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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Nov
7
Wed
2018
Lecture: Madeline Hutchins – ‘Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) Ireland’s first female botanist: her Cork connections’ @ Crawford Art Gallery
Nov 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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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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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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Jun
15
Wed
2022
Evening Outing – Civil War Cork @ City Library
Jun 15 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm

‘Civil War Cork’: City Centre Walking Tour, with Dr John Borgonovo and Gerry White. Irish Civil War National Conference, as part of the Irish government’s Decade of Centenaries Programme, and the Cork Archaeological & Historical Society.

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Jun
26
Sun
2022
Day Outing – Millstreet @ O'Keeffe's Supervalu
Jun 26 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm

Day outing to Millstreet and its area. Speakers: Flor Hurley and others. Sites include Confederate solder’s grave, Millstreet; Drishane moated site; Kilcorney graveyard; Knocknakilla stone circle, stone row and radial cairn; Glantane East stone row and radial cairn, Drishane tower house.
Assemble O’Keeffe’s Supervalu car park, near The Square, 11.30 am.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members only and there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Jul
10
Sun
2022
Day Outing – Youghal @ Dolphin Square Car Park
Jul 10 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm

Day outing to Youghal. Sites include St Mary’s Collegiate Church and a selection of sites around the town. Speaker: Kieran Groeger.
Assemble at Dolphin Square car park, 11.30.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members only and there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Aug
17
Wed
2022
Evening Outing – Heritage Week Event @ Monarch Glen
Aug 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Evening outing to Monard Glen, near Blarney, to visit Monard and Coolowen Ironworks, which were in operation from the 1730s to the 1960s. This event will link with the Skills and Traditions of the Past and the Water Heritage themes of National Heritage Week 2022. Speaker: Dr Colin Rynne.
Meet at 7pm at entrance to Monard Glen. Monard Glen is reached by going on the slip road after the sign for Killeens/Limerick over the N20, turning left at the Sunset Ridge Hotel and then straight on for approximately one kilometre. There is a Science Direct sign pointing to Monard Glen at the entrance.

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Sep
4
Sun
2022
Day Outing – Ballydehob @ Ballydehob Playground Car Park
Sep 4 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm

Day outing to the Ballydehob area, west Cork. Speakers: Finola Finley and Robert Harris. Sites include Derreenaclogh rock art, Ballydehob railway and quay, Altar wedge tomb, Altar church (Rev Fisher and James Murphy), Dunmanus Castle, Ballydehob Arts Museum (with Brian Lalor).
Assemble at Ballydehob Playground car park, 11.30 am. The playground is located at the left hand side, before you enter the village, opposite the turn off to Bantry.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements.

Please note that for this event there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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