Peter Gallegan of Ardamagh, 1793-1860: Schoolmaster, Collector and Scribe

Old Drogheda Society

Next Meath Archaeological and Historical Society event.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th "Peter Gallegan of Ardamagh, 1793-1860: schoolmaster, collector and scribe" Declan Cooney, MA (In association with the O'Carolan Harp and Cultural Festival) Community Hall, Nobber - 3.00pm

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

Ireland And The Great War

 

Old Drogheda Society

 

 

Please note: the seminar on 26th September is almost fully booked up - the final few places will be allocated on a 'first come first served' basis so bookings must be sent in asap to Julitta Clancy (PRO). A waiting list will also be drawn up in case of any cancellations.

Telephone 01 8259438 or email julitta1@hotmail.com

 

Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

in association with the

Meath Peace Group

Decade of Centenaries Seminar No. 2

 

Saturday, 26^th September 2015

St Columban's College, Dalgan Park,

Navan, Co. Meath: 9.30am - 4.45pm

9.30am        Registration

9.45am        Welcome

10.00 Session 1. “IRELAND AND THE GREAT WAR”.   Chaired by Frances Tallon

 “Ireland and the Great War” - Prof. Keith Jeffery (QUB)

 “Irish-Australian Perspectives” - Dr Danny Cusack

 

11.05                                        tea/coffee

11.20 Session 2. “EASTER 1916”.     Chaired by Frank Cogan

 “Dublin Castle and Irish Sedition, 1915-16” - Prof. Eunan O'Halpin (TCD)

 “Commemorating 1916 in 2016” - Dr Fearghal McGarry (QUB)

12.45                                         lunch

2pm   Session 3. “MEATH AND THE GREAT WAR”. Chaired by Peter Connell

 “Navan and its People and the Great War” - Ethna Cantwell

 “From Bellewstown to the Battlefields of WW1” - Fiona Ahern

2.40   Session 4. “MEATH: 1916 AND AFTERMATH”. Chaired by Kieran Cummins

 “Meath and 1916” - Noel French

“1916 and the Rise of Republicanism in Meath, 1917-21” - Ultan Courtney

3.20                                           tea/coffee

3.30   Session 5.  “HISTORY, COMMEMORATION AND 1916”

                        Panel discussion (featuring all speakers). Chaired by John Clancy

4.45                 Closing words

Booking essential: Admission 5 euro payable at door (lunch available only to those who have pre-booked). Contact Julitta Clancy (tel 01 8259438) or email to: julitta1@hotmail.com

Assistance from: Dept of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund (through MPG) and Ireland 2016 (MCC)

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097

 

 

 

 

Archaeological and Historical Society Annual Excursion.

Old Drogheda Society

 

• News of a Meath Archaeological and Historical Society excursion.
  Annual Excursion, Saturday June 27th, 2015
  Visiting King House (Boyle), Boyle Abbey and Arigna Mines etc.
  
              Excursion organiser: Julitta Clancy, tel.  01 8259438 (julitta1@hotmail.com)
  
  Bus collection points and times (Donoghues coach)
  Dunshaughlin (courthouse):    08.05
  Ross Cross (post office)          08.15
  Navan (Ardboyne Hotel):        08.30-8.45
  Kells (Headfort Arms):          09.00 am
  
  Provisional Programme: (approximate times)
  10.15/10.30am:           Morning tea/coffee and scone
  12.00noon:                  King House, Boyle – guided tour
  13.30pm:                     lunch (bring packed lunch or purchase at King House)
  14.15pm:                     Boyle Abbey – guided tour
  16.00pm:                     Arigna Mining Experience – guided tour and audio visual
  18.00pm:                     Evening meal
   
  Cost: 55.00 euro per person.    Booking form available here.

Please check closer to an event to make sure it is still going ahead as planned.

Drogheda Museum Millmount

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth,

 Ireland

0419833097

Visit to Trim Cathedral and Deanery

Old Drogheda Society

Event: Visit to Trim Cathedral and Deanery

Date: Sunday 7th June 2015

Time: 2.30

Guides: Tom French & Martina Quinn

Description: Visit

Venue: Trim Cathedral

Admission: Free

Host: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth,

 Ireland

0419833097

  

The Boyne Currach Lecture

Old Drogheda Society

 

Meath Archaeological and Historical Society announce a visit and lecture.

Sunday May 10:

The Boyne Currach Cliadhbh Ó Gibhne Boyne Currach Heritage Group Currach Centre, Donore - 3.00pm

Located west of Brú na Bóinne; map here

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Launch of Ríocht na Midhe

Old Drogheda Society

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th at 7:30 pm Launch of Ríocht na Midhe 2015 by the Most Rev. Dr Michael Smith (Patron). 

Followed by a lecture – "Seventeenth-century Meath: Messages and Meanings from Local Maps and Surveys"  by Dr Arnold Horner (UCD School of Geography) Ardboyne Hotel, Navan. Reception and book fair – members and guests: 6.30-7.30pm 

There are a number of tables available and these can be booked by contacting the Hon. Sec., Tom French on 087 411 9633.

 

 

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

German Prisoners in Oldcastle

Old Drogheda Society

 

 




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Sunday December 14th 2014 at 3pm


December 2014 marks the centenary of the arrival of the first German and Austrian Prisoners of War in Oldcastle in 1914.

These mainly civilian prisoners were interned in the Oldcastle Workhouse which was specially fortified for their arrival. The Workhouse building itself no longer exists, but at its peak nearly 600 men were imprisoned there. Moylagh Historical Society and Meath County Council Library Service will commemorate their arrival at Oldcastle Railway Station by re-enacting the march from the railway station to the site of the Workhouse, escorted by British Army soldiers, on Sunday December 14th 2014 at 3pm. 



Letters relating to the camp will be read at a gathering in Oldcastle Library afterwards where the Navan Male Voice Choir have kindly agreed to sing a selection of German carols. A variety of Camp documents, photographs and artefacts will be on display in the library. If you would like to take part in the re-enactment. Please contact Oldcastle Library on 049 8542084 or Oldcastlelib@meathcoco.ie.


Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Documenting & Exploring Diversity in Ireland's Built Heritage

Old Drogheda Society

 

ODS

 

 

This one-day symposium in Freemasons' Hall celebrates the work and reviews the objectives of the Buildings of Ireland series in recording the architecture of our island – old and new; urban and rural; from landmark buildings to hidden gems. 
 

Directly modelled on Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s original Buildings of England series, four volumes have been published to date by Yale University Press. The series commenced with North West Ulster, written by Alistair Rowan, (1979), and covering the four counties of Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone.  This was followed by North Leinster, written jointly by Rowan and Christine Casey (1991); Dublin, the historic city between the canals, by Christine Casey (2005); and the most recent, South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan, by Kevin Mulligan (2013).
 

The series continues apace with the forthcoming publication Cork City and County by Frank Keohane, due in mid-2015; and with Central Leinster, Kildare, Laois and Offaly, by Andrew Tierney expected in mid-2016. Nine further volumes are planned to take this ambitious project to completion.
 

Each volume includes a detailed introduction on the architectural development of the area, followed by a topographical gazetteer giving an account of every important structure – churches, castles, public and commercial buildings, country houses, towns and villages and contemporary architecture – in each of the counties covered.

Booking necessary for this event. Full details on the link here

 

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

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

 

The Great War and Meath

Old Drogheda Society

 

Tuesday, November 11th @ 11:00am in The Library, Navan. A number of events to mark the Great War and Meath.

Hosted by Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

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

A Concert of Light Classical Music

Old Drogheda Society

 

Event: A Concert of Light Classical Music. Celebrating 200 years of the rebuilding of St. Mary's Church

Date: 7 November 2014

Time: 2000/8pm

Description: Concert

Venue: St Mary's Church of Ireland, Navan.

Admission: Tickets €10, available from St. Mary's Parish Bookshop, Tierneys Newsagent, Hugh St. Leger – 086 820 8776, Bob Dier – 046 9021898, or Francis Duffy – 087 922 2303.

Host: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

Serving God and Mammon

Old Drogheda Society

Event: Lecture: Serving God and Mammon: Medieval Property Deals recorded in the Book of Kells.

Date: 28 September 2014.

Time: 1500/3pm

Speaker: Dr Denis Casey.

Venue: St Columba's Church of Ireland, Kells, Co. Meath.

Host: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society. 
 

Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage

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