The Asgard Pat Murphy presents the life of this famous yacht in Irish history from her launch in 1905 to her conservation today in Collin’s Barracks Museum. Her 23 day voyage to collect guns and ammunition for the Irish Volunteers and the landing of them in Howth in July 1914 is described in detail… Continue reading Fingal Heritage Week 2014: The Asgard
Category: Archive-Lecture
Lectures in Dún Laoghaire for Heritage Week
Lectures on Sunday 31 August 2014 organised by Barney Yourell (Lectures Officer, Maritime Institute of Ireland) to be held in the Eblana Club as part of Heritage Week
Irish Sea Symposium 19-20 Sept
The Irish Sea: History, Culture, Environment, 19-20 September 2014
What does the Irish Sea contribute to the lives of the people who inhabit its shores?
Lecture: Cormac Lowth 16April2014
DUN LAOGHAIRE BOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BEGIN WITH A THIRTY MINUTE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY CORMAC F. LOWTH “THE SKETCHES OF MATTHEW KENDRICK” KINGSTON HOTEL, DUN LAOGHAIRE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 8.00 P.M. SOME OF THE WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES OF DUBLIN MARINE ARTIST MATTHEW KENDRICK R.H.A. HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED AND MANY SHOW SCENES… Continue reading Lecture: Cormac Lowth 16April2014
Lecture Jim Kennedy 17April2014
MARITIME INSTITUTE OF IRELAND TALK BY CAPTAIN JIM KENNEDY. “TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF PILOTING IN DUBLIN BAY, A PERSONAL MEMOIR” STELLA MARIS SEAFARERS CLUB, BERESFORD PLACE, DUBLIN 1. (BEHIND THE CUSTOMS HOUSE) THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH. AT 8.00 P.M. JIM KENNEDY IS A MERCHANT MARINE CAPTAIN WHO HAS SPENT A LIFETIME AT SEA, INCLUDING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS… Continue reading Lecture Jim Kennedy 17April2014
Lecture 20 March 14
The development of an Irish Flower: HMS Oxlip to LE Maev Lecture in Stella Maris on 20 March 2014 at 8pm John Tracy will speak LE Maev served the Irish State for almost a quarter of a century, during some of the darkest periods of Irish naval policy. Suffering from a chronic lack of economic… Continue reading Lecture 20 March 14
Lecture Joe Varley 6March14
Lecture Thursday 20 February 2014 at 8pm in Stella Maris, Joe Varley will talk about Cork during the American war of Independence 1775-1783”
Lecture-Darina-4Feb14
MEMBERS of GLENUA & FRIENDS 2013/14 LECTURE SERIES Traditional Boats of Ireland Book Project by Darina Tully TUESDAY 4 February 2014 at 20:00 in Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Ringsend Entry €5 in aid of RNLI The Traditional Boats of Ireland Boat Book Project, completed in 2008, was a unique undertaking that brought together Sailors,… Continue reading Lecture-Darina-4Feb14
Lecture: Cork Harbour 20 Feb 2014
Joe Varley will speak on “Cork Harbour” in Stella Maris, (behind the Customs House) on 20 February 2014 at 8pm (no further details yet)
Lecture in Rush 23 Jan 14
Thursday 23rd January 1914 8pm : The Loss of the Tayleur – a talk on the occasion of the 160th anniversary; Rush Historical Society, Strand Bar Rush