Pic of the Day @ 29 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

 



Official card for the First Annual Field Trial Meeting @ Dowth, Drogheda, December 1946

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

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Pic of the Day @ 28 February 2016

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Souvenir Programme Drogheda Pantomime Society staging Cinderella in 1982

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

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Pic of the Day @ 27 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

 

Souvenir Programme International Vintage and Classic Car Show @ Mosney 1998

 

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 26 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

 

Drogheda Heritage Route

 

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

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Pic of the Day @ 25 February 2016

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Newspaper clip of Methodist Church and School

 

 

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Scrambling for the bones of the Patriot Dead

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News from the Irish Federation of Historical Societies

 

 Four Courts Lecture

The Courts Centenary Commemoration Committee continues its lecture series with a talk titled ‘Scrambling for the bones of the Patriot Dead’ – Commemorating the Rising 1916-2016. 

The lecture, which will take place on Thursday 25th February 2016 at 5 p.m. in the Round Hall, Four Courts, Inns Quay, 

Dublin, will explore how 1916 has been commemorated over the last 100 years. The speaker will be Professor Diarmaid Ferriter of University College Dublin.  

Éamonn Ceannt Commemoration 

"Éamonn Ceannt, the Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland": A bi-lingual event with the Dublin Pipers' Club. Members of Ná Píobairí Uilleann will perform traditional airs and tunes with an accompanying presentation on the history of the Dublin Pipers' Club and Ná Píobairí Uilleann.

Thursday 3rd March at 1p.m. Central Library, Ilac Centre,Henry Street, Dublin 1

Admission Free Booking Essential 01 8734333 or

email musiclibrary@dublincity.ie

Free entry with ticket.

 

Apply by email to courtscentenaryevents@courts.ie.

 

Light refreshments will be served. 

 

 

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Pic of the Day @ 24 February 2016

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Official Card for The Drogheda And District Gun Club First Annual Field Trial Meeting 1946

 

 

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

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Pic of the Day @ 23 February 2016

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Souvenir Programme ~ Drogheda Pantomime Society Event 1982

 

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UCD Irish Revolutionary Period Titles

Old Drogheda Society

UCD Press have requested us to pass on details of  Irish revolutionary period titles from the 1913-1922 period available from UCD Press

 

Hi there,

I would like to bring to your attention a number of our recent Irish Studies titles that may be of interest to you in this year of commemoration in Ireland. Pasted below is a selection of these revolutionary period titles  

All of our books can be ordered at a 10% discount direct from ourselves at www.ucdpress.ie or by calling us on +353 1 716 4680 (postage rates apply). 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any further information about any of our titles or if you would like to place an order.

Best wishes,

Damien Lynam

Editorial Assistant

UCD Press

 

 

Years of Turbulence: The Irish Revolution and Its Aftermath

edited by Diarmaid Ferriter & Susannah Riordan

9781910820070 (hb)

 

‘UCD Press has produced an appropriately elegant-looking book’ – The Irish Times

‘The book is suitably scholarly, and there’s no doubting the effort taken in winkling out valuable insights from hitherto darkened corners of the period’ – Irish Examiner

‘An excellent new book’ – The Irish Voice

 

Years of Turbulence powerfully showcases many new perspectives on the Irish revolutionary period of 1912–23, through the vivid and provocative scholarship of leading and emerging historians. The contributors to this fascinating collection not only focus on new angles, they also revisit traditional assumptions, and elaborate on some of the central, current debates on the revolutionary period. Many muted voices of the revolution are given a platform for the first time in these pages. The collection demonstrates a determination to uncover personal experiences and protests that until now have remained relatively undocumented and ignored. The book is lavishly illustrated with images of the period and is in honour of Michael Laffan. RRP €40 £32

Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?
by Emmet O’Connor

9781906359935 (hb)

 ‘Emmet O’Connor’s new biography of Jim Larkin is labour history writing at its very best’ – Sunday Business Post

‘It is essential reading for all those seeking to understand Larkinism and the complex history of the Irish working class throughout the first half of the 20th Century’ – Irish Examiner

‘masterly new biography’ – Irish Independent

‘very readable book’ – The Irish Times

Much has been written about ‘Big Jim’ Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length biography. Through the research of leading Labour historian Emmet O'Connor, Larkin – Labour leader and agitator – is thoroughly evaluated. Based on newly uncovered and extensive police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O’Connor goes beyond the public figure of heroism to explore the hidden side of a very private person who hated people knowing his business and kept his ambitions and personal demons behind a veil of silence. In Big Jim Larkin Emmet O’Connor reveals a man who proves to be both hero and wrecker. RRP €40 £32



The Centenary Classics series
introduced by Fearghal McGarry

9781910820032 (pb)

 

‘These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have’ – Books Ireland

The Centenary Classics series allows the reader to witness the 1913–23 revolutionary period through the eyes of those on the ground, offering a unique and authentic perspective in this unforgettable collection of accounts of the birth of the Irish nation. The series is introduced by Fearghal McGarry and comes packaged in an attractive wrap. The six titles in the series include an analysis from an Ulster Protestant, and supporter of Home Rule, of events leading up to the arming of the Orangemen in the lead up to the Ulster crisis; a jail journal from Darrell Figgis after his arrest in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising; the story of Seán Connolly of Longford, who was fatally wounded during the War of Independence; eye-witness accounts by two reporters from the Irish Independent of the historic Treaty debates of Dáil Éireann; an account of life at the grassroots during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War by a member of the Irish Volunteers; and an eyewitness account of events in Ireland during the revolutionary period from the viewpoint of the Irish Republican Brotherhood at the dawn of Irish independence. RRP €60 £50 (€15 £11 individually)

 





Frank Ryan (Life and Times New Series)
by Fearghal McGarry

9781906359362 (pb)
One of the most famous revolutionaries in Irish history, Frank Ryan fought in the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, before becoming a leader of the inter-war Irish Republican Army. Embracing socialist republicanism in the 1930s, Ryan became a founding member of the short-lived but influential Republican Congress, and led the Irish contingent within the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Following his capture by Franco's forces, his release was secured by the efforts of German military intelligence which sought to use him to further its wartime alliance with the IRA. He spent the final years of his life as an advisor to the Nazi regime. This study provides a concise reinterpretation of Ryan’s controversial life and legacy based on primary sources, including much previously unpublished material. Setting Ryan’s career within the wider context of the violent politics of inter-war Europe, it examines his remarkable ideological journey from socialist republicanism to Nazi collaboration. It concludes by examining why – despite his lack of political success – Ryan became such a widely admired figure in modern Irish politics. RRP €17 £14

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 22 February 2016

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International Vintage And Classic Car Show pamphlet from 1998

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 21 February 2016

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Drogheda Gardening Club 25th Annual Horticultural Show 2004

 

 

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History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 20 February 2016

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Drogheda Gardening Club 15th Annual Horticultural show

 

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 19 February 2016



Drogheda Gardening Club 13th Annual Horticultural show

Old Drogheda Society

 

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

Pic of the Day @ 18 February 2016

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Dirty Old River ~ a brownish Boyne yesterday

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Tonight's Lecture on Garda Donoghue

Old Drogheda Society

 

County Louth Archaeological & Historical Society will hold a lecture tonight at 8pm in the Governor's House, Millmount, when Brendan McAvinue will talk on his grandfather Garda Donoghue.

 

Garda Donoghue, who was previously in the RIC, became one of the first Gardai in Drogheda and his experiences in the changeover.

The lecture is open to all and there will be a book store on the night. 

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 17 February 2016

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Drogheda Gardening Club 12th Annual Horticultural Show 1991

 

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 16 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

 

Photo 2005 ~ Drogheda Photographic Club Exhibition

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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See Pearse’s War Communications Tonight ~ Highlanes Gallery

Old Drogheda Society

RTE are currently making a film to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. As part of this film there will be a once off an exhibition of Pearse’s war communications, as printed by Joe Stanley, this evening at 6pm in the Highlanes Gallery.

Joe Stanley and his family settled in Drogheda, and he started many businesses including the Boyne Cinema and The Drogheda Argus.

In 1916 he was 26 years old and a part-editor, manager, owner and printer or publisher of newspapers and journals for the republican cause.

He printed all of Pearse’s War Communications and this exhibition will display them for one night only (6pm - 7.30pm).

This is a unique opportunity to see these historic documents.

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

Pic of the Day @ 15 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

Drogheda Fat Stock Show and Sale catalogue December 1948

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 14 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

What a Rosevale Teenager found in her mail today

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History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 13 February 2015

Old Drogheda Society

A Great Irish Missionary Bishop ~ Most Revd Dr MacSherry

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 12 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

Programme for the Play 'Father Murphy'

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

Drogheda Local Voices Resource Guide of Current Best Practice on Information Management

Old Drogheda Society

 

 

Last summer Drogheda Local Voices worked in conjunction with students from the School of Information & Library Studies, at University College Dublin, as part of their Capstone project. They developed the attached Resource Guide which we are now making accessible to the general public in the hope that it can also assist other community based organisations manage their digital collections.

As a society, we have become dependent on digital files without taking any precautions to ensure that they are accessible in the future. The aim of the guide is to provide a list of resources that deal with the same issues that DLV face in terms of the collection, management and dissemination of its collection as well as developing sustainable policies that suit the organisation’s needs.

It is hoped that this guide can also assist in the development and training of staff and other users at DLV as well as similar community-based organisations. This is by no means an exhaustive list of materials, but these resources act as a good starting point for people new to and/or with limited experience of information management.

Many of these resources were specifically sourced to suit the needs of Drogheda Local Voices, while others were discovered while studying a Masters in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) and Information Systems (MSc). These resources were selected from a variety of sources including information made freely available by similar organisations.

Resource Guide of Current Best Practice on Information Management 

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Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 11 February 2016

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Third Annual Report of the Drogheda Cottage Hospital 1910

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

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Pic of the Day @ 10 February 2016

Old Drogheda Society

A section of tonight's packed hall for Brendan Matthew's fascinating ODS lecture on Tom Clarke

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

Reminder ~ Tonight's ODS Lecture: Shadow of the Brotherhood

Old Drogheda Society

 

The first Old Drogheda Society lecture of 2016 "Shadow of the Brotherhood" will be held tonight, Wednesday February 10th at 8pm in the Governor's House, Millmount. 

Local historian Brendan Matthews will detail the extraordinary life story of 1916 Easter Rising leader, Tom Clarke.

In the course of doing so Brendan will illustrate a Drogheda connection which many locals should find captivating.

This is a public lecture and all are welcome. The Old Drogheda Society will set up a book stall to accompany tonight's event. 

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097