Innovate Drogheda – Food

Old Drogheda Society

 

Innovate Drogheda – Food is the second of a series of four events, celebrating Drogheda’s industrial & entrepreneurial past with its present and future entrepreneurs.

Date: Thursday, 16 October 2014

Time: 8.00pm to 9.00pm

Venue: The Mill Enterprise Hub, Drogheda

Cost: Free – Booking is Essential

Telephone: +353 (0)41 980 2444

Breanndán Casey, Business Development Manager – Mobile: +353 (0)87 629 2144

Liam Reilly from Drogheda Millmount Museum will examine the strong tradition of food companies in Drogheda, whilst focusing on the story of McCann’s Irish Oatmeal who prospered here during the 19th and 20th century.

Andrew Workman of Dunany Flour will speak on the development of Dunany Flour.

An open discussion will be held amongst attendees.

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Visit to Dardistown Castle

Old Drogheda Society

 

 Visit

 

to

Dardistown Castle

 

Guided tour by

Brendan Matthews

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Wednesday July 23^rd 2014

Dardistown Castle is an excellent example of a large fifteenth Century Manor House.  It was built around 1465, when grants in return for military service were made available to landowners for building fortified houses in the Pale.  A grant of £10 was obtained for the building of the castle by John Cornwalsh

The first extension to the castle, forming part of the present house was built before 1582 when Dame Genet (Janet) Sarsfield came to live here.  A new entrance doorway with a much higher lintel had to be built as Genet was reputed to be the tallest woman in Ireland. 

The present front hall, drawing room and dining room date from around 1750.  The upper floors were added in two stages between 1800 and 1860.  

Cost €20.00 per person

Including coach travel, tour of castle, tea/coffee and sandwiches at a nearby hostelry.

Bus Departs Bolton Square: 6.30pm. Sharp

Bus Departs Millmount:  6.45pm. Sharp

 

Advance booking essential:

at Millmount Tel: 9833097, not later than Monday July 21^st, 2014.

Please note:

Minimum numbers will be required for this outing to operate.

 

PLEASE NOTE NEW DEPARTURE POINTS

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Outing to Barmeath Castle

Old Drogheda Society

 

The Old Drogheda Society will be running an evening outing to Barmeath Castle, on Thursday June 26^th.

 

Barmeath Castle is a magnificent castle set on 300 acres of parkland with 10 acres of gardens, including a lake with island.

The Castle was built in the 15th century, and has been the home of the Bellew family for over 400 years. The original castle was a tower house which is incorporated in the present structure. In the late 17th century the castle was renovated with Georgian interiors. Thomas Wright created the beautiful gardens, including the lake, island, rock bridge and the Shell House. In the 1830s, Patrick Bellew, enlarged the house, with the extensions including an entrance tower with portcullis.

Cost €15.00 per person

Including coach travel, tour of castle, tea/coffee and sandwiches at a nearby hostelry.

Bus Departs Marian Park     : 6.15pm. Sharp

Bus Departs Lourdes church: 6.30pm. Sharp

 

Advance booking essential,

at Millmount Tel: 9833097, not later than Monday June 23^rd, 2014.

Please note:

This trip is open to both members and non members.

 Minimum numbers will be required for this outing to operate.

Parking not available on Lourdes Church property.

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

 Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

 

 

Weekend Events

Old Drogheda Society

 

Illustrated Presentation:  Táin Bó Cúailnge & the Fords of the River Fane

Venue: Stephenstown Pond, Knockbridge.

Date: Friday 6 June @ 7:30 p.m.

Presenter: Paul Gosling





The Irish Military War Museum at Starinagh, Collon, Co. Meath hosts a military show on the weekend of June 6th to 8th to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day in World War 2.

Other events also take place and further details from here and here

Fri 6th of June, Kells 1200 - A centenary celebration of the re-founding of the Monastic Town of Kells, County Meath, by the returning monks of St. Colmcille / Columba from Iona, Scotland. Programme online here.






An ecumenical service will take place in St Columba's Church, Kells at 8:00 pm. The Most Rev. Pat. Storey, Bishop of Meath & Kildare will preach.

Sunday 8th June @2:30 p.m. A Visit to the Monasterboice Area, Tour Leaders: Philip King and Dr. Conor Brady. Please assemble in the carpark at Monasterboice. Suitable footwear is advised. The outing will include visits to Monasterboice, Paddock (Wedge Tomb) and Cartanstown (Bee Boles). CLAHS Event.

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster

Old Drogheda Society

Event: launch of  The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster, 1872–1948 Love, War, Debt and Madness by Terence Dooley.

Date: Thursday 5th June @7:00pm.

Venue: The Carton Suite, Carton House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.

Host: by Conor Mallaghan.

 

In a 70-year period, the dukes of Leinster fell from being Ireland's premier aristocratic family, close friends of the British monarchy, secure within the world's most powerful empire, to relative obscurity in an independent Irish Free State (Irish Republic after 1949) that did not recognize titles. And while in 1872, when this work opens, the 3rd duke of Leinster resided in some grandeur in the Palladian Carton House, the 7th duke would die impoverished in a one-room bedsit flat in St George's Drive, Westminster, London, just over a century later in 1976. The story moves from the small town of Maynooth, Co. Kildare, to London, to Continental Europe, to an asylum in Edinburgh, to the US, before completing the circle and ending back in Maynooth in the 1940s. The narrative of decline and fall unfolds against such historical watersheds as the Land War of the 1880s; the simultaneous rise of the Home Rule movement; the breakup of Irish landed estates after 1903; the Great War of 1914–18; the revolutionary turmoil of 1916–23; and the 1920s global economic depression. The impact of such public has featured prominently in the historiography of the decline of the Irish landed class, both north and south. However, little attempt has been made to combine that history with private lives and experiences. This book sets out to rectify this. In the process, it reveals the tragic personal story of Hermione, 5th duchess of Leinster, and her three sons, gathered from sources heretofore unused by historians of the Leinsters. Terence Dooley is associate professor and director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, NUIM. He is the author of several books on country houses and the land question in 19th- and 20th-century Ireland; his most recent is an edited volume with Christopher Ridgway, The Irish country house: its past, present and future (2011). Available Now 304pp colour ills 978-1-84682-533-0 €24.95 Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Bank Holiday Weekend - What's On

Old Drogheda Society

What’s On in the area for Bank Holiday Weekend

 

Thursday May 29^th

Boyne Walking Festival –Drogheda Steps Challenge

Meet at Hanratty’s, Scarlet Street, 7pm

Flavours of the Boyne Valley – Scholars Hotel

An Evening celebrating local food in Conjunction with the Boyne Valley Food Series 

Table Quiz in McHugh’s The Venue

In aid if Global Brigades Ireland 9pm

 

Friday May 30^th

Boyne Walking Festival – Boyne Greenway Walk

Meet at St Dominics Park,6pm

SSC Airtricity League of Ireland – Drogheda Utd v Limerick

United Park 7.45pm

 

Saturday May 31^st

Boyne Walking Festival – Boyne to Coast Walk

Register at St Fechin’s GAA Club, Beaulieu at 9.30am

East of Ireland Amateur Golf Open Championships Day 1

County Louth Golf Club, Baltray

Lunchtime Concert in the Tholsel

Violin Duo, Tadhg Murphy & Istvan Brnacz 1.15pm

Kids Kast The Rhythm of the Night

TLT Theatre, Drogheda 7pm    

 

Sunday June 1^st

Boyne Walking Festival – New Mellifont Loop Walk

Register at Collon Community Hall at 10am

East of Ireland Amateur Golf Open Championships Day 2

County Louth Golf Club, Baltray

Living History Demonstrations

Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, Oldbridge 11am – 4.45pm

Open Day in Listoke Gardens

In aid of Clogherhead Lifeboat Service 1pm –5pm

Kids Kast The Rhythm of the Night

TLT Theatre, Drogheda 7pm    

 

Monday June 2^nd

East of Ireland Amateur Golf Open Championships Finals

County Louth Golf Club, Baltray

Country Music Night with Declan Nerney

Ardboyne Hotel, Navan 9pm

 

Please note that there is NO Living History Demonstration in Oldbridge on Saturday and the D Day Festival at the new Irish Military War Museum in Starinagh, Collon has been postponed until later this year.

 

 There are late bar extensions until 2am on Saturday and Sunday for details of what's happening in the local pubs see

http://drogheda.ie/whats-on/drogheda-gig-guide.html 

 

 Full `details on www.drogheda.ie    Drogheda Tourist Office is open Friday 30th, Saturday 31st and Monday Jine 2nd 9.30am - 5.30pm

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount is open Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm and on Sunday and Monday 2pm - 5pm ( Last Tours 60 minutes before closing)  

 

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Into the Light

Tonight: Tuesday 18th March @7:15pm. Into the Light an exhibition of art by Lisa Brady.

Venture on a journey of discovery with Conan and the Mystical, Magical light of Loughcrew.

Venue: Oldcastle Library, Co. Meath.

Exhibition runs to 22nd March.

Drogheda Museum

MillmountGovernor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda

0419833097