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Here we have a few articles on aspects of local history. Please click on the pdf symbol to access the relevant article and enjoy the read!
This is just one section of our 2019 project, funded by Cork Co Council Creative Ireland Funding Scheme 2019. Included is (a) Old Irish Sayings, (b) Seanfhocail and (c) Irish Words in commom use in Bantry's Four Valleys until recent times. 17 Pages
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Heritage Week 2019 at Bantry Library - Videos of the night when natives of Bantry's Four Valleys came together to tell stories, sing songs, recite own poetry, recall founding/continuing life of local GAA Club and hear some stories written by schoolchildren who walked barefoot to school in 1937/'39 to the National Schools that were then flourishing in Bantry's Four Valleys. 7 Short Videos
Open PDFHere you can enjoy Irish Poems written by Kealkil man Conchubhar Ó Ruairc. An English translation is offered. 13 Pages
Open PDFA selection from the collection of folklore compiled by school children in the 1930’s in the Bantry Four Valleys. 94 Pages.
Open PDFPoems from the Valleys In this section of our project we have included a small selection of poems, some of which have been recited for generations in these rural areas. These give a flavour of what life was like in the Valleys of Bantry up to mid/late 20th century, and highlights the wonderful creativity that abounded! 13 Pages
Open PDFBantry Town Council honours Bantry Historical & Archaeological Society members in 2013
Open PDFFrom the Schools Collection: This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.
Open PDFA brief summary of the Minutes of meetings of the Bantry Town Commissioners and Bantry Town Council from its formation in 1896 to its termination in 2014. The full document may be viewed at http://bmdnotices.com
Open PDFA list of the Tolls, Duties and Customs claimed by the Earl of Bantry on June 28th 1818
Open PDFExtracts from reports of the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries in Bantry Bay - 1827 to 1867
Image: Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857 - 1947) A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach
A snap shot of both prison and prisoners from the mid nineteenth century in Bantry Bridewell.
Image: typical 19th century prison cell. Image credit: Cork City Gaol
Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban and Whiddy District Electoral Divisions -Statistics from the Census of 1911 in the said DEDs
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