We are very excited with our research on the history/heritage of our local area and we are eager to share it with a wide audience.
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Abbey Mapping Project
5,674 Memorials were logged in Bantry Abbey Cemetery and their details are now available on Find A Grave.
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Recordings & our Natural Heritage
Eight video recordings relating to the culture and creativity of Bantry.
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Ellen Kate O’Sullivan
An account of the voyage of Mercy Order nun Sr M. Thaddeus, Ellen Kate O’Sullivan, from Bantry to Brisbane.
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A Decade of Celebrating Heritage in Bantry
Looking back at all the events we organised over the previous eleven years for Heritage Week.
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The Schools’ Collection – Part 2
This small selection of stories etc. are taken from three schools that existed in Bantry town in 1937-39, plus works from Glengarriff School.
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O’Donovans’ Cove
This rather lengthy collection of seven verses was written by John J McCarthy, a young man of Muintervara (Sheep’s Head).
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Cnuasach Chríostóir Uí Raigheallaigh
This collection of words/phrases were in everyday use when Christy O’Reilly was a young man.
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More Words From The Past
We got such a huge response to our call for poetry of Bantry, that we built two collections of verses.
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The Bantry Man who Saved the Irish Music
Francis O’Neill should be remembered in every parish in Ireland for his amazing work and dedication in collecting and preserving our Irish culture of song and dance music.
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The Priest’s Leap
The amazing story of the Priest’s Leap is a reminder of a very different culture in Bantry area, and elsewhere.
