Outing to Seskinan Church: cancelled

Due to the involvement of Waterford and Tipperary in the Munster Final on Sunday 12th July, the outing to Seskinan has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for another date this summer, and you will be notified as soon as we know it, via email and/or the usual media. 

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

Upcoming Lecture: The Life of Miroslav Havel, by Mr Brian Havel

The last lecture of the season will  take place on Friday 22nd May

A lecture that should prove popular and revive many memories for the people of Waterford. 

Speaker: Mr Brian Havel 

Topic: The life of Miroslav Havel, 

the first employee and chief designer of Waterford Crystal.

Time: 8 pm

Venue: St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Patrick Street

Admission: €5.00 non-members (members free)

Upcoming Lecture: The Making of Barry Lyndon, when Hollywood Came to Waterford

Our next lecture on Friday 24th April will be 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.

by Mr David Robson.
                             

Time: 8 pm

Venue: St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Patrick Street

Admission: € 5.00 (members free)

WAHS AGM & New Committee for 2015-2016

WAHS Committee 2014-2015

The election of the new committee for 2015-2016 took place at the AGM on Thursday 9 April 2015.

The following officers were elected:

Chair:  Erica Fay
Vice-chair:  Pat Deegan
Hon. Secretary: Béatrice Payet
Hon. Treasurer: Tony Gunning
PRO: Michael Maher
Hon. Editor:   Donnchadh Ó Ceallacháin

Committee:

Fergus Dillon
Sonny Condon
Cian Manning
Bill Walsh
Anne Cusack
Adrian Larkin
Claire Walsh

Following the AGM, Mr Noel Dalton gave a short talk on the Clyde Shipping Company in Waterford.

Upcoming Lecture: The S.S. Portláirge

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

Built in 1907 in Dublin, the steam vessel dredged  the port of Waterford for over 70 years,

Lecturer: Sonny Condon

Date: Friday 27th February 2015

Time: 8 pm

Venue: St Patrick's Gateway Centre, St Patrick Church (Patrick Street)

Entrance €5.00 (members free) 

NEW! Tea and biscuits will be served after the lecture

16 Dead Men, a Lecture by Ms Anne-Marie Ryan

A talented stone carver, a student of the Irish language, a silk weaver, a clerk born in the tenements in Dublin,  a newspaper editor... young men who didn't seem to have much in common, yet they all died for the same cause, executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising of 1916.
Anne-Marie Ryan's lecture focused on lesser known leaders of the events, on their personal circumstances and how they became involved.

Anne-Marie Ryan's book is published by Mercier Press