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Lough Swilly Remembered A forgotten Irish Railway

The above titled event will be held in St. Columbas community centre, Burtonport on 28th July 2023 at 19:00. There is an entrance charge of €5.

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Ardnacrusha Tours

The ESB are running tours of Ardnacrusha power station outside Limerick from 3rd July to 8th September 2023.

Prebooking is required.

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Heritage Week 2023

I have reviewed the listing of Heritage Week events for 2023 and the list of IH related events can be found here.

Some counties have no events of any nature on the Heritage Week site – I may do an update to the list at the start of August to see if any late events of interest are added.

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Mid and East Antrim Industrial Heritage

Per the Newsletter, there is a week of IH events coming up from 4th – 10th June in Mid and East Antrim.

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West Cork Railway book

In 2022, a book was published – “West Cork Railways – Birth Beauty and Betrayal”, written by Chris Larkin. Out of print, a revised 2nd edition is due to be launched on 28th May in the Oriel House in Ballinhassig.

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The History of a Port City: Transport, Trade and an Archive

The above titled lecture, given by Lar Joye (Heritage Officer for Dublin Port Company) will be held on 29th March 2023 in the Milestone Gallery at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin at 19:30.

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Johnson & Perrott

The Irish Examiner and Echolive.ie (the former has a soft paywall) have both reported on the discovery of archives of the Cork firm Johnson & Perrott, nowadays a car dealership but which started life in carriage manufacturing.

The archives have been donated to the Cork City Archives and there is apparently an exhibition about the company in the Cork Public Musuem, but I can find no reference to this on the latter’s website.

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The Goodbodys: Millers and Manufacturers

The Ormond Historical Society will be holding the above titled talk, given by Reggie Goodbody at 20:00 on March 6th 2023 in the Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh.

All are welcome.

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Adventures of a ‘Fighting Railway’: the Belfast Central Railway, 1864-1885

H/T to John Gibbons for bringing this talk to my attention. The talk is hosted by the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) on 28th February 2023 at 13:00.

The event is free but pre-booking is required.

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A look at the story of the Grand Canal in Offaly in the 20th century

The above titled talk will take place in Tullamore on 30th January 2023 at 8pm in the Offaly History Centre at Bury Quay. The presenter is James Scully and all are welcome.