Events

Oct 31 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Launch of the 2019 Journal in Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Cork. Reception afterwards.

Collect your Journal in person and see a selection of old Journals for sale at great prices!

Categories: Launch Tags: 2019 Lecture Journal

Nov

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

Categories: Lectures Tags: 2019 Lecture Archaeology History

Dec

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 22^nd. Places limited.

Categories: Christmas Event Tags: 2019 Lecture Christmas

Jan

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

Categories: Lectures Tags: 2020 Lecture Archaeology History

Feb

Lecture: Gerard Crotty – ‘Heraldry in County Cork.’ @ Crawford Art Gallery

Feb 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Categories: Lectures Tags: 2020 Lecture Archaeology History

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

Categories: Lectures Tags: 2020 Lecture Archaeology History

Annual General Meeting @ Crawford Art Gallery

Mar 18 @ 8:00 pm

The Company business meeting will be followed by pictures of the year’s events and a reception in the Sculpture Gallery.

Categories: Business Meeting Tags: 2020 AGM

Apr

Thu

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

Categories: Lectures Tags: 2020 Lecture County Lecture

Oct

‘Early Irish Sculpture and the art of the high crosses’ @ Zoom Lecture

Oct 14 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Early Irish Sculpture and the art of the high crosses’

By Prof. Roger Stalley

Wednesday 14 October @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom, with a maximum of 100 attendees. So early registration is strongly recommended. .

Register in advance for this event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsdu-rqzsjHtNupHgoS7nxUvY8eFiMlBLm

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

This lecture is run through Zoom.us, for information on how to use Zoom see https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206175806-Frequently-asked-questions

Categories: Lectures

Nov

‘Cork Burning, an illustrated talk’ @ Zoom Lecture

Nov 11 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Cork Burning, an illustrated talk’

By Michael Lenihan

Wednesday 11 November @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom. There is a maximum of 100 attendees and registration closes 10 November, so early registration is strongly recommended.

Register in advance for this event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkd-CqrjgjGtS18iTdv1szMSB039KOZbbc

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

This lecture is run through Zoom.us, for information on how to use Zoom see https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206175806-Frequently-asked-questions

Categories: Lectures

Dec

‘Glendalough – a great ecclesiastical city in the Wicklow mountains’ @ Zoom Lecture

Dec 9 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Glendalough – a great ecclesiastical city in the Wicklow mountains’

By Chris Corlett, National Monuments Service

Wednesday 9 December @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gDCXwOh7ToOUa9dDwIAHNg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

This lecture is run through Zoom.us, for information on how to use Zoom see https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206175806-Frequently-asked-questions

Categories: Lectures

‘Glendalough – a great ecclesiastical city in the Wicklow mountains’ @ Zoom Lecture

Dec 9 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Glendalough – a great ecclesiastical city in the Wicklow mountains’

By Chris Corlett, National Monuments Service

Wednesday 9 December @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gDCXwOh7ToOUa9dDwIAHNg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

This lecture is run through Zoom.us, for information on how to use Zoom see https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206175806-Frequently-asked-questions

Categories: Lectures

Jan

‘Terence MacSwiney and the Cork/Brixton Hunger Strikes in context’ @ Zoom Lecture

Jan 27 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Terence MacSwiney and the Cork/Brixton Hunger Strikes in context’

By Dr John Borgonovo, School of History, University College Cork

Wednesday 27 January @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Categories: Lectures

Feb

‘The ‘Tara’ brooch: the making of a medieval masterpiece’ @ Zoom Lecture

Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘The ‘Tara’ brooch: the making of a medieval masterpiece’

By Dr Niamh Whitfield FSA

Wednesday 17 February @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Categories: Lectures

‘The Book of Lismore: a book of miracles and wonders from Co. Cork’ @ Zoom Lecture

Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘The Book of Lismore: a book of miracles and wonders from Co. Cork’

By Prof Pádraig Ó Macháin, School of Irish Learning, University College Cork.

Wednesday 24 March @ 7.30pm

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Categories: Lectures

‘CHAS Annual General Meeting’ @ Zoom Meeting

Mar 31 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

‘CHAS Annual General Meeting’

Wednesday 31 March @ 8.00pm

The AGM will be conducted by Zoom.

Details on how to register for the AGM will be available closer to the date of the event.

Note: Only members of the society are entitled to attend the AGM.

Categories: Lectures

Apr

‘Between Glandore and New York: Judge Daniel Colahan and the Irish Revolution 1912-1922’ @ Zoom Lecture

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q2mrZpF1T4ejKRT0943W2A

Apr 14 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

‘Between Glandore and New York: Judge Daniel Colahan and the Irish Revolution 1912-1922’

By Dr Michael Doorley, Open University of Ireland

Wednesday 14 April @ 7.30pm

County Lecture in association with Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage

This lecture will be delivered by Zoom.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Categories: Lectures

Jun

Sat

Conference 2021 @ Zoom Webinar

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cKQ7SmrIRrmQF3blI_vnkw

Jun 19 @ 10:00 am – 4:15 pm

Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
Conference 2021

The Vikings and Cork:
raiding, trading, and the development of the town

Saturday 19 June 2021, online via Zoom webinar

Booking is now open for this webinar at:

Programme

10am: Conference Opens and Welcome

Morning Session: Chair – Ciara Brett, Cork City Archaeologist

10:05, Clare Downham (University of Liverpool) – Viking raiding and early settlement in the Cork region

10:40, David Griffiths (Oxford University) – The Vikings, Towns and the Irish Sea

11:15, Discussion

11:25, Break

11:40, Howard Clarke (University College Dublin) – Viking Cork: a new cartographical perspective

12:15, Rebecca Boyd (University College Cork) – Living in a Viking House – what it was like to live in Cork in the 11th century

12:50, Discussion

1:00, Lunch break

Afternoon Session: Chair – Maeve Sikora, National Museum of Ireland

2:00, John Sheehan (University College Cork) – Viking Cork: a silver lining?

2:35, Griffin Murray (University College Cork) – Late Viking Art in Co. Cork: the evidence from church metalwork

3:10, Tom Birkett (University College Cork) – From Pillagers to Pin-ups: Perspectives on the Vikings in the 21st Century

3:45, Discussion

4:00, Closing Remarks Dr John Herbert (President CHAS)

4:10, Conference Close

Heritage Week 2021

Aug 14 @ 12:00 am – Aug 22 @ 11:45 pm

As part of Heritage Week 2021, the CHAS is delighted to make the following videos available:

The Vikings and Cork – a large section of our recent conference.
To view this video click here.

Short overview of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.
To view this video click here.

We hope you enjoy these videos

Sep

Lecture: Cork Encastellated: the first two centuries of castle-building in south Munster @ Zoom Lecture