UPCOMING KILRUSH AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURES
This lecture will discuss the impact of WWI on a small local community. It is based on the speaker's M.A. thesis for the University of Limerick.
27 October:
Morgan Roughan M.A. has written extensively on the topic of WWI, and has recently taken on the tough task of electronically mapping Clare's war dead. He is co-administrator of the Kilrush Co Clare, First World War Memorial facebook page, where he marks the centenaries of the deaths of all the Kilrush victims of the war.
- at 20:00 in UTC
- Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, County Clare
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Clare historian, Dr Joe Power presents a fascinating account of sport and social life in Clare.
Joe Power is from Clarecastle and works as a history and geography teacher in Kilrush Community School. Joe has published extensively on the history of Clare, including the monumental A History of Clarecastle and its Environs (2004) and more recently Clare and the Great War (2015).
- at 20:00 in UTC
- Teach Ceoil, Kilrush, County ClareKDHS lectures are free to members, EUR5 for non-members. New members are welcome. The annual membership fee (July-June) is EUR20.
