PRESS RELEASE:
BALBRIGGAN & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
7th August 2008
Heritage Week Event
As part of our contribution to Heritage
Week we are delighted to
announce that well known local councillor Larry Dunne has accepted
our
invitation to make a presentation entitled:
'The 125th Anniversary of St Patrick's
Brass and Reed Band'
Considering this key milestone in
the band's history Larry's research
provides a unique insight into the formation of the original band,
the
struggle for funds to keep afloat and the more recent successful
decades of entertaining the people of Balbriggan and its surrounding
area.
The venue for this talk will be the Hamilton Hall, Balbriggan Town
Hall,
George's Square, Balbriggan (over Balbriggan Library)
Date : Tuesday 26th August at 8.30pm
PRESS RELEASE:
BALBRIGGAN & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
21st May 2008
HUGE ATTENDANCE AT BREMORE PASSAGE GRAVES TALK
The Hamilton Hall had standing room only for the latest talk in
our 2008 schedule last Tuesday.
Professor George Eogan ,emeritus Professor of Celtic Archaeology
at University College Dublin made a very entertaining and informative
presentation on ‘The Archaeology of Bremore’
His talk to an attendance of over 100 people covered
the archaeology, history and the culture of the region of Bremore
,Gormanston and the Passage Graves on both sides of the Delvin river.
He explained the links between theses important passage graves and
the ones at Knowth, Dowth, Four Knocks and a much wider area from
Northern Spain up to the Orkney Islands in Scotland – and
all of this was about 5 thousand years ago!
He also reiterated that Bremore is a very small limited area which
already has two preservation orders protecting it and that research
on this has been well documented since at least the 1840’s.
In a lively Questions & Answers session Professor
Eogan concluded that while he is definitely not against development
per se he believes that given the importance of the small area involved
and existence of the preservation orders other sites for the potential
Port Development should be considered.
Email : info@balbrigganhistory.net
Web : www.balbrigganhistory.net
Photos attached in slides: click on the images
to enlarge or the arrow buttons to navigate to the next photo
6045a &6053a – sections of packed crowd
6071a Professor George Eogan
6076a Chairman Jim Walsh & Professor George Eogan
Further information available from Brian Howley 086 2228997 or from
Chairman Jim Walsh at 01 8411599
Change of Programme of Events in May
We are delighted to announce that Professor George Eogan , emeritus
Professor of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin has
accepted our invitation to make a presentation entitled:
'The Archaeology of Bremore and its Passage Tombs'
Due to the recent unfortunate fire at Bracken Court Hotel our venue
has now been switched to the Hamilton Hall, Balbriggan Town Hall,
St George's Square, Balbriggan (over Balbriggan Library)
Date : Tuesday 20th May at 8.30pm
Professor George Eogan and his research on Bremore have recently
been widely commented on by the national media and it is with great
pleasure that we have secured his services to allow the people of
our region to understand the Archaeology of Bremore and its Passage
Tombs explained by such an internationally renowned and authoritative
figure.
Professor Eogan led the 40 year programme of archaeological work
on Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth and is considered to be a world authority
in this area.
It is anticipated that given future development plans for this region
that there will be a significant attendance at this event.
Jim Walsh's May talk on the Man O War and the Turks Head has been
deferred to facilitate Professor Eogan's presentation.
Email : info@balbrigganhistory.net
Web : www.balbrigganhistory.net
Regards
Brian Howley
PRO and Vice Chairman
Balbriggan & District Historical Society
Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2008
We are delighted to announce our new programme
of events for the coming year and we believe we have an excellent
mix of some very local and some slightly farther afield events,
see our events page on the website.
We are also re-introducing our very popular Summer
walkabouts - so come on out to support and bring a friend!
But first the incoming committee would like to thank each and everyone
of you who attended our AGM in November.
To download our February 2008 Newsletter
pdf file>Click
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