Talks and Visits, 2019 - 2018
Below is a list of activities organised by the Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society in 2019 - 2018. Those with light blue coloured text have some related material. Click on the text to look at this.
Talks and Visits, 2019 |
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19th January 2019 |
Talk by John Kirby on 'Viking Dublin Uncovered: Archaeology Lifts the Veil!' |
21st February 2019 |
Talk by Philip Mecane on 'The Sinking of the RMS Leinster in October 1918' |
21st March 2019 |
The Society's AGM and Members' Night |
15th - 18th April 2019 |
Spring Trip to County Clare |
19th May 2019 |
Visit to the Tenement Museum and Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin City |
23rd June 2019 |
Visit to County Longford to explore the Edgeworth Literary/Heritage Trail and the Corlea Trackway |
28th July 2019 |
Visit to Drogheda to see Millmount Museum and Townley Hall |
1st August 2019 |
The launch of 'Our Wicklow Women' exhibition in Greystones Library. |
22nd August 2019 |
Talk by John Turpin on 'The History of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts' |
13th-14th September 2019 |
2019 La Touche Legacy Conference: 'Ireland Through the Turbulent 30s' |
17th October 2019 |
Talk by Therese Hicks on 'The Kennedys of Mountkennedy' |
21st November 2019 |
Talk by Paul Flynn on 'A Picture of Romance: the Story of Mabel Young and Paul Henry' |
3rd December 2019 |
The Society's Christmas Lunch in Druid's Gen Golf Club |
Talks and Visits, 2018 |
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18th January 2018 |
Talk by Michael Fewer on 'The Life and Times of J B Malone, founder of the Wicklow Way, mapmaker, soldier, historian and author' |
22nd February 2018 |
Talk by Deirdre McParland on 'Electrifying Moments in the History of the ESB' |
22nd March 2018 |
The Society's AGM and Members' Night |
16th – 19th April 2018 |
Spring outing to County Cork including Michael Collins guided tour, Nano Nagle Place, Spike Island, Damer House |
20th May 2018 |
Vist to Dublin Castle to see the Irish Famine exhibition and the State Apartments, followed by a guided tour of the GPO Museum |
17th June 2018 |
Visit to St Mullins, County Carlow and Duiske Abbey, County Kilkenny |
22nd July 2018 |
Visit to Curraghmore House and Gardens in Portlaw, County Waterford |
21st-22nd September 2018 |
La Touche Legacy: 5th Festival of History: Evolution of the Irish State - Social and Political |
18th October 2018 |
Talk by Anna Bykova on ' "Count" Michael Tolstoy - A Life of Myths, Suspicions and Exile' |
25th October 2018 |
Unveiling of a plaque in Greystones Harbour to commemorate the activities of the Suffragettes in Greystones |
15th November 2018 |
Talk by Donna Gilligan on ‘A missing history? Tracing the objects and images of the Irish women’s suffrage campaign’ |
6th December 2018 |
Celebration of Christmas and our 30th anniversary: a lunch at Druid's Glen Golf Course |