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Sé “Cleasa an Chrosáin: Amhráin agus Seanchas Sheosaimh Uí Éanaí” an teideal ar an gcaint a thabhairfaidh An tOllamh Lillis Ó Laoire do Chumann Oidhreachta Eanach Dhúin ar an Deardaoin, 18ú Bealtaine ar 8 i.n. Beidh an léacht ar siúl

Annaghdown Heritage Society will once again welcome the public to its Heritage Room during the annual Corrandulla Show on Sunday, June 25, 2023. We will have many items on display from bygone days and will also offer assistance to those

Annaghdown Heritage Society will hold a committee meeting on Wednesday, September 27 at 8pm in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla. All members are welcome to attend. Members are also welcome to join on Zoom - a link has

Annaghdown Heritage Society will hold its AGM on Wednesday, October 18 at 8pm in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla. Members are welcome to join in person or on Zoom - a link for the meeting has been circulated

In contrast with those of adults, the funerary rites of children in former times, were incomplete and rudimentary. The diminished ritual that marked infant and child death is outlined, and its significance - especially that of burial in places other than the family graveyard - is discussed. It is proposed that the status of children and the inherent dynamic of ritual offer a satisfactory explanation for earlier practices and their recent reappraisal.

Join us on Thursday 30th November (8pm in the Heritage Room, Corrandulla) when Seán Ó Gráinne will present and recount stories from his recently published book: “Ó Bhun A’Tobair (From the Bottom of the Well) Scéalta le Paddy Greaney.” Paddy

Annaghdown Heritage Society is delighted to welcome Midie Corcoran who will present a talk entitled “From Tiny Pieces of Paper Do Large Family Trees Grow” on Wednesday March 20th, 2024 at 8 p.m in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla.

Noel Carolan will present a talk entitled ‘The Starving West’: Food Supply Challenges and the New Irish State in 1922 and 1925 on Wednesday May 22nd, 2024, at 8 pm in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla.

Thanks to all who visited our stand at the Corrandulla Show on Sunday 23 June, and contributed field names and information on other local features. We look forward to continuing with this project in the coming months. Please get in touch if you have any field names to contribute!

Annaghdown Heritage Society will hold its first meeting for Autumn 2024 on Wednesday, Sep. 25 at 8 pm.  Over the next few meetings, we hope to encourage members to share their explorations of family history and so encourage all to

Annaghdown Heritage Society is delighted to announce a talk by Noeleen Lloyd from Australia on her Annaghdown Orphan Girls ancestors, Bridget  and Mary Young. Noeleen  is the great granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd Junior (Ned Kelly’s first cousin), who is often regarded as the

Annaghdown Heritage Society will hold its AGM on Wednesday, November 13 at 8pm in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla. Members are welcome to join in person or on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4244845743. New members are welcome as always.