MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | Seán Corcoran | The Wonderful Work of Séamus Ennis as a Folk-Music Collector |
April | Aidan J Herron | Ardgillan Castle Revealed |
August | Dr Will Murphy | Creating a Counter-State: Establishing and Building Dáil Éireann |
September | Rory McKenna | The Foreshore Dispute |
October | Eithne MacDermott | Clann na Poblachta, and the Inter-Party Government 1948-51 |
Category: Talks Archive
Talks Archive 2018
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | Paul Bosonnet | Experiences of a French Emigrant Family in Ireland |
April | Jim Walsh | History of Man O War and the Turks Head |
August | Íde Ní Liatháin | The General Election of 1918 in North Dublin |
September | Cormac F Lowth | The Sinking of The Leinster |
October | Anne Collins | The Schools’ Collection 1937-39 |
Talks Archive 2017
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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April | David Arnold | Thomas Ashe the Revolutionary Teacher |
May | Padraig Yeates | Ireland and the Russian Revolution, Lost Opportunities or Lost Illusions |
August | Sinead McCoole | Women of the Revolutionary Years |
September | David Doolin | The Fenian Invasion of Canada 1866 |
October | May McKeon | Old Memories of Balbriggan (Part 2) plus Hannagh Rudden, Niamh Daly, Alison McGuinness, Rachel Sweetman and Abbie Hurley from Loreto Secondary School |
Talks Archive 2016
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | David Grundy | Ardgillan Halt-A History of the Railway Halt for the Taylor Family of Ardgillan Castle |
April | Rory McKenna | Nicholas Rath-The Albert Medal Recipient in 1917 |
May | 1916 Seminar | Bairbre Curtis-Fingal in 1916, Liz Darcy-Conserving and Original 1916 Proclamation. Jimmy Wren - The 1916 GPO Garrison and the Connection with OTooles G.A.A Club. Sean Collins-Observing from Afar The Easter Rising Louth and Meath. Micheal MacMathuna-Sinead Ni Fhlannagain (Bean De Valera), Daughter of Balbriggan, & 1916 Readings of Proclamation by Local Secondary School Students. |
August | Paddy Boyle | The Irish Volunteers, Balbriggan 1913-1922 |
September | Brendan Matthews | Collier the Robber |
October | May McKeon | Old Memories of Balbriggan (Part 1), plus Priyanka Cottacoopen, Melanie Fidel, Orla Beggs and Femi Kasim from Loreto Secondary School |
Talks Archive 2015
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | Gary Branigan | Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin |
April | Tom Reilly | Cromwell Was Framed |
May | Cormac Lowth | The Sinking of the Lusitania |
August | Jim Walsh | Bremore Castle and Church |
September | Philip Lecane | Beneath a Turkish Sky-The Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Assalt on Gallipoli |
October | David O'Connor | From the Liffey to the Boyne, an evening of Songs and Lore from the Fingal & East Meath area plus Holly Keogh, Eibhlin Mallon and Lubna Arzal from Loreto Secondary School |
Talks Archive 2014
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | Jim Walsh | Balbriggan's Carnegie Free Library - A History |
April | Colm Lennon | The Battle of Clontarf 1014 in Irish History and Legend |
May | Peadar Slattery | The uses of Photography in Ireland 1839-1900 |
August | Frank Whearity | The Irish Volunteers of North County Dublin and Balbriggan 1914-1915 |
September | David Sorenson | St. George's School Balbriggan 1859-2014 |
October | David Snook | Balbriggan merchant Seamen in the Great War- 20 Faces from 1918 |
Talks Archive 2013
MONTH | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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March | Jim Walsh | The History of Saints Peter and Paul Church |
April | Martin Fanning | Balbriggan Past and Present, p,lus Sarah Murphy & Deirdre Cleary from Loreto Secondary School |
May | Frank Whearity | The maps of Balbriggan (Part 2) |
August | Francis Devine | The 1913 Lockout and its impact on North County Dublin |
September | David Sorenson | National School Teaching in Balbriggan 1831-1900 (Part 1) |
October | David Grundy | Our Silent and Forgotten Guests - WWI Royal Navy Burials in Fingal and Locality |