22nd Jan 2014 Women in the Era of the American Civil War

A very enjoyable night was had by all who attended the illustrated talk by Aiden O'Hara at the Town Hall Theatre last Wednesday night. He told many fascinating stories with many illustrations about the women's involvement in the American Civil War.

Aidan O'Hara, Nicolas O'Griofain & Eddie Cantwell

16th Jan 2014 Dunhill Winter Lectures

Julian Walton Winter Lectures Series VIII, 2014

Venue: Dunhill Multi-Educational Centre

Day:  Thursday evenings

Starting Time: 8p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

There will be a small admission fee on the night
Each lecture lasts about one hour and is followed by a question and answer session.

The Programme is as follows:-

Jan. 16th  Julian Walton: Mount Congreve and the Congreve family

Jan. 23rd  Julian Walton: John Roberts, Waterford's architect, 1714-2014

Jan. 30th  Julian Walton: Margaret Aylward, her family and her orphans

Feb.   6th  Julian Walton: Death comes to Ballynatray

Feb. 13th  Andy Kelly: Some remarkable Waterford women

Feb. 20th  Julian Walton: 1914: Sleepwalking into war

Feb. 27th  Eddie Cantwell:" To Hell or Australia" The Dungarvan orphan girls 1849-1850

March 6th  Julian Walton: A surprise!

March 13th Sean Curry: "Out of darkness" The electrification of rural Ireland

March 20th Pat McCarthy: "Hanged on Ballybricken Hill:" Capital punishment in 19th century Waterford

For more details, contact 051-396934 or see website.www.dunhilleducation.com

Recent Donations

The Museum were recently presented with a set of framed maritime photographs by Paddy and Michael Moroney for which we are very grateful.

Paddy & Michael Moroney presenting photographs to 

Museum President William Fraher

12th Dec 2013 Members Christmas Event

Museum members had a very enjoyable evening attending the live performance of The Nutcracker at Dungarvan Cinema (SGC) on Thursday  12th December. After the performance all went to Lawlor's Hotel where everyone enjoyed light refreshment and finger food. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

Members enjoying refreshments after attending" The Nutcracker "

14th Dec 2014 Children's Christmas Event

On Saturday 14th December we held a workshop for children in the Museum. The children enjoyed making Christmas cards with Waterford  festive scenes from years gone by and they also made their own cup and ball or Kik Noks as they are called.  A special thank you to all the children and their parents who came out in such bad weather.

Many thanks to Helen and Darren |Moynihan who organised the event.

Women in the Era of the American Civil War (1861-65) An Irish Angle

An Illustrated Presenttion by Aidan O'Hara

The title alone of Aidan's forthcoming illustrated talk is sure to generate a great deal of interest, and the many visuals he uses will be of as much interest as the talk itself. The best diarists in the South were women, and Aidan's particular interest is in what they had to say about the Irish -old long-settled Planter Irish, and the newly arrived poorer Famine immigrants.
There were the 400 women who pretended to be men so that they could fight for their respective sides.

Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan

Date: Wednesday 22nd January

Time: 8pm

Admission: €5-

Refreshment will be served 
An event not to be missed