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 […]
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 […]
Many people have played important roles in the life of Connemara over the centuries; some have had a negative impact on the people and the landscape, while others have played a positive role in our history. Most of these have been forgotten, or are known to very few. We have […]
Image courtesy of John Halbrook Breandán O’Scanaill traces the flight of Alcock and Brown and outlines the conditions prevailing in Clifden at the time. On June 15th 1919, Alcock and Brown crash landed their Vickers Vimy aircraft in Derrygimla Bog just south of Clifden, after their harrowing sixteen […]
Photo courtesy of Bart Maguire GUGLIELMO MARCONI (1874-1937) “There have been three great moments in my life as an inventor. One when my early wireless signals rang a bell at the other side of the room in which I was carrying out my experiment; the second when the signals […]
