February 2025

We invite you and your friends to our next talk which will take place on Wednesday, 19th February 2025 in the Family Centre at Holy Rosary Church, Greystones, beginning at 7.30pm.

Our speaker on the evening will be Therese Hicks, the title of her talk being “The Minute Books of the Wicklow Burrough Council”, beginning in 1662.with the Minutes in 1662.

Therese is a woman with many interests, having published works on Spirituality and on Psychological Services as well as having written the story of the Kennedys of Newtownmountkennedy. She has also collaborated with Christiaan Corlett on the history of the late 18th century Catholic chapel at Kilmurry, County Wicklow.

She has been working for some time on the Minute Books, so we are looking forward eagerly to this talk.

The meeting will begin at 7.30 and there will be a small charge of €3 per person to defray the costs of the venue, and we hope to see many of you on the night.

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 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, 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 presentation from Rosemary Raughter

16th April 2025

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

21st May 2025

 TBC