Waterford County Museum - Heritage Week Event

 Talk & Exhibition

Dungarvan – ‘The most great and antient honour’

The Story of Dungarvan’s Municipal History 1463-1950 

 By William Fraher

Wednesday 16^th August at 3p.m. Admission Free  (places must be booked in advance)

The speaker will trace in broad terms the history of town administration from Medieval times to the mid-20th century. The establishing of Burgesses, a Corporation, Town Commissioners, and Urban District Council will be discussed. The talk will look at the people who held office, some of the key issues in Dungarvan during this period, shipping, quay construction, Cunnigar Bridge, waterworks, new Town Park, Swimming Pool, Dungarvan Gas works, new Town Hall, public housing, and more.

To compliment the talk there will be a display of a selection of civic memorabilia. This will be exhibited in a new museum standard display case which has been acquired and supported by the Heritage Council under the community Heritage Grant Scheme 2023.

 

As space is limited places must be booked in advance by contacting the museum at 058-45960 or at info@waterfordmuseum.ie

Waterford County Museum - Heritage Week Event

 Talk & Exhibition

Dungarvan – ‘The most great and antient honour’

The Story of Dungarvan’s Municipal History 1463-1950 

 By William Fraher

Wednesday 16^th August at 3p.m. Admission Free

The speaker will trace in broad terms the history of town administration from Medieval times to the mid-20th century. The establishing of Burgesses, a Corporation, Town Commissioners, and Urban District Council will be discussed. The talk will look at the people who held office, some of the key issues in Dungarvan during this period, shipping, quay construction, Cunnigar Bridge, waterworks, new Town Park, Swimming Pool, Dungarvan Gas works, new Town Hall, public housing, and more.

To compliment the talk there will be a display of a selection of civic memorabilia. This will be exhibited in a new museum standard display case which has been acquired and supported by the Heritage Council under the community Heritage Grant Scheme 2023.

 

As space is limited places must be booked in advance by contacting the museum at 058-45960 or at info@waterfordmuseum.ie

 

Last Talk in the at 3 Series

A series of free half hour talks exclusively for members and friends, so why not come along and join the museum on the day of the lecture and listen to the talk being presented by Museum Curator William Fraher. The last talk in this series takes place on Wednesday the 15^th March at 3pm, and takes place in the Museum premises, with refreshments after.

 

***This is the last talk in the at 3 series

Wed 15^th March - Through the Camera Lens

Dungarvan in the Early 1900’s

 

For any further information or details please contact the museum on 058 45 960.

 

Talks & Walks at 3 - 2023 Series

A series of free half hour talks & walks exclusively for members, presented by Museum Curator William Fraher.

 

Talks will take place in the museum at 3pm with refreshments after.

 

The walks will take place at 3pm, meeting in the museum and will be subject to weather conditions on the day.

Please contact the museum to book your place in advance at 058 45960

 

TALKS SCHEDULE:

Wed 8^th   February - A Scrapbook of Memories

The scrapbook of Rev Mon. Richard J Casey of Dungarvan

 

Wed 15^th February - A Villa in Town

The history of three suburban villas in Dungarvan – The Beeches, Mountain View, & Monroe Glebe

 

Wed 22^th February - Museum Top Twenty Artefacts

The curator’s choice of the 20 most interesting artefacts on display

 

Wed 1^st  March - A Waterford Explorer in Egypt

Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart of Dromana – his travels in Egypt.

 

WALKS SCHEDULE:

Wed 8^th March – St Mary’s Parish Church Cemetery

‘Grave matters’ - interesting grave memorials

Wed 15^th March – St Mary’s Church of Ireland

Learn about Dungarvan’s oldest ecclesiastical site and its various churches.

 

 

Museum Talk -- Dungarvan Before The Vikings

 

Waterford County Museum, Dungarvan, continue their lecture season with what promises to be a most interesting talk. Fresh from our ground breaking community archaeological dig at Gallows Hill (which produced amazing discoveries) archaeologist in charge Dave Pollock now turns to "Dungarvan before the Vikings!". This talk will most certainly wet the appetite of locals and those with an interest in the subject. Dave will refer briefly to Gallows Hill during the course of his talk. His talk will take place in the Museum on Friary Street, Dungarvan, on Wednesday 25^th January at 7.30 pm. There is an entrance fee of €5.

All are welcome to the Museum talks and they are not confined to members only. Why not become a member of Waterford County Museum Society. The fee is €15 and this can be paid at the lectures or at the museum.

Museum Talk

The first museum talk for 2023, is as follows:

Date: Wednesday 25th January 2023

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Museum Building, Augustine Street, Dungarvan

Speaker:  Mr. Dave Pollock 

Topic: Dungarvan before the Vikings 

Admission €5  

All are welcome

Book Launch

17th August 2019 - Portrait Drawing at Waterford County Museum

PORTRAIT DRAWING AT WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUM

SATURDAY  17^th AUGUST 2019     10 am – 4.30 pm

Following our successful National Drawing Day event and the resulting positive feedback, the Museum is pleased to present a Portrait Drawing day. This is an excellent opportunity to improve your drawing skills for all abilities.

This will be a chance to participate in a portrait drawing event and enjoy a talk by curator William Fraher who will discuss portraits from the Museum collection. There will also be a presentation of differing approaches to portrait drawing throughout history.

Places must be booked in advance   18yrs +

CONTACT info@waterfordmuseum.ie  Phone +353(0)58 4596

It is suggested participants bring a packed lunch.

Timetable of events

10.00   Start:    Drawing

11.00   BREAK: Talk by Curator /Museum Collection

11 .45  Drawing

12.30. - 1.15 LUNCH

1.15    Drawing

3.30    BREAK:  Talk, different approaches to portrait drawing

4.30    Finish 

14th July 2019 - Talk at Woodhouse Estate, Stradbally

 

William Fraher will give a talk at Woodhouse Estate, Stradbally on Sunday 14th July at 3 p.m. as part of the Comeraghs Wild Festival.

The talk is titled: "The Waterford Country House during the Revolutionary Period".

Venue:            Woodhouse Estate, Stradbally

Date:              14th July 2019

Time:              3 p.m. 

Admission:      €25 (including afternoon tea)

To book and for further details see www.comeraghswild.com

24th April 2019 - Walks and Talks at 3 in the Museum - St Mary's Parish Church

Our final walk will be on next Wednesday, 24^th April to St Mary’s Parish Church. 

It will begin as usual at 3 p.m. in the museum where a brief introduction will be given before setting out on the walk.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Check on our Waterford County Museum website, Facebook and in local papers for further talks in the future.

10th April 2019 Walks and Talks Series - Augustinian Church

Some photos of the large group of people enjoying the first in our series of walks to buildings and places of historical interest in Dungarvan.  The walk was to the Augustinian Church on Wednesday 10th April.

10th April 2019 Walk & Talk at 3pm - William Fraher, Augustinian Church

As part of the Talks and Walks at 3 - Waterford County Museum March/April 2019, the next event will be a walk and talk led by William Fraher, Museum Curator, on the Augustinian Church, Dungarvan.

A brief introduction will be given at the Museum before visiting the church.

Venue:        Waterford County Museum, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan

Date:           Wednesday 10th April 2019

Time:           3pm

Admission:  Free 

Spring Programme of Events

Museum curator William Fraher has organised  a series of free walks and talks which will take place at 3 o'clock in the museum every Wednesday for the next seven weeks.

The first event is on Wednesday the 13^th of March and tells the story of the destruction of Ballycoe House (home of the Dunlea family) near Dungarvan in 1921.  It was wrecked by The Black & Tans as a reprisal for the Burgery Ambush in which an RIC man and auxiliary policeman were killed.  What is not generally known is that the event featured in a novel published in 1921.

Why not come along and hear the full story and enjoy some refreshments after.

The Tragic Voyage of Paul and Aga Mueller - An Illustrated Talk by Brian Mulvihill

Brian’s talk deals with Aga Mueller and her father Paul and their failed voyage from Germany to Argentina in a sixteen foot boat named Berlin.  The journey that they chose to undertake was indeed an epic one and Brian will trace their journey to its end and all that happened in between.

The story is a fantastic one with twists and turns that people will not believe, it’s worthy of an Agatha Christie novel, with a cliff hanger ending.  The story does not end with the ending of the voyage and goes right up to the modern day!  Brian has spent many years researching this particular project, and it most certainly is going to be a very interesting talk.

Brian worked for many years in Dungarvan Crystal prior to the factory closure.  He then returned to college and retrained as a teacher.  This retraining included a yearlong work placement at a camp in America.  Upon qualification, Brian secured work with the Waterford Wexford ETB and he currently works as a tutor with Dungarvan Youthreach.

This talk takes place in the Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan on Wednesday the 20^th of February at 8pm.  There is an admittance fee of €5, and as always, all are welcome.

Talk by Des Power

There was a large attendance at the museum last Wednesday to hear Des Power’s talk about the Power family of St Brigid's Well Brewery.  Des thanked Eddie Cantwell for his assistance with the research and said he was delighted to give the talk in the museum which was such a great setting and an asset to Dungarvan.

Des traced the story of individual family members and how many of the family set up their own businesses.  He explained the history of the brewery, developed by Thomas Power who also established a successful cider industry.

The museum is delighted to say that Des has kindly donated a collection of papers relating to the brewery which will be added to our existing Power archive.

The Powers of St. Brigid’s Well Brewery - An Illustrated Lecture by Des Power

This promises to be a most interesting talk as Des Power will speak about his family, the Powers of St. Brigid's Well Brewery.

The talk will take place at Waterford County Museum, Friary Street on Wednesday the 16^th of January at 8pm and all are welcome to attend.  There will be a €5 entrance fee.

Cancellation of Talk on Louisa Marchioness of Waterford

The talk on Louisa Marchioness of Waterford which was due to take place on Wednesday the 21^st of November at the Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club has been cancelled until the New Year due to unforeseen circumstances.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused and we will let you know the new date as soon as we know it.

LOUISA MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD (1818-1891): A BICENTENARY ASSESSMENT. An Illustrated Lecture by Julian Walton.

Louisa was a daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothesay.  Beautiful, artistic and religious, she married Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford, who had hitherto been renowned for his reckless and spendthrift behaviour.  She was noted for her humanitarian endeavours, especially during the Famine.  During a long widowhood in England she developed her artistic talent.

Julian Walton is a retired secondary school teacher and librarian.  He has worked at Waterford Heritage Genealogical Centre, Waterford Cathedral Library and the UCC Library.  He writes and lectures on the history of County Waterford and is currently researching the history of Curraghmore.  Julian is also very well known as a radio broadcaster from his many years presenting ‘On This Day’.

Waterford County Museum are delighted to have Julian back again with this most interesting lecture.  It takes place in the wonderful setting of the Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club at Davitts Quay on Wednesday the 21^st of November at 8pm.  There is a €5 entrance fee and all are welcome.

“We always vote Redmond in this house” - The Redmonds and Waterford, a political dynasty 1891-1952. A Lecture by Dr Pat McCarthy.

Waterford County Museum are delighted to welcome back Dr Pat McCarthy for this most informative talk on the Redmond’s.  This is sure to grab the attention of all.

The Redmond family dominated Waterford politics for sixty years.  John Redmond represented Waterford at Westminster.  He also represented the County in Leinster House.  Redmond resigned his parliamentary seat in Wexford to fight Parnell’s old seat in Cork but was decisively beaten in the by-election.  He went on to challenge Michael Davitt in a bitter electoral struggle in Waterford.  The Waterford people supported him until his death.

After his death John Redmond’s son William, held the seat, and was returned in the General Election that year.  It was the only seat won by the Irish Parliamentary Party in the South of Ireland - a testimony to the enduring bond between the Redmonds and Waterford.  Elected to Dáil Éireann in 1923, he formed and led the ill-fated National League in 1926 and after the demise of that party he joined Cumann na nGaedheal.

After his sudden death in 1932 he was succeeded by his widow, Bridget.  For almost twenty years she worked tirelessly for her constituents and also played a role on the national stage in Dáil Éireann.

Pat McCarthy’s book on the Redmonds is a wide-ranging study, and offers a new insight into the political career of John Redmond and his family.  Pat who is by now no stranger to Dungarvan, is a native of Waterford City, holds a PhD and an MBA from UCD and worked for many years in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.  He is the author of The Irish Revolution, 1912–23: Waterford (Dublin, 2015) and Waterford and the 1916 Rising (Waterford, 2016).

His talk takes place at the Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club on Wednesday the 17^th of October at 8pm.  There will be an entry fee of €5 and as always, all are welcome, bring along your book for Pat to sign!

Talk on the Hermitage, Abbeyside

A packed house for museum curator William Fraher’s talk on Wednesday the 19^th of September 2018 about the Hermitage in Abbeyside was expected and such was the case.

William shed new light on the history of this wonderful and historical building and attachments which no longer grace the landscape at Abbeyside.  His talk which was presented with his usual and occasional dash of humour was followed by an interesting and prolonged question and answer session which shed further light on the history of the happenings at the Hermitage.

The Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club venue is proving to be an ideal location for our museum talks and we are very grateful to them for allowing us the continued use of their wonderful venue.