Previous Lectures 2016-18

PROGRAMME 2016

SPRING LECTURES
January Monday 25th 2016
Why Did The 1690 Siege fail?
Dr. Padraig Lenihan NUIG

February Monday 8th
In Search Of identity – The Conditioning Of Idealists 1901-1916
John Collins

February Monday 22nd
John Redmond – What If?
Dermot Meleady

March Monday 7th
Lizzie twigg – the Forgotten Limerick poet
Dr Milo Spillane

March Monday 21st
John Edward Daly (1891-1916)
Liam Irwin

April Monday 18th
The Irish Revolution 1913-1923
Dr. Padraig O Ruairc

AUTUMN LECTURES

September Monday 26th
Poulnabrone: A Tomb For Ireland’s Earliest Farmers
Dr. Ann Lynch

October Monday 31st
Easter Widows
Sinead Mc Coole

November Monday 21st
Roger Casement
Dr Angus Mitchell UL

PROGRAMME 2017

SPRING LECTURES
January Monday 23rd
Postcards Of County Limerick
Canon Donough O’Malley

February Monday 27th
Ballylin Hillfort: A Bronze Age Capital Of Limerick?
Prof. William O Brien UCC

March Monday 27th
Millers, Merchants, Mayors, Lane-Joynt Families Limerick
Dr Paul O Brien

April Monday 24th
Community Archaeology And The Great Famine: A Burren Story
Margaret Ronayne NUIG

AUTUMN LECTURES

September Monday 25th
The Archaeology Of The Vikings In Clare
Eamonn P Kelly

October Monday 23rd
The Limerick Clothing Company- Stitching Together The History Of Ireland’s Largest Army Clothing Manufacturer
Sharon Slater

November Monday 6th
The 17th And 18th Century Iron Industry In East Clare And South East Galway
Dr Paul Rondelez

November Monday 20th
‘Through The Eye Of The Stranger’: Observations On linerick c1850-1914
Prof Gearoid O Tuathaigh

PROGRAMME 2018

SPRING LECTURES
January Monday 22nd
Limerick Related Photographs
Randel Hodkinson

February Monday 19th
Limerick Railway Connections
Joe Coleman

March Monday 5nd
Lough Gur – Recent Archaeological Research At Grange Stone Circle
Dr, Rose Cleary UCC

March Monday 26th
The Traaty County Orange Men – Historical Notes On Orangeism In limerick
Quintan Dougan

April Monday 23rd
Brendan O Regan
Cian O Carroll/Brian O Connell

AUTUMN LECTURES

September Monday 24th
Murphy Devitt – Stained Glass In Limerick And Clare
Dr Charlotte Murphy

October Monday 22nd
Brian Boraimh – The Hero At Home
Lenore Fischer

November Monday 5th
Everyday Life And Politics In Limerick In 1918
Dr. Brian Hughes, Mary Imaculate College

November Monday 19th
‘Michael Joyce MP,1900-1918
Dr Tadhg Moloney