UL History Society

✨Heritage Week Event✨
Date: August 17 & 18
Time: 12pm - 12:45pm

Come and join the friary guides for an interesting FREE tour around the oldest building in the town of Ennis. Hear about the site of the origins of the town of Ennis and view the wealth of 15th c sculptures. Take a turn around the cloister walk. View the magnificent five lancet east window and the barrel vaulted sacristy ceiling. Read the interesting memorial and grave slabs and perhaps locate your family name. An informative tour around this beautiful historic building - once a Franciscan friary, then a courthouse and finally a Church of Ireland parish church, today an OPW Heritage site.

✨ Ennis Friary will be FREE for the FIRST WEEKEND of Heritage Week!
We are open from 10:00 with last admission at 5:15pm August 17 &18 ✨

Visit Clare Clare County Council Clare Museum OPW - Office of Public Works Heritage Ireland Hotel Woodstock Old Ground Hotel Temple Gate Hotel Treacys West County Auburn Lodge Dromoland Castle Hotel & Country Club The Inn at Dromoland Queens Venue Ashford Court Boutique Hotel Killaloe Hotel & Spa Hotel Doolin Ireland Heritage Week Armada Spanish Point Falls Hotel & Spa Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society Quin Heritage Group Sixmilebridge Historical Society Quilty Action GROUP Clare Roots Society Thomond Archaeological Society Mount Ievers Court, Co. Clare Labasheeda History & Heritage Clare Association Dublin UL History Society Ennis Tidy Towns Disability Federation of Ireland Clare Libraries

in 1883 – Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, writer under the pseudonym ‘An Seabhac’ and promoter of the Irish language is born in Di**le, Co Kerry.

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha was born in the Gaeltacht near Di**le in Co Kerry in 1883. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha went on to become an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge, cycling all over the countryside to set up branches and promote the Irish language. As a writer, he took the pen-name ‘An Seabhac’, the Hawk, writing books including ’An Baile Seo ‘Gainne’ (1913) and ‘Jimín Mháire Thaidhg’ (1921), both of which drew on his Di**le youth and were later published in one volume as ‘Seoda an tSeabhaic’(1974).

An Seabhac was a prominent and influential figure of early 20th century Irish culture, a key populariser of the Irish Revival. He was an author, storyteller, folklorist, activist and politician.

The nickname is thought to be a consequence of his years as a travelling teacher, when he adopted it as a pseudonym for the writing of his most famous book Jimín Mháire Thaidhg. This book, known in its English translation as Jimeen is a fictionalised account of life growing up in the country, which follows the tribulations and misadventures of a young boy who can’t stay out of trouble.

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https://www.thenational.scot/news/19145415.mairi-mhor-nan-oran-celebrating-one-greatest-gaelic-poets/

Celebrating one of our greatest Gaelic poets: Màiri Mhòr nan Òran LAST week I said I would be writing about the early years of the Union after 1707 and telling the untold story – never mentioned by the Unionists…

in 1778 Robert Emmet was born.

Emmet would be known for the rebellion that he staged in 1803 against British rule in Ireland – a rebellion that was very quickly stubbed out and that resulted in Emmet’s ex*****on and the arrests of many of his co-conspirators.

Robert Emmet attended Trinity College at the age of 15, displaying a talent at public speaking and the intention of becoming a barrister. Robert Emmet was a member of the United Irishmen as was his brother, Thomas Addis Emmet.

In October 1802 Robert Emmet made plans for a rebellion to take place. The rebellion itself, which look place in July of 1803, was a disaster, resulting in the arrests of nationalists figures, including Emmet. He was tried and charged with treason, and it was at his trial that he gave his famous ‘speech from the dock’, in which he proclaimed that he would only accept for his epitaph to be written, “when Ireland takes her place among the nations of the Earth”. Robert’s speech was regarded as so well-spoken, and so passionate, that it is still used as an example of fine public speaking centuries after his death.

Emmet was executed on September 20th 1803 in front of St Catherine’s Church on Thomas Street. Originally, the method of ex*****on was that he be hanged, drawn and quartered, but ultimately he was simply hanged, and then beheaded after death. His remains were originally buried in Bully’s Acre Cemetery, on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, but were removed not long after his death and buried elsewhere. Robert Emmet was a great inspiration to Patrick Pearse in particular, and to the other leaders of the 1916 Rising.

Our next day out. Really looking forward to it. Our passion drives us constantly onwards.

2pm start at the "Peace Park" in Askeaton. We look forward to welcoming you there.

Capt. Conchobhar Ó Súilleabháin
En Garde
Respect, Honour, Educate

Lots to see and do in Co Louth this St Brigid’s Bank Holiday weekend starting on the 26th January… see visitlouth.ie

Mark your diary!!!

Tune in on December 21st at 8:40 UTC for the return of the LIVE STREAM of the winter solstice from Newgrange!

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Just a reminder about next Sunday's free concert with Mikie Smyth on Uilleann pipes. Also to celebrate Heritage Week we will have free admission to Ardfert Cathedral on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th and also the following weekend Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th. All welcome!

Guided Tour of Famine Memorial Hillside Site: This Includes Dwellings, Potato Ridges and Sweat House | National Heritage Week 12 – 20 August 2023 A guided tour by historian Pat O Donovan, exploring a landscape that has been abandoned since the famine.

"Askeaton 500"
Just four weeks to go to the "Askeaton 500" when we will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the signing of the Desmond - Valois Treaty on June 25th 1523
This is a parish event beginning with mass at 11.30 and then a parade to the castle where the ceremony takes place. Refreshments will be held in the community hall afterwards.
Everyone is welcome but all children MUST be accompanied by a parent/responsible adult.
We will be holding an information evening for anyone that would like to help on the day
See you there!
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Askeaton Tourist Office-Civic Trust-Genealogy Centre Ryan's Centra Askeaton Shannon Estuary Way Askeaton Contemporary Arts Askeaton Ballysteen Natural Heritage Memories of Askeaton, Co Limerick Askeaton Ballysteen Parish

First built in 1520, Dunguaire Castle, did you Dunguaire Castle has changed hands numerous times over its long history!

Drawing its name from the King of Connacht - Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin - Dunguaire Castle was built by the O’Hynes clan in the early 16th century. In the 17th century, the former mayor of Galway, Richard Oge Martyn, took ownership and kept it within the family's possession until 1924.

Oliver St John Gogarty then purchased the castle and with the a great resurgence of Irish literature taking place at this time, this castle became a popular meeting place of literary revivalists, welcoming the likes of WB Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and JM Synge.

In 1954, Christobel Lady Amptill purchased the castle and was the final private owner of the site. She set about completing the restorations begun by Oliver St John Gogarty and lived here for several decades until her death in 1976.

Be sure to pop in and hear of the amazing story of this castle.

FREE lunchtime lecture, St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, 1.15pm, 17th May 2023.

in 1318 – Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a descendant of Strongbow, is killed while commanding his forces at the Battle of Dysert O’Dea.

The Normans were very unsuccessful in trying to establish themselves in Clare. They had but one small section in Bunratty guarded by a strong Castle of the same name. In 1318 Richard DeClare occupied the Castle of Bunratty. In May of that year he was joined by some Irish traitors and they proceeded with a very strong Army of English and Irish to attack Conor O’Dea of Dysert O’Dea and establish English Rule over all of Clare.

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Delve into the mysterious death of Theobald Wolfe Tone with Paddy Cullivan's, The Murder of Wolfe Tone at The Old Courthouse on Monday 5 June! 🔍🎭

Join us for an unforgettable audio-visual journey, featuring hundreds of images, new research, and incredible songs as we uncover the secrets of that fateful week in the Provost’s Prison in November 1798.

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On this day in history:

"How can I describe the splendid tonic of flying? To be up there alone, in the air, free and in space, is like being alone in a vast cathedral. There is something awe-inspiring and solemn about it. To fly is an adventure and at the same moment a time of spirit renewal and refreshment."

In 1939, the Irish aviator and athlete, Sophie Peirce-Evans (known internationally in her heyday as Mary, Lady Heath) died at the age of 42 at St Leonard's Hospital, Shoreditch, London, having hit her head against a controller box after falling down the stairs of a double decker tram.

Born at Knockaderry House near the town of Newcastle West, County Limerick, in 1896 to John "Jackie" Peirce-Evans and Kate Theresa Dooling of County Kerry, Sophie was baptised in the Church of Saint Thomas in Newcastle West; the font of the since demolished Church which was used in this ceremony is today on display in the Desmond Castle complex.

When Sophie was one year old, her father murdered her mother by bludgeoning her to death with a heavy stick - Jackie was convicted of her murder but was subsequently declared insane and would end his days in a lunatic asylum in Dublin.

Sophie was subsequently raised by two aunts at her grandfather's residence; today, the AIB bank, where her bronze memorial, cast by Cliodhna Cussen, is also to be found.

In 1928, she became the first pilot to fly a small open-cockpit aircraft from Cape Town, South Africa, to London, England (the exact route she took which includes the stops along the months long journey is pictured as far as Catania, Italy).

Her flying through Italian airspace in Africa required a special licence/visa, which was issued to her with the approval of Benitto Mussolini, who she subsequently met while in Rome and described as "a great man . . . more of a national monument than an individual".

For further reading on her remarkable life, her biography, Lady Icarus: The Life of Irish Aviator Lady Mary Heath by Lindie Naughton, is a wonderfully laid out work including many photos of, newspaper articles regarding and poems and other works by Sophie, if a copy can be found.

Knockaderry House: https://davidhicksbook.blogspot.com/2015/10/knockaderry-house-co.html?m=1

Baptismal font: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/322647/historic-baptismal-font-back-innewcastle-west-after-60-years.html

Homepage - Visit Ballyhoura Situated at the crossroads of Munster, on the borders of counties Tipperary, Limerick and Cork, Ballyhoura Country provides the perfect setting for an action-packed activity based holiday, the opportunity to stroll through medieval history or unwind alongside its riverbanks, parks and gardens.

The Civil War in Limerick 1923 - 2023 Centenary Conference will be held on 17 May at 19:30 p.m. at the Desmond Castle Banquetting Hall in Newcastle West, County Limerick. Admission is free for those wishing to attend.

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