Cork Historical & Archaeological Society presents The margrave, the devil and the Irishman, a newly discovered medieval text concerning the Irish anchorite monk Johannes of Göttweig’ by Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain. Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain is a postdoctoral researcher on the Digital Atlas of Early Irish Carved Stone project based in UCC’s Department of Archaeology. […]
Muskerry Local History Society presents ‘A History of Irish Whiskey from the Midleton Archive’ with Carol Quinn. Non-members: €4 per lecture
Coppeen Archaeological Historical and Cultural Society presents: 'The Battle of Jutland' by Tony McCarthy June 1916: the largest Naval Battle of World War 1, 250 ships,100,000 men, with several West Cork casualties. Non-member €5 - Refreshments included.
Michael Collins features as the lecture theme for Kinsale Cultural and Heritage Society on Thursday November 28th in the Temperance Hall in Kinsale at 8pm. Revealing the many layers of the enigmatic Collins, considered to be a colossus of twentieth century history, is Mr Tim Crowley. Considered to be one of the foremost historians on the […]
Table Quiz organised by The Kinsale Cultural & Heritage Society also website launch €40 Per Team Call 086 1971870 to book a table
Seamus is currently writing a book on the Behagh Company and in his research he has uncovered local stories, told and untold, which shine a new light on the lives of people in all strata of society in “Trouble Times." All welcome, charge of €5.
Titanic, the legendary ship that sank on April 15th 1912 with the loss of 1500 lives, was the largest ocean liner of its time. Believed to be unsinkable, it was on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York when it hit an iceberg and sank within a few hours. What went wrong and why? […]
Non-members: €4 per lecture
The talk will include a discussion on the location, the structure, function, and place in local imagination, as well as preservation works and current status. The building will be put in the historical context of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and events such as the Desmond Rebellion, the Nine Years War, the Battle of Kinsale and […]
Dr Murray is a senior lecturer in UCC’s Department of Early and Medieval Irish and currently head of its School of Irish Learning. In this talk, he will examine the Munster connections of the longest text from the Fenian Cycle of tales. The significance of these Munster materials will be examined in the context of […]
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Local historian Niall Stewart presents Kinsale in Medieval Times
