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The link to the recording of our Sean Hales and Dick Barrett commemorative event held on November 18:2022 is HERE

 

Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage Seán Hales and Dick Barrett: Centenery Remembrance, 18th November 2023 at the Clonakilty GAA Pavilion.

 

Regrettably, Sean and Dick took opposite sides on the Treaty, which Sean supported and Dick taking the anti-treaty side. On 7 December 1922, Sean was shot dead in Dublin, possibly in a case of mistaken identity, by anti-Treaty IRA. In response, the Free State Government decided on the drastic action of executing prisoners, without charge or trial, as a reprisal for Sean’s horrific death. Dick had been a prisoner in Mountjoy Jail since the fall of the Four Courts six months earlier and was executed the next Morning, December 8th 1922

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.