Upcoming Lectures & Events

Forthcoming lectures in 2011-12

Walking tour of Dublin - Parnell Street, O'Connell Street.
June Saturday, 25th 2011. Departing Tullamore railway station at 9:10am.

Heritage Week Summary

Monday 22nd of August @ 8pm.
Illustrated talk on Edenderry to Shannon harbour on the Grand Canal by James Scully at OHAS Bury Quay.

Thursday 25th of August @ 8pm.
Herbal Medicine in County Offaly by Emmet Walsh at OHAS Bury Quay Tullamore.

Saturday 27th of August @ 9pm.
History of Boher Catholic Church from 1861 to 2011 by Stephen McNeill at Boher Church near Ballycumber.

Sunday 28th of August @ 2.30pm to 4pm.
Tour of Tullamore by bike led by Michael Byrne. Commences at Town Park and finishes at OHAS Bury Quay with refreshments.

Visit the OHAS centre all week for tours, book discounts, to see old photographs or listen to Offaly people telling their story.

22 Sept 2011 - Brian Trainor on Offaly Wills.

17 October 2011 - Declan O’Connor on Skin the Goat Fitz Harris.

21 November 2011 - Philip McConway on “The Turks would not do what they did – taking out prisoners and shooting them.” Offaly and the Civil War Executions, 1922-23.

9 December 2011 - Christmas Party and Patrick Geoghegan Lecture on “Liberator:  the Rise and Fall of Daniel O'Connell”.

23 January 2012 - Mary Delaney on “William Steuart Trench and Improvements on the Digby Estate, 1856-1871”.

20 February 2012 - Dr Terry Dooly of Maynooth on The Country House in the 21^st century

April 2012 - Michael Goodbody on Robert Goodbody.

Library Evenings

Library evenings continue each Thursday night from 7.30 to 10.30pm. We now have the front office open for readers and have moved the microfilm readers to this location.

Summer School in July with John Feehan

As part of the Offaly Naturalists’ Field Club programme, John Feehan and Offaly County Council heritage office have arranged a 5 day summer school designed for adults. This year it will be based in Ferbane and will be on from Monday 4^th July to Friday 8^th July, 9.30pm to 3.30pm daily. There will be field trips to various sites in Offaly each day.

You can find all this info and more in our latest newsletter.
http://www.offalyhistory.com/pages/Latest-Newsletter.html