The next event on our calendar will be
a Guided Tour of Curraghmore House & Gardens and the Shell House
Date : Sunday 17 July 2016
Time: Meet at Curraghmore House car park at 3 pm
Admission : Members €10.00
Non-members €15.00
Showing posts with label Portlaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portlaw. Show all posts
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Our first outing of the summer : Portlaw.
After Ger Crotty explained how the centre was established, he proposed to bring us on a tour of the town centre. We walked along the river Clodagh and the canal which was built to bring raw materials to the factory. In the distance, the Presbyterian and the Catholic churches.
We followed Ger Crotty and Willie Power, and tried to picture Portlaw in its glory days,as they pointed out to us landmarks, buildings, details ofarchitecture linked to the development of the factory town.
We visited the Church of the Holy Trinity built in 1851 in the Gothic Revival Style.
Back in the Heritage Centre, Ger and Willie told us more about the more recent past of the town, and we were able to look at various documents on display
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