Bantry Historical Society

Bantry Historical Society runs the Bantry Museum, holds lectures about local history, hosts outings around Munster, and has published a number of journals.

[Irish Heritage News @heritage_irish]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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.

[Skibbereen Heritage @skibbheritage]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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 Historical Society @BantryHistory]

#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

[Bantry Historical Society @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.

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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 Historical Society @BantryHistory]

#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 Historical @SkibbHistory]

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!

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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 Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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.

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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 Historical Society @BantryHistory]

#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

[Bantry Historical Society @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

[Bantry Credit Union @BantryCU]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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

[Bantry Historical Society @BantryHistory]

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.