events, talks…Jerry Gough – Sharing Memories14 Sep 201831 May 2020You can now here the voice of the man himself and listen to the full interview here through Soundcloud! Next up in the follow up of our Heritage Week event…
events, talks…Tom Grimes – Sharing Memories6 Sep 20181 Jun 2020You can hear the full interview from the early 1990's here through Soundcloud! Next up in the follow up of our Heritage Week event "Sharing Memories" is Tom Grimes. You…
events, talks…Tom Nolan – Sharing Memories30 Aug 20188 Jun 2020Tom Nolan was born in 1922 in Rathangan, Co. Kildare. He followed in the footsteps of previous generations of his family who worked on the Canal and in 1940 started work…
events, talks…Delighted Reaction to Heritage Week Oral History Presentation25 Aug 201830 Aug 2018What an evening it was, last Wednesday night, when Society Secretary Arlene White presented a selection of oral history recordings taken over 25 years ago of some of Killaloe's and…
out and about…“We opened seven days…Sunday was a great day for the soft ice-cream machine”25 Jul 201825 Jul 2018 Very few of us do anything interesting on a Tuesday evening... However, last Tuesday, 24th July I had the privilege of sitting and chatting with Jimmy Whelan of Whelan's Foodstore…
out and about…Water water everywhere……19 Apr 201819 Apr 2018It's hard not to have 'water on the brain' these days after months of heavy rain which we thought would never stop. Ballina residents, and indeed anyone who drives through…
researchMoving a Church without a Boat19 Mar 201820 Mar 2018St. Luas (or Moluas) Oratory, Killaloe: Now standing in the grounds of St. Flannan’s Catholic Church in the Green, Killaloe, not much is known about its ancient history. However it…
researchA Loyal Servant – Killaloe Bridge5 Mar 201819 Mar 2018 Dominating the local news for the last number of years has been the possibility of building a new bridge in Killlaloe-Ballina. This project is now due to start in…
researchThe History of Rohan’s, Main St, Killaloe21 Feb 201821 Feb 2018When the Killaloe Ballina History Society moved to its new home, so kindly offered by Wood and Bell, we wondered if we could find any history regarding the building. We…
projects…Saturday Morning History Club5 Feb 20184 Jun 2018Announcing our new project - Saturday Morning History Club! Do you love reading about local history, chasing elusive photographs or dates, and collecting information on areas that interest you? Do…
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