Dunkerrin Lecture Series: Famine in Toomevara, 24 Oct @ 8.15
The Dunkerrin Parish History Society lecture series resumes on Monday 24th October at 8.15pm in Obama Plaza. Helen O'Brien will deliver a lecture on 'The Famine in Toomevara 1845-52'.
Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series 2016/17
Tipperary County Council Library Service invites you to attend the annual Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series, which returns to Tipperary Studies, The Source, Cathedral Street, Thurles for its tenth series this winter. The lectures take place on the third…
Talk on Fr. Nicholas Sheehy, The Main Guard, 24 Sept. @ 11am
In 1766 Fr Nicholas Sheehy Parish Priest of Clogheen, Burncourt and Ballyporeen was hung, drawn and quartered having being tried and found guilty of being an accessory to murder. It is believed that these charges were false and that it…
Kilkenny 1916: Contexts & Controversies, Sept. 1st, 2nd, 5th & 6th
Lecture 1: ‘My Grandfather, Thomas MacDonagh and Kilkenny’, Ms. Lucille Redmond Thursday September 1st. 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm In September 1901, Thomas MacDonagh arrived in Kilkenny, appointed to teach English in St Kieran's College.…
Daniel O’Connell Summer School 2016, Aug. 26-28
http://oconnellsummerschool.com/programme-2016/ FRIDAY, 26 AUGUST, 2016, THE LIBRARY, CAHERCIVEEN 9.20am: Introduction:Professor Maurice Bric, Director of the Daniel O’Connell School. Opening Address: Mr. John O’Donoghue, Cahersiveen. John represented South Kerry as a TD for a number of years and later served in…
King John 800 Conference 2016, 8 – 10 Sept., Dublin Castle
This major conference in September 2016 will remember King John on the 800th anniversary of his death. Leading historians from around the world will gather in Dublin Castle (constructed in 1204 to be the centre of John’s Irish administration) to…