History of People and Places
Our January Lecture is: West Cork Railways, Birth, Beauty and Betrayal by Chris Larkin. The talk is based on Chris Larkin's recently published book on the same subject and will be fully illustrated with unique photographs from the speaker's collection
Our March Lecture is: Holy Wells of County Cork by Amanda Clarke. Amanda worked as as a teacher, associate researcher at Leicester University and sometime tutor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has an MA in Museum and Gallery Education.
On Thursday, 29 June at 7.30pm Donal O’Donovan will conduct a guided walk of Leap village for members of Skibbereen & District Historical Society. The guided tour will begin from the hard shoulder on the right-hand side of the road
The formal launch of our 2023 Journal will take place at the Uillinn West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen on Friday 7th July at 7:30 pm. In recognition of the fact that our society is twenty-one years old this year the
On Thursday, 20 July at 7.00pm Tim Feen will conduct a guided walk for the Skibbereen & District Historical Society of Ardfield village and signal tower. The guided tour will begin from the Ardfield Church (eircode P85 DD40). If anyone
On Thursday 24 August 2023 at 6:30pm, Vincent O'Neill will conduct a tour for the Skibbereen & District Historical Society of the Toe Head area of Castlehaven. The group will meet at the Toe Head Coast Guard Station (eircode: P81
Our October Lecture is: The Rev. Edward Spring and his Mission By William Casey From the 1840s to 1860s the Rev. Edward Spring spearheaded a Protestant mission to the islands of Roaring Water Bay. In this talk, local historian William Casey examines that
Talk on the History of Drinagh Co-operative Creamery Limited By Philip O’Regan At the O’Donovan Rossa GAA Pavilion, Skibbereen All welcome – free admission Note: This talk is organised by Drinagh Co-op, it is not a Skibbereen Historical Society event.
Our November Lecture is: Creameries in the barony of West Carbery before Drinagh Coop By Proinnsias Breathnach Department of Geography, Maynooth University In the decades following the introduction of the creamery system to Ireland in the early 1880s, an extraordinary
"The Skellig Lists: A Folk Tradition concerning Marriage" by Shane Lehane. Shane Lehane is Course Director of Cultural and Heritage Studies in Cork College of FET, Tramore Road Campus, Cork. He has lectured in archaeology, folklore, history, and the arts for over
The AGM of Skibbereen and District Historical Society will be held at 8.00pm on Wednesday 28th February 2024 at the O'Donovan Rossa GAA Pavilion, Skibbereen. We will be showing a short 30 minute film entitled "An Muileannn - A history of milling in Cork".
‘Stories of the Revolution’ by Terri Kearney and Margaret Murphy of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre. Modelled on the highly successful 1937 Schools' Folklore project, the ‘Stories of the Revolution’ project involved 823 children from 48 schools all around West Cork