Bantry Historical Society runs the Bantry Museum, holds lectures about local history, hosts outings around Munster, and has published a number of journals.
Discover the remarkable story of Ireland's 1st female #botanist, Ellen #Hutchins, as recounted by her great-great-grandniece. New finds add tangible links to her story. One of these is a book that Ellen dated “1st January 1810”; that’s 214 yrs ago today! https://t.co/fFj6Qaxo08
Monday 25/09 in the Christian Fellowship Church #Bantry @ 8PM, Fachtna O Donovan will give a talk titled “Beara Casualties 1916 – 1923: Forgotten Stories of the Revolutionary Years”, recounting the stories of 21 Beara casualties from the 1916 Rising to the end of the Civil War.
Join the talented young members of the Skibbereen branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann for an hour of live song and dance Friday the 22nd of September, from 630m in the Courtyard of Skibbereen Heritage Centre - all are welcome! #CultureNight#Skibbereen@Comhaltas
Have you picked up your copy of volume 4 of our Journal yet? Featuring a bumper collection of 18 articles about #BantryHistory, you can get your copy in #Bantry bookshop, and O'Keeffe's SuperValu, as well as direct from us: https://t.co/fLnRrpbMaU
#Bantry museum is open for the summer season. Come and visit us in Wolfe Tone Square (behind the Fire Station) Monday to Friday, from 10:30 to 4:30. #WestCorkHistory#BantryHistory
The Abbey Mapping group will give a talk on their work - they've mapped, transcribed and photograped 1600 memorials in the Abbey to date - in #Bantry library on Weds 16 Aug from 11-1 for #heritageweek2023, and discuss #WhiddyIsland funeral traditions they've been researching.
Have you picked up your copy of volume 4 of our Journal yet? Featuring a bumper collection of 18 articles about #BantryHistory, you can get your copy in #Bantry bookshop, and O'Keeffe's SuperValu, as well as direct from us: https://t.co/fLnRrpbMaU
#Bantry museum is open for the summer season. Come and visit us in Wolfe Tone Square (behind the Fire Station) Monday to Friday, from 10:30 to 4:30. #WestCorkHistory#BantryHistory
Skibbereen & District Historical Society will launch its 2023 Journal at the Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, on Friday next, 7 July, at 7.30.
This is our 19th Journal, and the launch will be performed by the society’s president Gerald O’Brien.
ALL ARE INVITED!
Have you picked up your copy of volume 4 of our Journal yet? Featuring a bumper collection of 18 articles about #BantryHistory, you can get your copy in #Bantry bookshop, and O'Keeffe's SuperValu, as well as direct from us: https://t.co/fLnRrpbMaU
Wishing Cork County Major Danny Collins a wonderful #CorkCountyMayorsDinner tonight, and hoping he can raise a fantastic amount of money for Cancer Connect and Bandon Hyperbaric Chamber.
Have you picked up your copy of volume 4 of our Journal yet? Featuring a bumper collection of 18 articles about #BantryHistory, you can get your copy in #Bantry bookshop, and O'Keeffe's SuperValu, as well as direct from us: https://t.co/fLnRrpbelm
#Bantry museum is open for the summer season. Come and visit us in Wolfe Tone Square (behind the Fire Station) Monday to Friday, from 10:30 to 4:30. #WestCorkHistory#BantryHistory
Were you ahead of the game in the 1980s? #BantryMuseum is looking for mobile phones from this period to add to their telephony collection. Contact us if you have one to donate! https://t.co/jMb1B2e00W #TBT#Bantry
Retrofitting Your Home: A Public Information Evening
Admission Free
5 May, 7PM - 10PM
The Maritime Hotel Bantry, West Cork, Ireland
Register in advance to be in with a chance of winning a free BER Assessment : https://t.co/V5mnY8Mdfs
#BantryCU#CUretrofit
Volume 4 of our Journal is now available. Featuring a bumper collection of 18 articles about #BantryHistory, you can get your copy in #Bantry bookshop, and O'Keeffe's SuperValu, as well as direct from us: https://t.co/fLnRrpbelm
A reminder that tonight, Monday April 17th is our AGM, followed by "Forgotten but Not Gone: Lost Names for Familiar Places in Bantry" by Dr. Colum Hourihane, who'll discuss more than sixty former placenames in #Bantry. Join us! Find out more here: https://t.co/47hdzzcr2u
Excited to hear from @FourCourtsPress that Matthew Stout's "The Irish Ringrfort" is being reprinted. If you missed out on the original 1997 release, grab it here: https://t.co/PBeSsWz4ZD
Next Monday, April 17th is our AGM, followed by "Forgotten but Not Gone: Lost Names for Familiar Places in Bantry" by Dr. Colum Hourihane, who will discuss more than sixty names of streets, roads, and places which once described areas in #Bantry. Join us! https://t.co/47hdzzcYS2
One for fans of #GAA and #history! Tomorrow Thurs 13/04 at 7:30 in @PaircUiCha0imh, Gabriel Doherty from @UCCHistory will lecture on the War of Independence & Civil War, with particular reference to Cork GAA's involvement in the struggle for freedom and the impact on local clubs.