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Clon historical lecture on West Cork people in US Civil War
2021-05-27 11:21 Clon historical lecture on West Cork people in US Civil War   The Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage zoom May lecture on "Recovering the Voices of West Cork in the American Civil War" by historian, archaeol...
Recovering the Voices of West Cork in the American Civil War
2021-04-30 11:58 Recovering the Voices of West Cork in the American Civil War Zoom Lecture by Dr Damien Shiels Thurs May 13 2021 at 8.30pm   Around 250,000 Irish Americans fought for the Union during the Ameri...
Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin: A Life
2021-03-01 12:00 Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin: A Life   Zoom lecture Philip O’Regan Thurs Mar 18 2021 8 pm   Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin was one of a number of West Cork men who were closely connected to Michael Collins d...
THE CASTLES OF WEST CORK
2021-01-15 19:44   Lecture by Finola Finlay  Thurs Jan 28 2021  8pm What do we call a castle in West Cork? Who built them, when and why? How were they constructed? What was their role in West Cork history? Where h...

Documentary: Historic Coastal Village of Timoleague

As part of Heritage Week 2022, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage visited the historic coastal village of Timoleague which is situated at the mouth of the Argideen river estuary.  To take us back over the centuries our guides are Diarmuid Kingston and Michael O’Mahony.

Documentary: Three Local Stories

Produced as part of Heritage Week 2021, this documentary tells three stories. The first part is the history of Lisselane Estate and in particular two of its owners – the infamous landlord William Bence Jones and in more modern times, C. O. Stanley. The second section concentrates on Kilgarriffe old cemetery and some of the many important individuals and families interred there over the last three hundred years or so. The final section of the video highlights Ring Village and the nearby Ballintemple Graveyard, detailing the importance of Ring as a port and the 800-year history of the cemetery wherein lay the remains of Tadhg an Asna among other notable names.