Dates for upcoming Local History & Heritage Lectures Autumn & Spring 2020/21
Including Lecture Titles at Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
By John Joe Conwell & Averil Staunton
Ballinrobe Local History & Heritage Course – 2020-2021
Course content
Oct 5 Introduction, definitions and approaches to local history by John Joe Conwell
Oct 12 Field monuments and the landscape by Averil Staunton
Oct 19 Primary and secondary sources for Irish Local Studies by Marie Boran
Oct 29 Visit to Special Collections in the James Hardiman Library, NIUG with Marie Boran
Nov 2 Irish placenames; their significance for local historians by Dr Liam Ó’hAisibéil.
Nov 9 Governance, agitation and secret societies by John Joe Conwell
Nov 16 Medieval religious houses in County Mayo by Dr Yvonne McDermott
Nov 23 Church Stained Glass by Averil Staunton
Nov 30 A study of some ‘Big Houses’ and landlord estates and their significance in local history by John Joe Conwell
Dec 7 Sources for the study of Landed Estates by Brigid Clesham.
Dec 14 The architecture of the 'Big House’ in the nineteenth century by Dr Marion McGarry
Jan 11 The Poor Law system and the Great Famine in Ireland by John Joe Conwell
Jan 18 The architecture of 'the post-famine vernacular cottage' by Dr Marion McGarry
Jan 25 Medicine and disease in 19th and 20th century Ireland by Maureen Walsh
Feb 1 Oral history and folklore by John Joe Conwell.
Feb 8 Genealogical Sources using Mayo as example, Gerard Delaney South Mayo Family Centre
Feb 15 Assorted letters: Banagher and Ballinrobe, Bronte and Trollope by James Scully
Feb 22 An overview of the history of education in Ireland by Dr John Mulloy
March 1 Michael Davitt: the Land War in Ireland and its aftermath by Bernard O’Hara
March 8 ‘Victoria’s Secret’ – a snapshot of Ballinrobe men in British forces in the 19th century. What is said in the papers – 18th century County Mayo newspaper items by Stephen Dolan
March 15 The rise of cultural nationalism and Irish Independence by John Joe Conwell
March 22 Mayo's Fauna and Flora by Chris and Lynda Huxley
March 29 Field trip with Averil Staunton
Inquiries
John Joe Conwell 087 2963803 - johnjoeconwell@gmail.com
Averil Staunton 087 2655444 - ballinrobelocalhistory@gmail.com