Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
2010 PROGRAMME
January
Tuesday 26Annual General Meeting Tralee Library
7.30pm
February
Tuesday 9LECTURE
“Bronze Age Warfare in S.W. Ireland”
by Dr. William O’Brien, U.C.C.,
Killarney Library, 7.30pm
Thursday 25LECTURE
“The Similarities and Differences between the Prehistoric
Archaeology of South Kerry and West Cork”
by Connie Murphy, M.A., Archaeologist
Tralee Library,7.30pm
March
Tuesday 9LECTURE
“The Knights of Glin – Seven Centuries of Change”
by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, Member
Tralee Library,7.30pm
Tuesday 30LECTURE
“Thomas Moore”
by Frank Shields
Killarney Library, 7.30pm
April
Tuesday 6LECTURE
“The Lords of Kerry in the Early Middle Ages, Kings,
Saints and Genealogy”
by Dr. Donncadha Ó Corráin, U.C.C.
Tralee Library,7.30pm
May
Field Outings
Sunday 2Banna & Roger Casement led by Seán Seosamh Ó Conchubhair,
Member. Meet at Ardfert Cathedral, 2.30pm
Sunday 16Shanid Old Abbey & Askeaton led by Dr Declan Downey, U.C.D.
Bring picnic. Meet at FoynesMuseum, 10.00am
Monday, 17St. Brendan’s Mass, 9.30am at St. Brendan’s Church, Tralee.
Sunday 23Kerry Head Promotory Forts Cahercarbery –
Led by Seán Quinlan, Member.
Meet at BallyheigueCastle Entrance, 2.30pm
June
Sunday 20Derrynane -
Led by Paddy Bushe, Member. Meet at Daniel O’Connell Home, 2.30pm
Tuesday 21Visit to and Tour 2.30pm of Daniel O’Connell Crypt, Glasnevin Cemetery,Dublin – Re-open to public October 2009 after years of Restoration.
Meet at main entranceGlasnevin Cemetry, 2.00pm
July
Sunday 4NorthKerryMuseum Rattoo Heritage Centre, Ballyduff, Tralee
Light snacks + tea/coffee 2.00pm, compliments of Committee –
Tour ofRefurbished Museum by Seán Quinlan, Curator Member, 2.30pm
August
Sunday 15Kilgarvan
Led by Denis Trainor, Local Historian
Meet at LocalChurch, 2.30pm
Sunday 29Kilmurvey + Kilnaughton – Medevial Churches
Led by Dr. Declan Downey.U.C.D. – meet at the Bridewell, Tarbert, 2.30pm
September
Sunday 12Annascaul Field Outing
Led by Lar Dunne, Archaeologist.
Meet at LocalChurch, 2.30pm
Sunday 26Knocknagoshel
Led by Luke Keane, Local Historian.
Meet at the LocalChurch, 2.30pm
Thursday, 30LECTURE
“Medical Person-Henry Rice, Dingle, c 1750.”
by Dan King, Member
Dingle Library, 7.30pm
October
Tuesday 5LECTURE
“The Balloonist Richard Crosbie, Ireland’s First Airman”
by Brian MacMahon, Member and Author
Tralee Library, 7.30pm
Tuesday12LECTURE
“19th Century Farmhouse Interiors Through Art,(PART 2)”
by Dr Claudia Kinmonth – Furniture Historian.
Tralee Library,7.30pm.
Tuesday 26LECTURE
“Too Soon their Banner fell – The Fenians in Éirinn agus thar lear” by Pádraig Ó Conchubhair, Member & Author
TraleeLibrary,7.30pm.
November
Tuesday 16 LECTURE
“THE DENNYS OF TRALEE– 1587 to 1830
by Gerald O’Carroll, Member and Author
Killarney Library, 7.30pm
Sunday 28Annual Lunch at Fels Point Hotel, Tralee, 1.00pm. Cost€35.00