Dunhill History Lectures, Series X, 2016


The series will run for ten weeks, every Thursday (except St. Patrick's Day) from 14 January to 24 March, starting at 8pm.

14 January     Julian Walton: "Cardinal Wiseman (1802-1865) and his family's Waterford origins"

21 January   Julian Walton: "Wars, woes and weddings: The turbulent life of Richard Power, Earl of Tyrone (1630-1690)"

28 January     John Arnold: "Meeting and match-making" & Jeremiah Buckley: "Great Hopes for the Future"


(At the request of the speakers, a collection will be made on behalf of the Marymount Hospice, Cork at this lecture)

4 February      Norman Graham: "Survivors of the Titanic"  

11 February    Julian Walton: "Powers and Beresfords: Curraghmore lives on, 1690-1790"

18 February    Jimmy Fitzgibbon: "From Waterford to the South Pole with Cavanagh's Magic Lantern"

25 February    Eugene Broderick: "Waterford and the Blueshirts"

3 March          Pat McCarthy: "Waterford men and the Gallipoli campaign, 1915-1916"

10 March        William Fraher: "The Valley is too lush: West Waterford as seen in the memoirs of Frida Keane (1908-1989)

17 March        NO LECTURE (St. Patrick's Day)

24 March        Julian Walton: "Easter 1916: Two MacDermotts, Sean and Frank - and two visions of Ireland"

Lectures are held at Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite the GAA grounds). 
Starting at 8pm, each lecture lasts about an hour and is followed by a question and answer session and light refreshments.
Admission charge of €5 per lecture (reduced price of €45 for the full series of 10 lectures, payable on the first night). All are welcome.
For details, contact us by phone (051 396934) or see our website www.dunhilleducation.com