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
