Events

The Society holds lectures, during the Winter, and outings, during the Summer months. There are also once-off events such as conferences, the Annual Weekend away and the Christmas Lunch.

Upcoming events are shown on the sidebar.

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Dec
5
Wed
2018
Lecture: Dr. Dagmar Ó Riain Raedel – ‘Cork, Cologne and the Three Wise Men: a Christmas Story’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Marking the anniversary of the twinning of Cork and Cologne, and with HE Deike Potzel, German Ambassador to Ireland. Members only. Book with Hon. Organiser by November 23rd.  Places limited.

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Jan
9
Wed
2019
Lecture: Prof. Tadhg O’Keeffe, School of Archaeology, UCD – ‘Home truths about Raleigh, Spenser, Norreys and Boyle: architectural culture in Plantation Cork’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Jan 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Mar
6
Wed
2019
Lecture: Prof. Richard Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading – ‘Visions and revisions: Langdale axes, rock art and the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Mar 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This lecture is held in conjunction with the Prehistoric Society

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May
1
Wed
2019
County lecture: Prof. Roger Stalley, ‘Cloyne Cathedral and Gothic architecture in Ireland’ @ St. Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne
May 1 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

€5 entry charge in aid of the Friends of Cloyne Cathedral.

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Oct
2
Wed
2019
Lecture: Prof. William O’Brien, Dept. of Archaeology, UCC – ‘Garranes – an early medieval royal site in Co. Cork?’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Oct 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Nov
6
Wed
2019
Lecture: Dr. Clodagh Tait, Mary Immaculate College, UL – ‘”Kindred without end”: fosterage, wetnursing and emotion in early modern Munster.’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Nov 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Dec
4
Wed
2019
Lecture: Finola Finlay – ‘The Nativity in stained glass in Ireland’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Dec 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture followed by reception afterwards in the Sculpture Gallery.
Members only. Book with Hon. Organiser by November 22nd.  Places limited.

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Jan
8
Wed
2020
Lecture: Dr. Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, School of Archaeology, UCD – ‘The rediscovery of a passage tomb cemetery at Dowth Hall, Co. Meath.’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Jan 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Feb
5
Wed
2020
Lecture: Gerard Crotty – ‘Heraldry in County Cork.’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Feb 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Mar
4
Wed
2020
Lecture: Dr. Colum Hourihane – ‘Iconography: past and future histories and how the Irish have avoided it.’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Mar 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Apr
2
Thu
2020
County lecture: Dr. Michael Doorley, Open University of Ireland – ‘Between Glandore and New York: Judge Daniel Colahan and the Irish Revolution 1912-1922’ @ Parish Centre (Next to Catholic Church)
Apr 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Feb
8
Wed
2023
Twenty Years Collecting: some interesting archaeological finds from county Cork in the National Museum of Ireland @ West Wing Room 6
Feb 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

CHAS Lecture:  ‘Twenty Years Collecting: some interesting archaeological finds from county Cork in the National Museum of Ireland’ by Maeve Sikora.

This lecture will be a live event at West Wing Room 6, UCC

If you wish to attend online via Zoom, then the link to register is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v651UjSCRRyQZgQK42F6QA

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Mar
8
Wed
2023
The Cork Historic Towns Atlas fascicle: old and new findings @ West Wing Room 6
Mar 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

CHAS Lecture:  ‘The Cork Historic Towns Atlas fascicle: old and new findings’ by Prof. Howard B. Clarke.

This lecture will be a live event at West Wing Room 6, UCC

It is also be available live online via Zoom.
The register for the online event go to:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YtxzyTD7RxqquZWaaMjESw

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Apr
5
Wed
2023
County Lecture: ‘Liam Lynch: Life of an Irish Revolutionary, 1892-1923’ @ St George's Arts and Heritage Centre
Apr 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
County Lecture: ‘Liam Lynch: Life of an Irish Revolutionary, 1892-1923’ @ St George's Arts and Heritage Centre

CHAS County Lecture: ‘Liam Lynch: Life of an Irish Revolutionary, 1892-1923’ by Gerard Shannon.

This event, co-hosted with the Mitchelstown Heritage Society, is the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society’s annual County Lecture. Mitchelstown has been selected for his year’s county lecture given its proximity to the location of the death of Liam Lynch in April 1923. The event will also mark the association of Canon Courtney Moore, a founding member of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, with the lecture’s venue, St George’s Arts and Heritage Centre (Eircode: P67 XC61)

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Apr
10
Wed
2024
County Lecture: ‘Archaeological Excavation and Restoration of a Bronze Age stone circle at Gorteanish, West Cork’ @ Christian Fellowship Church
Apr 10 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

CHAS County Lecture:  ‘Archaeological Excavation and Restoration of a Bronze Age stone circle at Gorteanish, West Cork’ by Professor William O’Brien.

One of the aims of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society is to promote the study of history and archaeology throughout the county and one of the ways it achieves this is through its annual County Lecture Series. This event, co-hosted with the Bantry Historical & Archaeological Society, founded in 1978, is the 2023-24 County Lecture. William O’Brien, Professor of Archaeology, UCC, will reveal the results of the recent excavation of the stone circle at Gorteanish, on the Sheep’s Head peninsula.

This lecture will be a live event at the Christian Fellowship Church, Tower Street, Bantry. (Eircode: P75 RW18)

 

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