Please see below details of forthcoming trips organised by Skibbereen & District Historical Society:

Guided Tour of Glandore.

Meet at Glandore Pier at 7.00 pm Thursday 23rd May for guided tour of Glandore with Fachtna Hickey as guide – no booking required.

Nano Nagle Centre – Fort Elizabeth – Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral.

Bus to Cork departing from Children’s Playground at 8.45 am Saturday 29th June – to include guided visits to Nano Nagle Centre at 11.00 am, Elizabeth Fort at 2.00 pm and St. Finbarr’s Cathedral at 3.15 – arriving back to Skibbereen by 6.30 pm. Cost €30 per person, booking essential, limited places. Open to members only, payable on the day. To book please give names to secretary at secretaryshs@gmail.com or text 086-8234109 after 22nd May 2019.

Tour of Ballydehob.

Meet at Community Hall Ballydehob at 7.00 pm Tuesday 23rd July for guided tour of Ballydehob with Eugene McSweeney – no booking required.

September – to be confirmed

It is hoped to launch our 2019 Journal (No. 15) later in the month, details later.

Historical Summer 2019

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