Historian Jerome Lordan takes to the podium on Thursday May 22nd at the Temperance Hall, Kinsale, at 8pm talking on ship wrecks located off Kinsale.
Delighted to accept the invite of Kinsale Cultural and Heritage Society to address their monthly lecture, Jerome is one of the foremost historians on the subject, having published a book on the topic No flowers on a Sailor’s Grave: Shipwrecks of Kinsale and Courtmacsherry in 2014.
Well versed on the subject, he has completed a BA in Archaeology and Celtic Civilisation in 2010, before moving on to graduate with an MA in Local History also from UCC in 2012.
In addition to his academic background, Jerome is a native of the Old Head of Kinsale and having spent many years as a fisherman that knowledge was recently used when he co-authored a book on the area entitled Peninsula People.
Looking forward to the lecture evening, Jerome has promised to provide a detailed account of those ships that for one reason or another are now firmly anchored to the bottom of the sea off Kinsale.
‘The talk on the night will be an overview of the many wrecks in the area. With an emphasis on a couple of them as a case study,’ Jerome said.
‘The Lusitania tends to dominate in the area and rightly so, but this talk will focus on the lesser-known wrecks.
‘The talk will discuss the various sources focusing on a cross disciplined approach including newspapers, shipping registers, archaeology, history, folklore and minor place names.
‘As well as my own seafaring background to give a perspective from both the sea and the land.’
Jerome Lordan, who is set to recall the many shipwrecks off Kinsale, in the Temperance Hall, Kinsale, on Thursday May 22nd at 8pm