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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Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire
Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774-1840) was an illiterate poet whose poems and songs were orally transmitted.
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She Painted Seaweeds from the Seashore
Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) was an accomplished artist as well as a renowned botanist.
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Art and Creativity in Bantry Area
We dip into the Creative side of our Bantry people over the years – and peep at creative and famous people who selected Bantry Bay area as their destination.
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Rocky Mountain O’Brien
Extracts from Patrick (Rocky Mountain) O’Brien’s book Birth and Adoption published in 1904.
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Words from the Past
A random collection of poetry/song written by the people of Bantry, young and old – or written about Bantry.
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Bantry’s Portrait Artist & Cork’s Stone Sculptor
Profiles of artist Sir William Orpen and sculptor Seamus Murphy.
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Celebrating Culture & Creativity
Our 2019 project Celebrating Culture & Creativity of Bantry’s Four Valleys comes in 5 parts.
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Honours for BHAS Members
Bantry Town Council honours Bantry Historical & Archaeological Society members in 2013.
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Cath Chéim an Fhia – Battle of Keimaneigh
From the Schools’ Folklore Collection: This is a collection of folklore compiled by school children in Ireland in the 1930s.
