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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This one day conference is organised by Cork Historical and Archaeological Society in association with Adult and Continuing Education, University College Cork.
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Location: Geography Lecture Theatre, Main Campus, University College Cork
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Programme
| 9.30-9.40: | Conference opening |
| 9.40-10.20: | Professor William O’Brien, ‘The meeting of cultures: 8,000 years of prehistoric Cork connections with the outside world’ |
| 10.20-10.25: | Margaret Lantry, ‘Introducing the Digital JCHAS project’ |
| 10.25-11.10: | Dr Clare McCutcheon, ‘A rich and rare stew: the potted history of Cork’ |
| 11.10-11.45: | COFFEE |
| 11.45-12.30: | Dr Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel, ‘Cork and Europe: the medieval connection’ |
| 12.30-2.00: | LUNCH |
| 2.00-3.00: | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor James S. Donnelly Jr, ‘The exodus of protestants from County Cork during and after the War of Independence’ |
| 3.00-3.45: | Dr Nollaig Ó Muraíle, ‘Irish genealogical collections as a mirror of Irish / Munster / Cork population through the ages’ |
| 3.45-4.30: | Dr Hilary Lennon, ‘Exile and the Irish writer: Frank O’Connor’s Cork’ |
*THIS IS FREE EVENT AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND*
This one-day conference terminates the Ancestral Connections Irish genealogy summer school hosted by Adult and Continuing Education at UCC.
Information for visitors to UCC including maps. The Geography Lecture Theatre is adjacent to the Bus Éireann 205 bus route on Donovan’s Road.
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A one-day conference marking the centenary of the death of Robert Day (1836-1914) was hosted by the Society on Saturday, July 5 2014. Day was a prominent businessman and antiquarian in his time and had a very large collection of antiquities. He was also President of the Society from 1894 until his death and contributed many papers to the Journal. This year’s Journal and the conference papers will highlight various aspects of his life and times with speakers from a wide range of fields. The conference will be followed by the launch of the Journal and a reception.
Programme
This one day conference is organised by Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2013
Location: Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork
Entry: €5.00
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| 10.15: | Registration €5.00 |
| 10.30: | Opening – Prof. William O’Brien, President CHAS |
| 10.35: | ‘Robert Day: Businessman and antiquarian’ – Margaret Lantry |
| 11.00: | ‘The JCHAS Digitization Project’ – Margaret Lantry |
| 11.15: | ‘Day and the formation of his collection’ – Joan Rockley |
| 11.45: | ‘Treasure trove and Robert Day’ – Aideen Ireland |
| 12.15: | ‘Prehistoric gold and silver in the Day collection’ – Mary Cahill |
| 12.45-2.00: | Lunch break (lunch not provided) |
| 2.00: | ‘The book plates of Robert Day’ – Julian Walton |
| 2.30: | ‘Viking-Age silver in the Day collection’ – John Sheehan |
| 3.00: | ‘The Cabragh Bell and the Cloyne Staff’ – Cormac Bourke |
| 3.30: | Launch of the Day centenary volume, JCHAS vol. 119, by John R. Bowen |
| Copies of the Journal will be available for collection by members, as well as for purchase. |
*EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND: ENTRY FEE €5.00*
The Crawford Art Gallery is located in Cork city centre, close to the Paul St or Carroll’s Quay multi-storey car parks and about 10 mins walk from the Bus Station or 15-20 mins from Kent Railway Station. There is a restaurant, the Crawford Café, at the Gallery and many other places to eat in the immediate vicinity.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event (entry fee €5.00).
Read:
‘Ireland’s ancient treasure and the man who found it’ in Cork News, June 27 2014
‘100 years after his death, collector Robert Day is celebrated’ by Anne Lucey, in Irish Examiner, July 3 2014.
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This one-day conference will include speakers Dr John Borgonovo (UCC), Dr Ian d’Alton, Dr Patrick Maume, Dr Sandra McEvoy (UCC), Alan McCarthy and Dr Traolach Ó Riordáin (U Montana).
Venue: St Peter’s (former Vision Centre), North Main Street, Cork.
PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration (€10)
10.30 John Borgonovo: ‘Cork City, Politics, Society, and Culture before the Rising’
11.10 Alan McCarthy: ‘The Middlemen: the Popular Press in Cork before and after the 1916 Rising’
11.50 Sandra McAvoy: ‘Women, Poor Law and Politics in Cork’
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
14.00 Traolach Ó Riordáin: ‘Cork’s Lee Branch: Cradle of the Gaelic League’
14.40 Patrick Maume: ‘Converging Nationalist Countercultures: Terence MacSwiney and Daniel Corkery’
15.20 Ian d’Alton: ‘A Year at War: Cork Protestants in 1916’
16.00 Conference Close
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