DUNHILL
HISTORY LECTURES
Series
XIV, 2020
The series will run for ten weeks, every Thursday from
9 January to 12 March. Lectures are held
at Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite the GAA grounds).
Starting at 8 p.m., each lecture lasts about an hour
and is followed by a question & answer session and light refreshments.
9
Jan Julian Walton: “Eaten
by a hog”: The early history of Kilmeadan
16
Jan Liam Suipéal: Coastal
Place names from Dungarvan to Youghal - an illustrated talk on our coastal
heritage.
23
Jan Niamh Crowley: Women, the
vote, and Waterford
30 Jan Julian Walton: The Hore family of Dungarvan
6
Feb William Fraher:
Visualising the past: Waterford County Museum’s photographic archive
13
Feb Julian Walton: Charles
Newport Bolton (1816-1884) – artist, genealogist, and historian of Waterford
Harbour
20
Feb Christina Knight O’Connor and
Eddie Cantwell: Investigations
at Gallows Hill, Dungarvan - a community archaeology project
27
Feb Dave Pollock: Finding
medieval Stradbally
5 March Eugene
Broderick: Thomas Meagher (1789?-1874): the forgotten father of Thomas
Francis Meagher
12 March Julian
Walton: A surprise!