Programme of Lectures and Events 2024-2025

 

Programme of Events Spring 2024

 Please see below a list of the upcoming lectures up until summer this year, starting  Friday, 26/01/24.

26/01/2024	Tony Hennessy  Annestown, lovely Annestown, oh do you wonder why I dream of you!
23/02/2024	Dr Fionnuala Walsh  "Life will never be the same again": Irish women's experiences in the Great War and its aftermath
22/03/2024	Dr Shane Browne  "Playing at war"?: The Waterford National Volunteers, 1914-17
12/04/2024	Annual General Meeting
26/04/2024	Prof. Terence Dooley  The Irish Land Commission and its archives: why they should be opened to the research public
31/05/2024	Dr Edel Bhreathnach  Ardmore, Lismore and Waterford: a tale of three competing medieval churches

Programme of Events 2022 - 2023

 

Lectures & Events 2018-19

List of LECTURES and events 2018 – 2019

Please note all lectures are held at 8pm in St. Patricks Gateway Centre,

Patrick Street, Waterford, unless otherwise stated.

Lectures are free for members, non-members €5.00

Date	Title	Speaker(s)
28/09/2018	Conflict and Consensus: soldiers and citizens in Waterford city 1820-1920	Dr. Aoife Bhreatnach
19/10/2018	Here Comes the Sun – Solar Symbolism in Early Bronze Age Ireland This lecture is being held in the Parnell Room, Granville Hotel	Mary Cahill
30/11/2018	1918 – Why Did Sinn Fein Win the Elections?	Dr Pat McCarthy
02/12/2018	Annual Lunch Mulled wine reception and lunch, Tapestry Room, Granville Hotel.
	Followed by an illustrated talk The History and Heritage of the Comeraghs	Mark Roper and Paddy Dwane
25/01/2019	Waterford's Archaeology From the Air	Simon Dowling
22/02/2019	Medieval Pilgrimage in Waterford	Dr Louise Nugent
29/03/2019	Waterford and New Ross: Piracy, Court Cases and the Theft of Silver – Medieval Economic Politics in Action	Dr Linda Doran
05/04/2019	Annual General meeting
26/04/2019	Dart: An Irish Family in the Azores and in the World	Dr Jorge Forjaz
24/05/2019	Survival and Revival: the Roman Catholic Clergy of Waterford and Lismore in the Aftermath of the Reformation	Dr Áine Hensey

Summer Outings & Events 2017

Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society

SUMMER OUTINGS & EVENTS 2017

Sunday 11^th June – Sunday fieldtrip: Lismore Heritage Centre

Visit Lismore Heritage Centre and take a guided tour of Lismore heritage town, including the historic St Carthage’s Cathedral and the recently exposed Victorian ice-houses.

Meet at the Lismore Heritage Centre at 14:30.

Thursday 22^nd June – Evening fieldtrip: The Coastguard in Tramore

Visit to the former H.M. Coastguard Station and a guided walk with Mr. James Doherty around locations associated with the Coastguard in Tramore. This trip is a follow up to a talk given to the society by Mr Doherty in April which highlighted some of the key events in the organisation’s history.

Meet at the Coastguard Cultural Centre, Tramore at 7pm.

Sunday 16^th July – Summer outing: The Heart of Medieval Limerick and the Hunt Museums of Treasures

Guided tours of King John’s Castle and the Hunt Museum and other features of historical interest in Limerick’s historic core.

Depart at 08:30am, return at 9pm. Cost 55 euro.

Thursday 10^th August – Evening fieldtrip: Waterford’s medieval walls

A guided tour of some well-known and less well-known sections of Waterford’s late medieval walls.

Meet at the Applemarket at 7pm.

Thursday 24^th August – Evening Event: People Who Made Waterford Famous

The Society’s contribution to Heritage Week 2017. Join members of Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society who will present a miscellany of short talks about people who put Waterford on the map.

The Tapestry Room, Granville Hotel, Meagher’s Quay, Waterford at 7pm. Free event.

SUNDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING FIELDTRIPS ARE FREE TO MEMBERS.

NON-MEMBERS €5.00. 

WINTER/SPRING LECTURE PROGRAMME 2017

WINTER/SPRING LECTURE PROGRAMME 2017

Please note all lectures are held at 8pm, in St. Patricks Gateway Centre, Patrick Street, Waterford, unless otherwise stated.

Friday 27th January

        Speaker: Mr Glascott Symes.

Topic: Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution.

This lecture will cover Sir John Keane’s management of the Cappoquin estate through his service in both the Boer War and World War 1, returning home for the War of Independence. He went on to serve in the first Senate of the Free State only to have his home destroyed in the Civil War. However he personally oversaw the rebuilding of the house.

Friday 24th February
        Speaker: Mr Liam Murphy.
Topic: The life of Dr. Thomas Hussey (1746-1803), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore and first President of Maynooth.


Friday 31st March  
        Speaker: Mr Sean Murphy.
Topic: Stories of The Great War, from mid County Waterford.

Friday 7th April Annual General Meeting – Details beforehand.

Friday 28th April  
        Speaker: Mr James Doherty.
Topic: The Forgotten Force. 
This lecture will look at H.M. Coastguard in pre-independence Ireland. Regulations, Roles and Responsibilities.
It is hoped that this lecture will be a precursor to a summer outing later in the year. The summer outing will consist of a guided walk in the Tramore area visiting the coastguard station and associated cottages and highlighting some of the key events in this organisations history.

Friday 26th May  
         Speaker: Mr Julian Walton.
Topic: The Curraghmore of ‘Squint Eye George’, first Marquess of Waterford, 1736 to 1800.

Programme of Lectures January - May 2016

Winter/Spring 2016

Lectures held in St Patrick's Gateway Centre,

Patrick Street, at 8pm 

Friday 29^th January                           Speaker: Monsignor Michael Olden.

Topic: Dr. Richard A Sheehan 1845 – 1915.

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and founder of

The Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society.

Friday 26^th February                                    Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Shee Twohig, UCC.

Topic: “Houses of the Dead: the megalithic tombs of East Waterford”

This lecture will look at the various types of “dolmens” (megalithic tombs) in the area and discuss their use and the people who built them.

Friday 1^st April                                   Speaker: Mr. James Doherty

Topic: The Two Military Barracks in Waterford.

James Doherty will examine the history behind the two military barracks in Waterford City and will provide an insight into why they were built, what garrison life was like and the factors that led to the decline and almost complete disappearance of what was once a impressive military complex in the heart of Waterford City.

Friday 8^th April                                  Annual General Meeting – Details beforehand.

Friday 29^th April                                Speaker: Dr. Pat McCarthy.

Topic: Waterford men in The 1916 Rising.

This lecture will mark the centenary of The 1916 Rising.

Friday 27^nd May                                Speaker: Mr. Kieran Cronin.

Topic: Aquila Non Captat Muscas: a voyage of discovery of the William Graves and Sons Shipping Company papers at WIT Libraries.

This lecture provides an insight into the historical documents of the William Graves and Sons Shipping Company Papers which WIT Libraries are custodians of since May 2015. The company’s origins date back to 1811 and are most famously known for commissioning the building of the Dunbrody ship (1840-1845). At its height the company had offices in New Ross, Waterford, Liverpool and Savannah, Georgia amongst others. This collection of circa 1400 historical documents includes ledgers, letters, legal documents, prospectuses, maps etc. which when brought together give a greater understanding of the multifaceted international business operations of the company in the 19^th century.

All details of lectures will be available from our website,

Facebook page, local and national papers.

http://www.waterford-history.org/

Programme of Summer Outings 2015

Thursday June 25th

Toureen Bronze Age site 

Meet at Community Centre car park,Ballymacarbry, 7.00pm

Sunday July 12th

Ogham Stones of Knockboy/Seskinan with Dr Nora White

Meet at Knockboy church at 3.00pm

Thursday July 30th

Guided Tour of St Patrick's Gateway graveyard with Mr Julian Walton.

Meet at the church at 7pm

Sunday August 9th

Guided tour of Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford

Meet at the Abbey at 3.00 pm

Thursday August27th

Heritage Week - Details to be confirmed

Winter / Spring Programme 2015

WATERFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

WINTER/SPRING LECTURE PROGRAMME 2015

All talks will take place in St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Patrick Street 

Friday 30^th January      Speaker: Ms Anne-Marie Ryan.

                                      Topic: 16 Dead Men, The Easter Rising Executions.

                                      This lecture will look at the lives of the executed leaders of the 1916 rising.

Friday 27^th February    Speaker: Mr Sonny Condon

                                      Topic: The SS Portláirge

                                      A look back over the 75 years’ service of The SS Portláirge to the port of Waterford.

Friday 27^th March        Speaker: Mr Cian Manning.

                                      Topic: A Gentle Borough? – A History of the MP’s of Waterford City, 1801 - 1922

                                      This lecture will take a look at some of the notable figures and characters to have represented Waterford City at Westminster.

Thursday 9^th April       Annual General Meeting – Details beforehand.

Friday 24^th April           Speaker: Mr David Robson.

                                      Topic: The making of ‘Barry Lyndon’

                                      A look back at the making of the film Barry Lyndon directed by the maverick Stanley Kubrick and starring Ryan O’Neal, when Hollywood came to Waterford.

Friday 22^nd May           Speaker: Mr Brian Havel.

                                      Topic: The life of Miroslav Havel, the first employee and chief designer of Waterford Crystal.

                                     

2014 Autumn Lectures Programme

AUTUMN 2014 LECTURES

Friday 26th September 

                 Speaker: Dr Pat McCarthy

                  Topic: 1914: Waterford and the coming of war - this lecture will look at Waterford in 1914 with the coming of the First World War.

Friday 31st October 

               Speaker: Dr Nora White

               Topic: Ogham Stones of County Waterford - This lecture will  include an update on recent conservation work and 3D scanning of the ogham stones. It is hoped that this lecture will be precursor to a summer outing in 2015 to Seskinan medieval church, where some of the local ogham stones were built into the fabric of the church by the medieval builders. 

Friday 28th November

             Speaker: Mr Julian Walton   

             Topic: 1914, Sleepwalking into war.  This lecture will coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. 

                    

        

PROGRAMME OF SUMMER OUTINGS 2014

Thursday 5th June  Recent Excavations in Cathedral Square.

 Guided tour of recent excavation sites in Cathedral Square with Archaeologist Ms Orla Scully. Meet in Cathedral Square at 7.00pm.

Sunday 8th June Coach Trip to visit the Forts of Cork Harbour with guide Dr. Pat McCarthy.

Including boat trip to Spike Island and guided tour.
Guided tour of Camden Fort.
4 course meal in Old Imperial Hotel, Youghal on homeward journey.

 Thursday 26th June Tooreen Bronze Age Sites.

Guided tour of the Tooreen Bronze Age sites with guide Mr. Michael Desmond. Meet in the Community Centre car park, Ballymacarberry at 7.00pm

Sunday 13th July Our Mining Heritage

Visit to Bonmahon copper coast. Meet at the Copper Coast Geopark Centre, Bonmahon (located in the old Church of Ireland Church) at 3pm. Visit will include tour of the centre including a short film, followed by a guided tour of the Tankerdstown site.


Thursday 31st July Dunbrody Abbey: Guided tour of Dunbrody Abbey and Visitor Centre.

The centre is approx. 2 miles from the Passage East car ferry, drive from Ballyhack to Arthurstown and follow the R733 road to New Ross, or if travelling from New Ross, follow the R733 road to Arthurstown. Meet at the centre car park at 7.00pm.

August – Heritage Week We are hoping to arrange a final Thursday evening outing to coincide with Heritage Week 2014 (23rd to 31st August). Details to be confirmed closer to the date.

Calendar of Lectures Spring 2014

EVENTS PROGRAMME 2014

SPRING LECTURES

Friday 24th January              Speaker:  Mr Frank O'Donoghue

                                                Topic: The 5-Minute Bell. History of the Tramore Train 1853 -                                            1960.

Friday 28th February              Speaker:  Mr. Kieran Cronin

                                                Topic: The Christ Church Cathedral Collection - A library by the                                                      people, for the people of Waterford.  

Friday 28th March                 Speaker:  Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin.

                                                Topic:  The Book of Lismore.

Thursday 10th April              AGM. (details beforehand)

Friday 25th April                    Speaker:  Dr. Eugene Broderick

                                                 Topic: Bishop Robert Daly of Waterford and Lismore 1843 - 1872                                                 (The 'Protestant Pope')

Friday 23rd May                    Speaker:  Mr. James Eogan

                                                Topic:  100 years a diggin'. A century or archaeological                                                      excavations in Waterford city and county.

All lectures are held at 8 pm in Edmund Rice Heritage Centre, Barrack Street, Waterford, unless otherwise stated. 

Calendar of Events 2013

We would like to wish all our members and friends a very Happy New Year for 2013 and we are looking forward to meeting you again at our events this year.

Events 2013

WATERFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

EVENTS PROGRAMME 

2013

Please note all lectures are held at 8 pm in Edmund Rice Heritage Centre, Mount Sion, Barrack Street, Waterford, unless otherwise stated.

Friday 25th January 7 pm Guided Tour of the Medieval Museum, Cathedral Square, 

Waterford.

Friday 22nd February Speaker: Mgr Michael Olden

Topic: Outstanding Waterford Churchmen of the 19th Century

Friday 5th April Speaker: Mr David Toms 

Topic: Urbs Intacta Manet? The Development of Rugby and Soccer in Waterford 1877-1937

This lecture will outline the development of both rugby and soccer in Waterford from 1877 until just before the Second World War, asking the question whether Waterford was taken by a love of these sports, or whether as the city's motto goes it remained the unconquered city.

Thursday 11th April Annual General Meeting Details beforehand

Friday 26th April Speaker: Mr Michael Desmond

Topic: The Battle of Le Pilly

Between the 19th & 20th October 1914, 300 men from the south east of Ireland lost their lives, at least 36 of them came from Waterford City and County. 

We are very honoured that Waterford was chosen as the venue for the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Local History Societies, which will take place on May 24th, 25th & 26th 2013. 

SUMMER OUTINGS

Thursday 6th June Guided Tour of Granny Castle, with guide Mr Ben Murtagh

Sunday    9th June Coach Trip To Wexford including tour of Johnstown Castle Museum and grounds and guided tour of Historic Wexford Town.

Thursday 27th June Jerpoint Park, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny

Sunday 21st July Guided tour of Inistioge and Woodstock Estate, Co Kilkenny.

Thursday 22nd August Visit to the Quaker Burial Grounds, Newtown, Waterford City with guideMrs Joan Johnston.

Autumn Lectures will include: Mr Jimmy McCrohan on Waterford-born merchant John Aylward (c.1650 –1705), Dr Pat McCarthy on Capital Crime in Waterford in the 19th century, and Mr Julian Walton (to be confirmed).  

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2012

EVENTS 2012

Please note all lectures are now held in Edmund Rice Heritage Centre, Mount Sion, Barrack Street, Waterford.

Friday 3rd February Speaker: Mr Anthony Kinsella
Topic: Ernest James Vernon Thornton

Friday 24th February Speakers:  Dr Elizabeth Shee-Twohig and Mr James Eogan.
Topic: The prehistory of the Lower Suir Valley (8000 BC - 400 AD): the archaeology of Waterford City Bypass in perspective

Friday 30th March Speaker: Ms Ursula Hughes
Topic: Rosamund Jacob, a Waterford Woman: Feminist, Political Activist, Author and Historian

Thursday 12th April Annual General Meeting.
Details beforehand

Friday 27th April Speaker: Mr Brendan Delaney, Manager of Heritage
and Archives, ESB
Topic: Ardnacrusha and Waterford

SUMMER OUTINGS

Thursday 7th June Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny with Mr Ben Murtagh
Meet in Kells at 7.15 pm

Sunday 17th June Coach Trip to Kinsale, Co Cork (Details beforehand)
- Guided tour of Charles Fort and Desmond Castle
- Tour of Kinsale including site of Spanish landing and battle site of 1601 with local guide Mr Dermot Ryan

Thursday 28th June Ahenny and environs, Co Tipperary
High crosses, Slate Quarries and passage tomb
With Mr Joe Sullivan

Sunday 15th July Duiske Abbey and Graiguenamanagh
With guide Mr Owen Doyle
Meet in Graiguenamanagh at 2.30 pm

Thursday 26th July Details to be confirmed.

Autumn Lectures will include: Ms Erica Fay on Captain McCleverty, Mr Julian Walton on the Sea Horse victims, and Ms Ann-Marie Ryan on Kilmainham Jail Museum & Waterford Connections.

WAHS - Programme of Events 2011

Spring lectures

at Waterford Museum of Treasures, Hanover Street, 8 pm.

Friday 28th January: Ms Alice McDermott, Bridget Redmond:The Keeper of the Redmondite Flame in Waterford.

Friday 25th February: Mr Dave Pollock, Excavations at Egan’s / Penney’s – Waterford City Centre.

Friday 25th March: Mr Eddie Synnott, The Campile Bombing: An Accident or Deliberate Bombing in a Neutral Country?

Thursday 31st March: Annual General Meeting, followed by a short lecture on a topic of interest.

Friday 29th April: Mr Míchéal O hAodha, Faction Fighting – Munster Area.

Summer Outings

Thursday 2nd June: Visit Portlaw Heritage Centre, with guides Mr Ger Crotty and Mr Willie Power. Meet at the Heritage Centre, The Square, Portlaw, 7.15 pm.

Sunday 19th June: From Prehistoric Knowth to the Battle – Coach Trip to the Boyne Valley with guide Dr Pat McCarthy. Details to be announced at a later date.

Sunday 10th July: Trip to the Hook Peninsula, including guided tour of Fethard Castle, Churchtown Church, and Hook Lighthouse, with guide Mr Ben Murtagh. Meet in Ballyhack, Co Wexford, at 2.30 pm.

Thursday 28th July: Visit Dunhill Castle and surrounding area, with guide Julian Walton. Meet 7.15 pm near the bridge over the Anne River, below the castle.

Autumn/Winter Lectures

Friday 23rd September: Ms Orla Scully, MA, Recent Excavations in the Viking Triangle, Waterford City Centre.

Friday 28th October: Dr Pat McCarthy, Gun Running in Waterford, 1921.

Friday 25th November: Mr Willie Fraher, ‘The Bad Times’ The War of Independence and the Big Houses in Co Waterford.

Sunday 27th November: Society Annual Lunch. Details beforehand.

2010 Programme

Friday 29th January: Dr. Eugene Broderick, The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott

Friday 26th February: Dr. Pat McCarthy, Hero or Humbug: The Military Career of T.F. Meagher

Friday 19th March: [Note new date] Dr. Niall Byrne, The Leper Knights and Waterford Leper Hospital.
Friday 16th April: Annual General Meeting, followed by short lecture on a topic of interest

Friday 30th April: Mr. Ray McGrath, Newfoundland and the South East of Ireland

Thursday 3rd June: Visit to Passage East. Guide: Mr. Jim Hegarty. Arrive Passage 7.15 pm.

Sunday 13th June: Visit Fethard, Co. Tipperary [Guided tour of medieval walled town]. Arrive Augustinian Abbey 3.15 pm

Thursday 24th June: Visit Kilmacthomas Union Workhouse, Union Road, Kilmacthomas. Guide: Mr. Sean Murphy. Arrive 7.15 pm
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Sunday 27th June: Visit Dungarvan Museum, Town Hall, Friary Street, Dungarvan. Guide: Mr. Willie Fraher. Arrive 3.30 pm

Friday 24th September: Dr. Daire Keogh, Peter Tyrrell, The Ryan Report and Letterfrack

Friday 29th October: Dr. Daithi O Corrain, The Dead of the Irish Revolution, 1916-1921

Friday 26th November: Mr. Jack Burtchaell, Waterford and Bristol Connections

Sunday 28th November: Society Annual Lunch, Dooley’s Hotel. Details beforehand.

All lectures at Waterford Museum of Treasures, Hanover Street, 8 pm