A selection of some of the many talks, walks, outings and other events that we arranged during 2014.
15th October 2014 – West Cork, a Place Apart
Illustrated Talk by Dr James Hourihane
26th August 2014 – Knitting Workshop in Bantry Library
With Mary Sharkey & Goretti Sheehan
23rd August 2014 – Seaweed Talk
By Sally McKenna at Gerahies Pier
18th July 2014 – Outing
To Lios na gCon and Michael Collins Centre Clonakilty
16th June 2014 – Constructing the Courthouses of West Cork
Rebellion and Reaction in the 1820’s. Illustrated talk by Richard Butler.
May/June 2014 – Basic Museum Training
6 Week Course in Dunmanway WCDP/IMA
27th May 2014 – Trip to Galley Head Lighthouse
Guide Gerald Butler.
9th –11th May 2014 – Annual Conference
Members attended Annual Conference Historic Settlement – Maritime Hotel. From the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. Founded in 1969, the Group aims to examine the nature and development of Irish settlement, whether from the perspective of the historical geographer, archaeologist, architect or historian.
7th April 2014 The History, Archaeology and Folklore of Cilliní
By William Casey. Cilliní are historic, unofficial burial grounds primarily used for unbaptised infants, young children and marginalized individuals.
10th March 2014 – Lough Hyne
From Prehistory by Terri Kearney.
10th Feb 2014 – Surely Not In My Own County?
A Talk on Michael Collins by Tim Crowley of the Michael Collins Centre Clonakilty and Marie Young.
21st January 2014 – Children of the Sun
Bronze Age Religion and Megalithic Monuments in the Bantry area. By William O Brien, Professor of Archaeology, UCC Cork
