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December Talk Commemorates Centenary of Women’s Suffrage and is Early in December!

9 Nov 20189 Nov 2018
Just a week after our November talk on Wednesday the 28th, we will have our December talk on the 5th of December. This is a topic very close to our…
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November Talk: A History of Ballina

9 Nov 20189 Nov 2018
We are back to the last Wednesday of the month! We have, however, a different little change for you and that is the venue. We have been very happily accommodated…
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Emotional Evening at October Lecture

7 Nov 20187 Nov 2018
Well if we were worried that moving October's talk from the last Wednesday of the month to the first Friday of November was going to make it difficult for people…
out and about…

How did John Charlesworth of Nottinghamshire find his final resting place in St. Flannan’s Cathedral

29 Oct 201811 Apr 2020
Continue reading "How did John Charlesworth of Nottinghamshire find his final resting place in St. Flannan’s Cathedral"
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Jimmy Whelan – Sharing Memories

19 Oct 2018
The final interview in the follow on from our August event "Sharing Memories" is a man who have been a huge part of our community for 54 years - Jimmy…
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Michael and Magaret Mai Moloney – Sharing Memories

11 Oct 20188 Jun 2020
Brother and sister, Michael and Margaret Mai were from Moloney’s Butchers on Main Street. You can listen to their full interview here through Soundcloud!   Margaret Mai was born in…
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October Talk: The Scariff Martyrs by Tomás Mac Conmara

4 Oct 20184 Oct 2018
Surprise! Our October talk will actually take place just a few days later than October, on the 2nd of November. We usually have our talks on the last Wednesday of…
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Moira Ryan – Sharing Memories

4 Oct 20188 Jun 2020
Moira Ryan lived on Abbey Street in Killaloe, (now known as Convent Hill) in the building beside by An Siopa Beag. She lived here until her death in 2006. You…
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Intriguing September Talk On The Truth Behind Mass Rocks

28 Sep 201828 Sep 2018
On Wednesday night last we welcomed around seventy people into the beautiful and welcoming back room of Wood and Bell café. It was standing room only! All kinds of interested…
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Upcoming Decade of Centenaries Talk in Killaloe Library

25 Sep 2018
Get out the pens and diaries, there's a new talk in town! Clare County Library are organising a fantastic talk in November in Killaloe Library. It is a Decade of…

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