March 24, Dublin Outing and Lecture

Postponed due to Cononavirus

Cost: €30 per person. Please book by March 3, 2020 (as numbers are limited).

12.30pm: Tour of National Museum of Ireland, with emphasis on material from County Kerry guided by Dr Nessa O’Connor, Assistant Keeper.

2.30pm: Transfer by coach from National Museum to the Irish Family History Centre/Irish Immigration Museum (IFHC/EPIC), Custom Quay.

3.00pm: Talk, Workshop and Tour of IFHC.  The talk and workshop will explore the evictions in 1887 on the Wynn Estate, Glenbeigh.

4.00pm: Tour of EPIC, voted “Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction”, at the 2019 World Travel Awards.

5.30pm: Transfer by coach from EPIC to the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square.

6.30: Lecture – ‘Muintir Chiarraí agus Craobh an Chéitinnigh (Kerry and the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League), 1901-1921’, Dr Mary MacDiarmada, Historian. (Cathaoirleach: Dr Daithí Ó Corráin, Historian).