An exhibition hosted by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. Please join us for the opening of a new exhibition entitled, ‘James Hack Tuke: Quaker Philanthropist and Friend to Ireland’s Poor’ on Wednesday, 20 March 2019 at 4:30 pm. The exhibition, to commemorate the bicentenary of Tuke’s birth, will […]
Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill
Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill I am grateful to John Stanley for bringing this register to light and for allowing us publicise it. :
Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill The 1918 Register of Electors for Clifden town and forty-seven surrounding townlands is reproduced here by kind permission of John Stanley of Market St, Clifden. The register gives the names of those eligible to vote in general and local elections, it also gives their townland of residence and […]
Roger Harrison / Forum Connemara
Connemara Descendants Gathering 11th – 16th September 2015 Clifden, Connemara, Co. Galway The history and heritage filled town of Clifden will host the Connemara Descendants Gathering from Friday 11th – Wednesday 16th September, 2015. The gathering will be officially opened by Cllr. Peter Roche, Cathaoirleach, Galway County Council. All Connemara […]
I have many unanswered questions about the olden days in Connemara. Perhaps writing will help to crystalise them and assist in the process of answering some. Having, now, some rudimentary knowledge about my forebears I can’t help but wonder about the day to day quality of their lives. What was […]
