March Lecture: Rosamund Jacob by Ms Ursula Hughes

A most interesting lecture which gave us an insight in the life of  Rosamund Jacob, based on her personal diaries. 

Michael Maher, Ursula Hughes, Joan Johnston, Fergus Dillon

The Prehistory of the Lower Suir Valley - The Lecture

Dr Elizabeth Shee Twohig

James Eogan answers questions from the audience

Visiting Waterford on the night:
Mr David Curtis from Australia, with Mr Eddie Sinnott, Vice Chairman

Mr Curtis and Mr Niall O'Brien

Book signing and discussions 

From our neighbour: South Kilkenny Historical Society Lecture

South Kilkenny Historical Society Lecture

'One of the last survivors of the Holocaust tells a tale'

Speaker: Mr Zoltan Zinn-Collis, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Date: Thursday, March 29th

Time: 8pm

Venue: The Rising Sun, Mullinavat (please note the change of venue for this lecture)

Admission: €5 (members and students, with adequate adult supervision, free).

Upcoming Lecture: Rosamund Jacob

Our next lecture will be held on Friday 30th March 2012

Rosamund Jacob, a Waterford Woman: Feminist, Political Activist, Author and Historian

by Ms Ursula Hughes.

Venue: Edmund Rice Heritage and Conference Centre, Barrack Street.

Time: 8 pm

Entrance Fee: € 5.00 non-members.

Anthony Kinsella on E.J. Thornton and the A3 submarine

Fergus Dillon, Chairman, introducing the speaker. Hon Editor Donnchadh O Ceallacháin looking after the technical side of things. 

A view of the attendance

E.J. Thornton

As it appeared in the papers

All men were buried in Clayhall Royal Naval Cemetery, in Gosport.

'In Memoriam' card.

The plaque in memory of E.J. Thornton in Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford. 

Fergus Dillon, Anthony Kinsella, Erica Fay.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all!

Upcoming Lecture: by Dr Elizabeth Shee-Twohig and Mr James Eogan

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



Traces of our prehistoric ancestors are not very evident in the modern landscape of the Lower Suir Valley, though people may be familiar with local standing stones and some of the large megalithic tombs, e.g. Gaulstown and Knockeen, Co Waterford.

Excavations in advance of construction of the N25 Waterford City Bypass led to the discovery of many important sites and has changed our knowledge and perception of prehistoric life in these parts of east county Waterford and south county Kilkenny.

James Eogan and Elizabeth Shee Twohig are editors of the recently published monograph Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the Lower Suir Valley and their lecture will show that the Lower Suir Valley was home to vibrant and dynamic communities from c. 8000 BC onwards.

James Eogan is Senior Archaeologist with the National Roads Authority based in Tramore. He has overseen the archaeological works on all major road schemes in the south-east over the past decade. He has particular research interests in Bronze Age settlement and society.

Elizabeth Shee Twohig has recently retired from lecturing in the Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, and now lives near Tramore. Her principal research has been on the prehistoric megalithic tombs and art.

Time: 8 pm 


Venue: Edmund Rice Heritage and Conference Centre, Barrack Street, Waterford.