Co Louth Archaeological & Historical Society New dates; Sat 9 Nov (from 10.00 until 5.00), Open Day at the National Archives in Dublin. Check their website for further information. nationalarchives.ie/ Mon 11 Nov at 7:30 p.m. in the County Museum, Dundalk ‘Gathering information: the antiquities of County Louth – connecting to the past’ by Tom Condit. (Further details below) Wed 13 Nov at 8 p.m. in the Governors House, Millmount, Drogheda. Brendan Matthews will talk on the life and times of the forgotten street characters of Drogheda, including Kat the Navvy: a well-known street character of the Boyneside during the later 19th century who was immortalised in John Cassidys painting depicting a street scene of West Street, in the 1880s. (now in the Highlanes in Drogheda) Wed 13 Nov at 8 p.m. in the County Museum, Dundalk. ‘Railways in Dundalk’ a talk by Oliver Doyle, Secretary of the Irish Railway Record Society, a Dundalk Railway, Heritage Society event. Thurs 14 Nov at 8 p.m. in St Vincents School, Dundalk ‘Crisis and survival in late Medieval Louth’ by Dr Brendan Smith, followed by the launch of his book by Prof Sean Duffy. Further details below. Fri 15 Nov at 2 p.m. in St Patrick’s ‘Cathedral’, Dundalk a talk by Fr Garrett Campbell entitled ‘The Gothic Gem of Dundalk’. Sun 17 Nov. at 3 p.m. in St Mary’s Abbey, Duleek and the Spires Restaurant. Duleek Heritage Group Book launches of ‘The Headstones of St Mary’s Abbey’ and ‘The Office of St Kenan’. Wed 20 Nov at 7:30 p.m. in St. Marys Church of Ireland Hall, Navan. An MAHS Event. ‘The Founding of the Irish Volunteers (Irish Army) in Meath’, Ruth Illingworth. Sun 24 Nov from 2-6 p.m. at St Brigid’s Hall, Dunleer Father Patrick Dowd Bi-Centenary Gathering (Further details below) Wed 27 Nov at 8 p.m. in the Governors House, Millmount, Drogheda a talk by John McCullen entitled ‘Letters to Aunt Mary’. Thurs 28 Nov at 8 p.m. in the County Museum, Dundalk, a talk by Ailbhe Rogers M.A. entitled ‘Cumann na mBan in Co Louth 1914-1923,. An Old Dundalk Society Event. Fri 29 Nov at 7:30 p.m. in Paddy Donegan’s, Monasterboice, Irish High Crosses - An illustrated lecture by Professor Peter Harbison. Lecture €5 followed by optional dinner €25. Copies of the new edition of Irish High Crosses will be on sale at the special price of €6.95 including a free DVD. Fri 6 Dec at 8 p.m. in Long’s Pub, Grange, Cooley. Fergus Flynn-Rogers, Architect, will give a talk on architecture with reference to the Cooley Peninsula and its buildings. Donation €5. A Cooley Genealogical and Historical Society event. Here is a link to the latest edition of Seanda. On page 35 there is a nice ‘Post-excavation aerial view of ringfort and souterrain at Newtownbalregan, Co. Louth’. nra.ie/archaeology/seanda-the-nra-archaeology-magazine/ It is well worth checking the County Louth Archive webpage at:
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