St Brigit of Kildare’s 1500th anniversary and the construction of a medieval female national saint in the 21st century
2025-01-30 15:10 In this talk Dr Niamh Wycherley sifts through the evidence for the real woman behind the powerful images of the saint, the goddess, and the feminist icon, Brigit.
Extraordinary, Ordinary Women
2024-12-16 22:47 Documentary Screenings 12th December 2024 Our December event will consist of two short documentary screenings, followed by a Q&A session:     Extraordinary, Ordinary Women and More Extraordinary...
Lecture by Professor William O’Brien
2024-11-13 22:41   Our next lecture will be on Wednesday November 27th (please note the departure from our usual Thursday night) and will be at the earlier time of 8pm:      A Tale of Two Forts:  Landscapes of Pow...
The Industrial Heritage of West Cork
2021-10-28 21:38 The Industrial Heritage of West Cork Zoom Lecture by Dr Colin Rynne Thurs Oct. 28 at 8pm   This lecture re-examines the in many ways extraordinary industrial heritage of west Cork, from its natio...
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...
The Women of the Irish Revolution
2021-01-02 12:06 We are pleased to welcome back Liz Gillis for our next lecture on Feb 25th; many of you will remember the wonderful lecture she presented to us on the Hales Brothers in 2017. Please note the later tim...
KILMICHAEL AMBUSH – A Story of a Century 
2020-12-10 20:11 Colum Cronin Thurs Dec 10 2020  8pm   Having recently produced a film documentary entitled ‘Kilmichael Ambush – A Story of a Century’, Colum tells the story of how he and his son Shane conceived t...