events, talks…In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity – Mary O’Brien7 Apr 20257 Apr 2025John Phayer, B.Sc., M.A. in Ed. (Research), Specialist Dip. In Teaching, Learning and Scholarship (First Class Hons) will deliver our first talk of 2025 entitled: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity”: Mary…
UncategorizedThe Album – Issue Two4 Jan 2024The Album Issue Two is now in our local shops TJ's, Larkin's Gala, Heaney's Costcutter, The Forge and Ponte Vecchio - it only costs €12. It is also available to…
UncategorizedLocal History Society news11 Apr 2023View this email in your browserWe started our 2023 talks with a very enjoyable presentation by Arlene White on the O'Maras of O'Mara's Bacon Factory, more below.This month we have…
events, talks…Local History Society news5 Jan 2023Firstly, we hope you had a peaceful and restful Christmas and are ready for the new year. We were busy delivering The Album to our local shops and posting copies…
UncategorizedA Christmas Tale12 Dec 2022When I was growing up in Limerick in the 1940s / 1950s religion had a great influence on our lives, the Redemptorist Fathers held sway locally, yielding more power than…
events, talks…The Album Killaloe/Ballina3 Dec 20227 Dec 2022We are delighted to announce that we have just produced the first ever issue of The Album. The Album contains a selection of 100+ images collected since our inception in…
events, talks…The Spaight’s of Derrycastle10 Jun 20226 Sep 2022Arlene gave a similar talk to the Arra Society in January of last year, this year we are getting to attend in person, and in St. Flannan's Cathedral. Since January…
events, talks…The Holy Wells of Co Clare18 Mar 202218 Mar 2022Over the past two years surveyor Michael Houlihan has undertaken a labour of love, documenting hundreds of Clare's Holy Wells. Michael is going to talk to us about the Clare…
events, talks…The Journal – Issue Three – Killaloe/Ballina18 Nov 202118 Mar 2022The Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society are delighted to announce that their third issue of "The Journal" has arrived! The Journal is full of local history, stories and poems from times…
projects…Minecraft Competition Winners Announced!13 Sep 202118 Nov 2021Thank you so much to all the FANTASTIC boys and girls who entered our Minecraft competition! Each one of them chose an old building in Killaloe or Ballina, and built…
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