Muskerry Local History Society
Programme for 2015-2016
Monday, 12 October, Re-enactment of stories from the Sinking of the Lusitania
Listen to the family of the Coxswain of the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat and a second class passenger recount their experiences of the sinking of the Lusitania. This will be held in conjunction with Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Lusitania Commemoration History Exhibition.
Mary O’Leary
Monday, 16 November, Unusual Aspects of the Land War in Mid-Cork
The Land War in mid-Cork in the 1880s was more complex than is generally believed.
Michael Galvin
Monday, 7 December, Medieval Churches in Ballincollig, Ballinora and Ovens
An Overview of local churches from Early Irish history to Pre-Reformation times.
Dermot O’Donovan
Monday, 18 January, The Dripsey Ambush
An illustrated talk remembering the men executed by British forces at Victoria Barracks, Cork following the ill-fated War of Independence engagement in 1921.
Tim O’Brien
Monday, 15 February, ‘Mick’ Mannock, World War 1 Flying Ace
What are the Ballincollig and Irish origins of the greatest British air ace of World War I? What is Mannock’s claim to greatness?
Dermot Lucey
Monday, 21 March, Casement and the Aud
A talk given by Philip Johnston who has dived on the wreck of the Aud for the past 20 years. The talk will include Casement’s trip to Germany, the transport of 25,000 guns for rebellion and the arrest and scuttling of the Aud on its approach to Cork Harbour.
Philip Johnston
Monday, 18 April, Easter 1916 in Cork – ‘Order, Counter-Order and Disorder’
What happened in Cork at the time of the Easter Rising, 1916?
Gerry White
Saturday, 21 May, A Guided Walk in Kilcrea Abbey
(Meet at Kilcrea Abbey at 2.30 p.m.)
Archaeologist and author of Kilcrea Friary: Franciscan Heritage in County Cork will lead a walk of the archaeological remains of the 15th century friary at Kilcrea.
Denise Sheehan
Lectures at Ballincollig Rugby Club Hall at 8.00 pm sharp. Annual subscription €10. Alternatively a cover charge of €3 applies at each lecture.
Further information from Liam Hayes (0877828546), Dermot O’Donovan (0214873266), Rod MacConaill (0861089524) or Dermot Lucey (0879331135)