November 2024

The next meeting of the Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society (GAHS) will be on Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 7.30pm in the Kilian Family Centre beside the Holy Rosary Church, Greystones when a talk entitled The Life of Frank O’Connor – Pembroke Library’s First Librarian will be presented. More details will follow later.

Talks and Visits

Our Talks (normally) take place in the Family Centre next door to the Holy Rosary Church in Greystones. Talks normally begin at 7.30pm . A small charge is made to cover the cost of hiring a room.

Our Visits (normally) occur on Sundays throughout summer. Start times vary.

 The Society's 2024-2025 Programme

See below for our programme's dates, and keep an eye on this page for more details when they emerge.

 

Talks and Visits, 2024

17th January 2024

 Talk by Cormac Moore on: A History of Lemon’s Pure Sweets (click here to see some photographs)

21st February 2024

 Talk by Stephen Ferguson on: Bessbrook to Ballinadee – The Post Office in Ireland

20th March 2024

 AGM and a talk by Dr Michael Kennedy on: The Curry Houses of Dublin (click here to see some photographs)

17th April 2024

 Talk by L McLoughlin on: Dublin City Archives (click here to see some photographs)

22nd May 2024

 Visit to the Dublin City Archives

23rd June 2024

 Visit to places of interest in Maynooth and Millmount Museum in Drogheda (click here to see some photographs)

21st July 2024

 Visit to Battle of the Boyne Site

August 2024

 No activities

20th - 21st September 2024

La Touche Legacy Festival

16th October 2024

 Talk by Rob Goodbody  on: The Lead Mines – Ballycorus and Glendalough in the Nineteenth Century

20th November 2024

 Talk by Cormac Moore  on: The Life of Frank O’Connor – Pembroke Library’s First Librarian

5th December 2024

 Christmas Lunch in Delgany Golf Club, 12.30pm for 1pm

Talks and Visits, 2025

15th January 2025

 Talk by John Martin on: From rocky commons to fashionable suburb - the transformation of Dalkey in the 19th century

19th February 2025

 Talk by Therese Hicks on: The Minute Books of Wicklow in the 1600 and 1700s

19th March 2025

 AGM (and talk TBC)

16th April 2025

 Talk by John McLoughlin on: Trees and Woodland Names in Irish Placenames

21st May 2025

 TBC