200 Magazine – News from Co. Dublin and Tralee, 1823
Find out what was happening in the UK and Ireland two centuries ago in March’s edition of 200 Magazine, which reports the news from then as if it is happening now, but in the language of today and with added 21st century commentary. This month: how Daniel O’Connell was celebrating a win for a pro-emancipation candidate in the Co. Dublin by-election, what Irish journalist Michael Joseph Quin witnessed in Madrid as Spain prepared for invasion by France, and how a soldier went on the rampage in Tralee. March’s 200 and the previous eight editions are available at www.200livinghistory.info
(5) Co Kildare – Rathangan – Talk – Equality Denied
Date 25th March 2023
The objective of emailing you this is to bring you the story of the children in the orphanage in the nineteenth century in Kildare, Ireland. I hope by bringing you this story the children get a voice and we hope they get heard soon along with a potential forthcoming plaque to be at a site, in their memory.
I attached a Press Release and a video trailer. The building in the video is not the orphanage. I also attach the following links to the published non-fiction book I wrote on The Reverend Psychopath which can be ordered through. Currently they will be on other online websites globally. I hope to deliver some paperback books to a few local bookstores.
The genre is crime/religion and based around the orphanage.
Along with being a great Artist AE was known as the father of three generations of Irelands great writer including Yeats , Joyce Patrick Kavanagh and a young Australian Pamela Travers who he mentored and gave the Idea for Mary Poppins. Interestingly his anniversary coincides with the Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement as he was a famous pacifist who was read by Ghandi . We will have American Academics as well as Native Dakota people and many great lectures. The launch of the festival will be the first non contentious parade in Lurgan on the first of April, no its not an April fools joke, but we do intend to use that as a theme. On the Sunday the second April we will have an ABC Area Literary tour. Festival runs from the 1st April to the 10th of April.
Announcing the WWHS One-Day Conference in Honour of the late Donal McDonnell
The conference takes place in Baltinglass on Sat. 22 April 2023, 9.45am-5.30pm
Early bird registration open till 27 March. https://westwicklowhistoricalsociety.ie/conference/
(3) Co Kildare – Talk – End of the civil War
Date Thursday 23rd March 2023 The End of the Civil War : Public Talk in Celbridge Library on Thursday 23rd March (Kildare Decade of Commemorations)
‘The End of the Civil War’. Historian John Dorney of the Irish Story and author of ‘Peace After The Final Battle’ and ‘The Civil War in Dublin’ is speaking on the concluding months of the Civil War in Celbridge Library on Thursday 23rd March at 7PM. He will explain how the death of Liam Lynch, the defeat of the anti-Treatyites and Frank Aiken’s dumping of arms order all saw an end to the military conflict.
All welcome! Book your place here: https://bit.ly/3ZH2EwU
This talk is part of the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Programme for 2023
(4) Co Kildare – Book Launch – Haunting Echoes of Ireland’s Past
Date 11th March 2023
Book launch in Farrell & Nephew, 8 Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare on Saturday 11th of March from 2-4 p.m. Guest speaker (2.30 p.m.)- author and librarian Mario Corrigan, Kildare Library Services.
We are delighted to announce the launch of Colm Donnelly’s debut book, Haunting Echoes of Ireland’s Past. This is a stunning book full of photographs and stories about Irish heritage sites, many that are off the beaten track and some sites that have never been featured in print previously.
This book is a 300-page hardback featuring sites from the four provinces of Ireland and includes four sites in County Kildare: The Gibbet Rath, Curragh; Rheban Castle, Athy; Carbury Castle and The Hill of Grange (homeplace of Moll Anthony).
Haunting Echoes of Ireland’s Past is available to buy in many good book shops including Farrell & Nephew, Newbridge; Seanchaí Books, Kildare Town and Barker & Jones, Naas, and is also available to buy online at lettertecbookstore.com.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in Ireland’s rich heritage and folklore and for those who want to see some of the beautiful sites that lie hidden down Ireland’s winding roads and boreens. Get your copy today!
(2) Co Cork – Carrigtwohill Historical Society – Ballycotton Lighthouse
Our next is by Derry Keogh who accepted our invitation to retell the history of Ballycotton Light and lighthouse general history, first given a few months ago in Cloyne. If you missed that one, this is ideal opportunity to hear his interesting lighthouse tales to be given on the 10th March. For further details please see attached.
Our next lecture will take place on friday March 10th at 7pm in the Governor,s House . Our very own Chairman Shane Heeney will be speaking on The White Chapel Murders a Jack the Ripper Story. This is a free event but booking is advised given the interest int his topic. Please follow link below for booking .
Genealogy Course
Emmmett Doran is running hos highly sought after Genealogy course again. He has kindly offered a €10 discount to ODS members. Please see below for details.
SIX WEEK GENEALOGY /FAMILY HISTORY COURSE
Commencing Wed 8th March to Wed 12th Apr 2023
Time : 7.30 pm – 9.30pm
Location : Governors House , Millmount Cultural Quarter, Drogheda ( Free parking)
Booking is essential please email emmettdoran@hotmail.com
or Tel 086 8129516
Presented by : Emmett Doran
Holder of Certificate in Genealogy UCD
Cost : Euro 60 ( ODS membership Euro 50)
This course will suit both beginners and those already on their journey of discovery.
CONTENTS INCLUDES :
Introduction to Genealogy , Getting started , Ireland’s National Censuses, Vital Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Graveyard inscriptions.
Church Records , Land Valuation Records , Census Substitutes , Online sources , DNA , Local and National Repositories and other sources.
You are not required to enrol on any paid subscription sites.
(3) Co Mayo – Cong Moytura Heritage Society – Lecture
Date 23rd Feb 2023
The first of Cong Moytura Heritage Society’s 2023 Spring Talks Series is on Thursday 23 February at 8pm in the Crossroads, Cong (F31 PY97).
The talk entitled OVER THE ROOF OF RUSSIA – THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE will be by Jarlath Cunnane and will be about his and his crews adventures travelling on his home-made boat, the Northabout, as they completed an Arctic circumnavigation of the world with a transit of the Northeast Passage north of Russia. The talk will include a video of the trip.
Free admission.
From: Grants <Grants@ria.ie> Sent: Monday 13 February 2023 09:53 Subject: Royal Irish Academy Grants: Archaeology Grant Schemes now open
Dear all,
I’m pleased to let you know that the following Grants schemes are now open to applications:
Here’s the details of the schemes:
1.Archaeology Research Excavation Grants: Together with the National Monuments Service and the Historic Environment Division, NI welcomes applications for proposals for smaller-scale archaeological research associated with the archaeology of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland.
2. Directed Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites: The Royal Irish Academy, together with the National Monuments Service runs a grant scheme for Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites. This scheme offers an opportunity for those working on the archaeology of the Brú na Bóinne and Sceilig Mhichíl World Heritage Properties and now also those sites on the Tentative List sites announced in 2022 to seek funding for their work.
3. Archaeology Radiocarbon Dates Scheme: The Royal Irish Academy in association with Queen’s University Belfast offers radiocarbon dating for up to twelve applicants per annum to be used for the purposes of archaeological research in Ireland. The offer is intended to assist research projects and academics from all levels are welcome to apply to this scheme (undergraduate, post-graduate students, established researchers etc.).
Both schemes are open until 30th March and enquires can be addressed to grants@ria.ie
All best wishes,
Niamh
(8) Co Dublin – Clondalkin History Society – Lecture
The February edition of 200 Magazine, which reports the news from two centuries ago as if it was happening now and in the language of 2023, is online. You can read it and check out the previous seven free editions (full of news and illustrations from Britain and Ireland in 1822 and now 1823), and sign up for email alerts when new monthly editions are online by going to www.200livinghistory.info The February 1823 edition reports from Dublin on the collapse of the trial of Orange activists involved in the ‘bottle riot’ that targeted London’s lord lieutenant in Ireland in late 1822. There’s also the clearest sign yet that France is preparing to invade Spain, the launch of a major campaign to abolish slavery across the British Empire, and the death of smallpox vaccine pioneer, Dr Edward Jenner. If you have any bicentenary-related activity in 2023, please tell 200’s editor, John Evans – he’s at john@freehistoryproject.uk
(3) Co Cork – Cloyne Literary & Historical Society
2: Our AGM will be held in Harty’s, Cloyne at 8.00 pm on Tuesday, March 14th, in Harty’s Cloyne. Please note that membership fees – €25 (Concession rate – €20) will be due from the AGM.
(4) Co Cork –
Cork Gen.Society are holding their seventh one day family history conference on Saturday 11th. March, would you mind passing the notice to your friends and contacts who may be interested in attending.Booking at our website https://www.corkgenealogicalsociety.com/
Regards.
Ed.Wallace
PRO Cork G S. founded 1994
Charity no.20163549
200 Magazine – News from Dublin and Co. Cork in 1823
The first edition of 200 Magazine, which reports the news from two centuries ago as if it was happening now and in the language of 2023, is online. You can read it and check out the previous six free editions (packed full of news and illustrations from Britain and Ireland in 1822), and sign up for email alerts when new monthly editions are online by going to www.200livinghistory.info
The January 1823 edition reports on the ‘bottle riot’ at Dublin’s Theatre Royal in December 1822 and the fall-out from that. (Marquess Wellesley, the Lord Lieutenant, says it was a plot by Orangemen to kill him.) There’s also news of storms in Dublin killing two, and the sinking of the merchant vessel Weare off Ballycotton in Co. Cork (25 dead) in what has been an awful winter for shipwrecks off our coasts. Questions are being asked about whether it is time for some sort of national sea rescue organisation, and in the magazine’s ‘hindsight’ section from 2023, 200 reports on the upcoming bicentenary of the RNLI and its lifeboat service.
If you have any bicentenary-related activity in 2023, please tell 200’s editor, John Evans – he’s at john@freehistoryproject.uk
General Liam Lynch was a key figure in the Irish Revolution and remains one of the most celebrated IRA leaders of his era. His republicanism was shaped both by his upbringing in Limerick and by the aftermath of the Easter Rising. By the time of the War of Independence, Lynch was in command of the IRA’s Cork No. 2 Brigade and masterminded some of the most important actions against British forces, such as the Fermoy arms raid and the daring kidnapping of British General Cuthbert Lucas.
Adamantly opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, regarding it a betrayal of the Irish Republic, Lynch became chief of staff to the IRA men who opposed the settlement. Yet he remained determined to find a compromise with former comrades, which left him little prepared for the outbreak of the Irish Civil War.
Lynch would not live to see the end of the bitter conflict – he was mortally wounded following a dramatic pursuit by Free State forces across a mountain in south Tipperary – yet his controversial leadership of the IRA during the eleven-month Civil War continues to shape his legacy today.
In this long-awaited and fascinating new biography, the first in nearly forty years, historian Gerard Shannon delves deep into a wide array of archival material to create a detailed, nuanced portrait of a hugely significant and influential figure in Irish history.Paperback • €19.99 | £16.99 • 352 pages • 234 mm x 153 mm • 9781788558211
About the Author
Gerard Shannon is a historian from Skerries in north county Dublin, with an MA in History from the DCU School of History and Geography. Gerard has written for numerous publications and done talks on key figures of the Irish revolutionary period. He works as a civil servant in Dublin city.
(1) FEDERATION TRIP TO SCOTLAND
Please note the following change to the original notification,
date change
New date : Sunday 14th – Thursday 18th May 2023
This is the only change, the programme remains the same , further details will follow at appropriate time
(2) Co Tipperary – Emly Historical Society – Book Launch
The Big House in Kerry: A Social History was published last month by Irish life and Lore.
The photo-illustrated book includes chapters written by 12 of Kerry’s foremost historians on 20 Kerry Big Houses and their families. Each chapter is punctuated with historical images and previously unseen photographs from the family archives of the big houses.
The book features the first in-depth account of the landed gentry’s legacy in Kerry. It runs over 320 pages. The Big House in Kerry: A Social History was launched at Muckross House Killarney in December 2022 and is available now at €39 in bookshops in Kerry, Cork and Limerick, or via our website www.irishlifeandlore.com
An image of the book cover is attached.
Breakdown of contributors by chapter
Contributors:Chapters
Dr. John Knightly The Destruction of Kerry Big Houses 1919-1923
Kilcoleman Abbey, Milltown
Callinafercy House, Milltown
The Reeks, Killarney
Bryan MacMahon Ballyheigue Castle
Donald Cameron Ardfert Abbey
Beaufort House, Killarney
Dr. Patricia O’Hare Muckross House, Killarney
Killarney House
Tom Denny Tralee Castle
Tom Dillon Kilmorna House, Listowel
Kay Caball Crotta House, Lixnaw
Jane O’Hea O’Keeffe Churchill House, Tralee
Oak Park, Collis-Sandes and Oakvilla, Tralee
Derryquin Castle, Sneem
Kilmurry House, Castleisland
Victoria McCarthy Belville House Portmagee: Conservation
Kerry Landscape: Overview
Karol O’Mahony Flesk Castle, Killarney
Dick Spring The Spring Journey: Lavenham to Kerry
Dr. Declan Downey Tarbert House
(4) Co Galway – Lego Competition for Primary School Children
The Heritage Council is calling on children across the country to #getcreative by showcasing an element of Irish heritage- built, natural or cultural using #LEGO bricks. There are some fantastic prizes to be won and winning entries will have the opportunity to be showcased at the winners exhibition at Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum throughout February.
For all the details see https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/projects/lego-competition
#LoveLego #LoveYourHeritage
(5) Speaker offer to Federation History Societies – Mark Davies
Offer to Speak to Irish History Societies
Mark Davies is an Oxford local historian and author, booked to speak to The Old Dublin Society and at the Maria Edgeworth Festival at Edgeworthstown in early May 2023. I would love to add some more engagements while in Ireland, and will be available to speak to local societies on a request basis. Some possible relevant topics are: early Irish hot-air balloon ascents; the Irish influence in Oxford (literary and historical); and the historical background to ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (including Lewis Carroll’s Irish family links). I have given talks on a range of Oxford topics for some 20 years and have spoken previously to societies in Cork and Ballincollig (where I have ancestral associations), and Kinsale, Edenderry and Dublin. I have an interest (ancestral) in visiting Co. Monaghan, but am happy to explore elsewhere! and if you wish to avail of my offer email me at: mark.oxhist@gmail.com.
Hello folks , I got a call from Jack Good about a new TV programme as outlined below, he was a very amiable person and I agreed that I would pass the word around in case anyone might be interested. See mail below for details
How are you?
Jack Good here from RTÉ One television. Great to speak with you there.
It would be amazing if you could please share information about the programme.
I’m working on an exciting new RTÉ Current Affairs programme, Upfront with Katie Hannon, launching in January. We’re actively looking for people, ordinary citizens who have an interest in politics, an interest in how the world works, who are passionate and engaged about current affairs issues.
I’d love to talk to anyone who would be interested in coming in as part of the live studio audience. And just to say, talking isn’t in anyway a commitment to coming on the show, I just want to chat and tease out the areas they’re interested in and whether they would be willing in principle to take part in a live studio programme.
If anyone is interested, I would be grateful if you could pass on their contact information. Alternatively, I can be phoned on 0871362385 or emailed at jack.good@rte.ie
(5) Federation Journal
Just repeating the special offer on the Journal which would be of particular interest to Societies, great deal and fantastic value for money.
Single copies are also available for €10 includes post and package.
Orangemen in clashes in Dublin – the news from 1822
December’s edition of 200 Magazine, which reports what happened two centuries ago but in the language of the 21st century, has news of disturbances in Dublin after troops and police were deployed to stop Orangemen decorating a statue of William of Orange. (The city was then a quarter Protestant.) And the Bishop of Clogher, who’s been at the centre of a scandal after being found in a pub’s back room with a young soldier, has been sacked by the Anglican church. You can find the new edition, a chance to sign up for alerts when new editions are out, and an archive of the previous five at www.200livinghistory.info – including news from and about Ireland in each month’s edition.
Newly Digitised Material Added To New Irish Labour History Website
The newly re-designed Irish Labour History Society website, www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com, includes a number of newly digitised items that will be of interest to local historians and local history groups across the island.
1. Annual Reports of the Irish Transport & General Workers Union
Firstly, the newly digitised Annual Reports of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union for the 1918-1930 period include a plethora of useful information on the labour movement and of Irish workers for the revolutionary decade period and throughout the 1920s. The collect is accompaned by background material on their contents and use for historical research by historian Francis Devine. See Irish Transport & General Workers Union – Irish Labour History Society
4. 1922 Postal Strike Material
Material relating to the 1922 Postal Strike has been added to the Society website also, including handbills.
Further content has been digitised and will be added over time.
The Society would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Heritage Council and Dublin City Libraries & Archive Service in making this material available online.
A new book just published is a must read for any book lover who is interested in real life, real people, great stories and the essence of what makes us what we are. It tells the story of life before, during and after World War 11 in Northern Ireland, through the eyes of the people who experienced it and also through stories handed down from both parents and grandparents.
It was a time of great change in the World, in Europe and in Ireland and Doreen has managed to capture these changes through real contributions from many people from all walks of life throughout the province.
The book is available through all good book shops, Amazon and also as an e-book.
The author, Doreen McBride, can also be contacted through doreenannemcbride@gmail.com You cannot afford to miss it
This notification is for the attention of Member Societies
We are looking at updating some membership details and would appreciate any help you can give.
Federation Journal:
The list of members in the Journal consists of the society name, a contact person and a postal address. These would have been supplied by the society and is important particularly when we are posting copies of the Journal out to societies. In some cases this information can change and we may not know about it. We are asking societies to check their details in the Journal and if any corrections are needed to let us know. We can then make these changes in the new upcoming Journal.
Federation Website
We have recently reintroduced the list of member societies on our website as this information can be very useful if societies want to contact each other. The list entails the society name, an e-mail address and a contact name. We would again ask each society to check their details on our website and confirm or otherwise that these details are correct.
This way we can offer a better service to you, our fellow members and the wider local history fraternity who may wish to make contact.
Replies should be sent to Larry Breen, e-mail larrybreen8@outlook.com Mob 097 98 1551 if you have any changes you would like to make.
We, the Irish Ancestry Research Centre, recently contacted you to inform you of the Certificate in History of the Family & Genealogical Methods, which is available online and accredited by the University of Limerick. (Details can be found at www.irisharc.org). The certificate is a level 6 course and genealogy is taught in an interdisciplinary manner, where we incorporate various aspects of history, geography, folklore, architecture, politics, religion and regional studies. Classes take place fortnightly with monthly field-trips that compliment these classes.
(3) Co Cork – New Book – Men & Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations 1921
March 8th 2023, UCC West Wing Room 6, 8.00 pm.
Prof. Howard B. Clarke, The Cork Historic Towns Atlas fascicle: old and new findings. April 5th 2023, 8.00 pm. MITCHELSTOWN
Gerard Shannon, Liam Lynch: Life of an Irish Revolutionary, 1892-1923 , St George’s Arts and Heritage Centre, George Street, Mitchelstown.
This event, co-hosted with the Mitchelstown Heritage Society, is the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society’s annual County Lecture. Mitchelstown has been selected for his year’s county lecture given its proximity to the location of the death of Liam Lynch in April 1923. The event will also mark the association of Canon Courtney Moore, a founding member of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, with the lecture’s venue, St George’s Arts and Heritage Centre.
Golden Wings – A Tale About an Irish Barn Owl with John Lusby from Bird Watch Ireland
Galway Public Libraries are distributing Golden Wings to all the primary schools in County Galway. Copies are also available in all of the 29 library branches from Clifden to Portumna. This beautiful book was produced by BirdWatch Ireland & Galway County Council with support of Creative Ireland & The Heritage Council, Author: Susan O’Donohoe (Facebook – Susans Wild World), Illustrator: Robert Vaughan (www.robertvaughanillustrations.com) and Graphic Designer: Sara Sirtoli (www.diademadisara.com). The printing of this book was supported by the Heritage Council under the Heritage Stewardship Fund 2022 and Galway County Council.
(9) Four Courts Press – Maynooth Studies in Local History Series
