Welcome to another year with Balbriggan & District Historical Society.
Our first talk will take place on Wednesday March 26th in the Bracken Court Hotel at 8pm and we hope you can join us. Brian ‘Kavanagh will present a talk titled: The Graveyard Shift’. The talk will give information about the closure of Bremore Castle graveyard, 1893 and the opening of St. Peter and Paul’s Graveyard, 1929.
Here is a list of our other upcoming talks for your diary. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Talks
April 30th, Joe Connell- The Treatment of Women During the Rebellion Period and After the Free State.
May 28th, Cora Mc Donagh, ‘Castle, Churches and Cobblestones- the built heritage of Balbriggan.’
August 27th Jim Walsh, ‘The life of John Henry Gaynor- local Republican activist’
September 24th, Caroline Mc Fadden, 150th Anniversary of Balbriggan RFC based on her book ‘From Rope Walk to Bowhill- a history of rugby in Balbriggan’.
We will collect membership at our first talk and that is ,€15 or €20 family, €10 seniors
You are also very welcome to attend individual talks for €5