformative experienced by Ireland in the 20th century.

It goes on to say: "The country had experienced the 1913 Lockout, World War 1, the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence, and a bitterly divisive civil war. Upwards of 36,000 people had died as a result of these various conflicts and many more were maimed and injured. A great deal of property, including iconic public buildings, was destroyed, particularly in our cities. The cultural ferment which began the decade had, by its end, to transform itself into the administrative and legislative competence to run a country."

Videos of the complete presentations, recorded in the Ulster Reform Club, 4 Royal Avenue, Belfast on 23 November 2023, are available to members of the association.

This video is the introducton by Brian Walker, President of The Irish Association, to the presentations delivered at the 'Decade of Centenaries' conference organised by The Irish Association in the Ulster Reform Club, 4 Royal Avenue, Belfast, on Thursday 23 November 2023.