Connemara's Hidden Heritage
Friday 26th & Saturday 27th April 2013

Description of event
Join us for this FREE Conference –
You can download the full programme below.
Friday 26th April
- ‘Exploring the Geological Heritage of Connemara’ Prof Martin Feely
- ‘The early history of Oughterard -a Hanoverian Fort on the Irish Frontier’ Michael Gibbons
- ‘The Engineering Heritage of Connemara’ Paul Duffy
- ‘300 years of Connemara gardening Heritage’ Breandan O Scanaill
- ‘Connemara Local history Sources available in Island House Library’ Maureen Moran
Saturday 27th April
- ‘Archival Sources in Galway County Council Archives’ Patria McWalter
- ‘Connemara Landed Estates Database’ Marie Boran
- ‘From Poverty to Prosperity: Emigration from Connemara in the Nineteenth century’ Dr. Gerard Moran
- ”Soupers and Jumpers, the Protestant missions in Connemara 1848 – 1932′ Dr. Miriam Moffitt
- ‘Connemara emerging to modernity’ Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill
- ‘Oughterard Heritage on the Web’ Dave Collins
Location
Church of Ireland
Oughterard
Galway
Organised By:
Oughterard Culture & Heritage Group & The Galway Heritage Office
To Book please contact:
David Collins: 091 550547/087 6579724
Marie Mannion, Galway Heritage Officer 091 509198
Gráinne Smyth, Galway Heritage Office 091 509121
Website
http://www.oughterardheritage.org