Old Drogheda Society
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| Cooper's Axe |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
1/31/2015
1/30/2015
Pic of the Day @ 30 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Cooper's Adze |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/29/2015
Pic of the Day @ 29 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Cooper's box chiv |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
Visit to Devon and Cornwall
Old Drogheda
Society
Date:
Sunday, 12th April to Thursday, 16th April, 2015
This visit is being organised by the Federation of Local
History Societies and is open to
all members of the Old Drogheda Society.
Our
visit to the west counties promises to be another memorable journey to some of
the
most
beautiful countryside in England. This south-west peninsula holds some of
Britain’s
most
forbidding moors, dramatic coastline and enticing beaches. Its history which
stretches
from Celtic to Victorian times is strikingly illustrated in its many castles
and
stately
homes. We will have the opportunity to see some of these including the magnifi
cent
17th
Century Mansion Lanhydrock House, Prideaux Place and Manor House which
holds
many treasures from the Spanish Armada. We will visit the impressive cathedrals
of
Exeter and Truro, travel over the moors of Dartmoor, enjoy a panoramic coach
tour of
Plymouth,
one of the country’s greatest seafaring cities, visit Mount St.Michael and its
fortified house crowning the island, see Penzance and wander through the streets of
the
coastal
towns of St. Ives and Padstow and much more.
Package:
The
package includes coach hire x 5 days, return ferry crossing Rosslare to
Fishguard, 4
nights
B&B with evening meal in the New Continental Spa Hotel in Plymouth.
Cost
is €449 per person sharing, (€120 single supplement). Note: This includes all
admission
costs, guides, tips etc. for the 5 days of the visit.
Itinerary:
Sunday:
Leave Dublin Heuston Station at 5.30 am sharp with some pick-up points along
the
way and travel by coach and ferry to Plymouth with one stop along the way to
arrive
at
Plymouth at 6.30 pm. Dinner in hotel at 7.30 pm.
Monday:
Devon. Panoramic coach tour of Plymouth. Visit Buckland Abbey once the
home
of Sir Francis Drake and see Drake’s drum and the Great Barn, coach tour
through
Dartmoor
where quarries, prehistoric remains and Dartmoor ponies can be seen, cross
over
the high moorland with views across dramatic tors, woodlands, mining activity
and
ancient route between abbeys. Break for lunch in Exeter. Guided tour of Exeter
Cathedral,
one of the great cathedrals of England and a magnifi cent example of Gothic
architecture.
Free time to explore the city. Return to Plymouth to arrive back at 6.30pm.
Dinner
in hotel at 7.30 pm. This will be followed by a short after dinner talk by
local
historian
Chris Robinson.
Tuesday:
North Cornwall. After breakfast travel to Lanhydrock House, a magnificent
mansion
house set in its own estate with beautiful gardens and church and regarded as
the
perfect Victorian country house. It is renowned for its arts, crafts and fine
interiors.
Panoramic
tour of historic Bodmin with its Shire Hall, Bodmin Gaol, Museum and Bodmin
&
Wenford Railway Station. Scenic coach trip to the Cornish fishing village of
Padstow
on
the coast. Free time for lunch. Guided tour of the stunningly beautiful
Elizabethan
Manor
House of Prideaux Place. Time for a walk around the village. Return by coach to
Plymouth
to arrive at 6.00 pm. Dinner Hotel at 7.30 pm.
Wednesday:
South Cornwall. After breakfast travel to the city of Truro and have a short
guided
tour of the city to include the outside of its cathedral. Coffee break. Travel
on to
Marazion
for St. Michael’s Mount. Take short boat trip to island and visit the castle on
the
mount
including the blue room and the intricate chase close room. Return to mainland
and
have lunch. Scenic drive Penzance seafront, Newlyn, Gulval and over to the port
of
St.
Ives. Free time in St. Ives. Travel back to Plymouth to arrive at 6.40 pm.
Dinner hotel
at
7.30 pm.
Thursday:
Have early breakfast 6.45 am. Leave Plymouth at 7.30 am and travel, with
one
stop, by coach and ferry to arrive at Rosslare at 6.30 pm. Travel to Dublin to
arrive
at
Heuston Station at 8.30 pm.
Information:
Hotel:
New Continental Hotel, Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3LD, England
Detailed
Itinerary: Finalised itinerary with times etc. will be issued to all those
travelling
at
least week before the event.
Booking:
The
coach can seat 53 people.
Booking
is on a first come first served basis.
NOTE:
Early
booking is advisable but PAYMENT IN FULL must be received by Monday, March 9,
at the latest.
Reply
Slip
Society:
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name(s)
of Delegate(s) _________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Double,
Twin or Single Room _______________________________ Total amount enclosed: €
_______________
e-mail
__________________________________________________ Phone No.:
__________________________
Booking
and payment, by cheque or draft, should be made through Larry Breen, 8 The
Paddocks, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Bank
drafts/cheques should be made payable to the Federation of Local History
Societies.
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology &
Heritage
Millmount,
Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-98330971/28/2015
Pic of the Day @ 28 January 2015
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
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| Cooper's wooden brace |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
ODS Lecture: A History of Drogheda Jail
Old Drogheda
Society
The
first Old Drogheda Society Lecture of the year will take place on Wednesday
February 4th in the Governor's House at 7.30pm when Audrey Smyth will give a
talk "A History of Drogheda Jail"
Drogheda Jail was a place of incarceration since
its construction in the early nineteenth century. It housed a succession of
petty criminals, prostitutes, murderers and rapists. During the Famine, people
who committed crimes did so with the sole aim of being imprisoned there; as the
meagre rations offered at the jail, were often better than what was on offer at
Drogheda’s local poorhouse.
The jail was a powerful symbol of British rule
on the island of Ireland, and was used as a tool by local elites, to suppress
the most meagre of crimes in order to maintain their version of law and order.
This lecture is a colourful telling of the history of the jail and just some of
its colourful residents over the course of the nineteenth century.
Audrey Smith is a Senior Sophistor student reading
Single Hons History, at Trinity College, Dublin. She is currently in the
process of finishing her thesis on ‘The History of Drogheda Jail’, which she
intends to publish afterwards.
There will be a bookstall on the night and all are welcome.
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/27/2015
Pic of the Day @ 27 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Second Cooper's bung hole maker |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/26/2015
Pic of the Day @ 26 January 2015
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| Cooper's iron brace |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/25/2015
Pic of the Day @ 25 January 2015
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| Cooper's Buzz |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/24/2015
Pic of the Day @ 24 January 2015
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| Cooper's stoop plane or topping plane |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
1/23/2015
Pic of the Day @ 23 January 2015
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| Coopers hollowing knife |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/22/2015
Pic of the Day @ 22 January 2015
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| Coopers small shave |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/21/2015
Pic of the Day @ 21 January 2015
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| Bung hole ferrules |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/20/2015
Pic of the Day @ 20 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
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| Ashtray made by brewery worker |
1/19/2015
Pic of the Day @ 19 January 2015
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| Coopers bung hole maker |
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/18/2015
Pic of the Day @ 18 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Coopers hoop tightener |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
1/17/2015
Pic of the Day @ 17 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Large earthenware jar |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
1/16/2015
Pic of the Day @ 16 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Brewery dray number registration plates |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097
Sean Corcoran Reconstructs Music From Our Past
Old Drogheda
Society
Sean Corcoran with some advice on accessing reconstructions of songs from the Irish music and song tradition.
Go to this site and click on "Sean Corcoran"
Patrick
Weston Joyce was a major collector of Irish Music and Song in the 19th
century and one of the first to publish English language texts along with the
melodies noted down from vernacular singers.
In 1965 I got my hands on an
original copy of his 1909 publication OLD
IRISH FOLK MUSIC AND SONGS and released a lot of songs from it back
into the world of living music.
The Irish Traditional Music Archive asked me to
recall some of these "reconstructions" as part of their P.W.
Joyce Commemorative Micro-Site. I sing them here as closely as possible to the
original published versions.
Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
1/15/2015
Pic of the Day @ 15 January 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Healy brown glass bottle |
Old Drogheda Society - History,
Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel.
041-9833097