Final Clare Roots Meeting of the Season
PRESENTATION
Broadford Parish:
Life in a Rural County Clare Parish in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century.
Speaker: Pat O’Brien
8 pm Thursday 16th May 2019
Maguire Suite
Old Ground Hotel, Ennis
Pat O’Brien will outline the history of his native parish of Broadford, for many years. Pat studied in NUI Galway and Mary Immaculate Training College. He taught for a period of 35 years in Kilkishen National School. He is currently working for his wife Caroline in her bookshop in Limerick City. Pat received a Masters in Local History from the University of Limerick. He has written articles and lectured on various aspects of local history, including to the UL Masters of Local History course. He is currently working on a book on Broadford Parish during the most eventful period 1800 to 1850. In 1841, Broadford Parish had a population in excess of 8,000 people. This is a study of the lives of the ordinary people of the time.
Topics to be covered: wells (holy and mineral), folklore, food, fire, priests, turf, schools (hedge and national), postal service, traditional cures, housing, farming, marriage, hurling, role of women, clothes, Irish language, etc.
FINAL REMINDER
Membership Fee of €20 for 2018/2019 season is overdue for anyone who has not paid; you can pay on the night of the Clare Roots Meeting at the door to our Treasurer, Dolores
OR
pay on-line thru PayPal using the 'Donate Button' on the Home Page of the Clare Roots Society website (http://www.clareroots.org/).
Larry Parks
Secretary,
Clare Roots Society
OR
pay on-line thru PayPal using the 'Donate Button' on the Home Page of the Clare Roots Society website (http://www.clareroots.org/).
Larry Parks
Secretary,
Clare Roots Society
