KILKENNY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Erected in 1594 by John Rothe, a wealthy city merchant, and his wife, Rose Archer.

 

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PROGRAMME

2010

All lectures are held at Rothe House on Thursdays at 8.00 pm, unless otherwise stated.
Changes are sometimes unavoidable; they are announced immediately beforehand in the Social & Personal column of the Kilkenny People.
If travelling check with Rothe House.
 

January 28
The Ballyhale outrage & the Kilkenny enquiry. Speaker: Michael Dermody (Member)

February 25
Annual General Meeting.

March 25
Smashing times: the women's suffrage campaign in Ireland. Speaker: Rosemary Cullen-Owens.

April 29
New information on John Rothe Fitzpiers & his circle. Speaker: David Edwards.

May 29 Saturday
Coach outing & picnic to Holy Cross and Boherlahan.
Guides: OPW at Holy Cross; Tom Ryan at Boherlahan
Coach departs Granges Road at 2.30 p.m. Pre-book with Rothe House.

June 27 Sunday
Car outing to High Crosses at Kilree, Dunnamaggan & Killamery.
Guide Rev Fergus Farrell.
Meet at Priory Car Park, Kells at 2.30 p.m.

July 18 Sunday
Car outing to Thomastown & environs.
Guide Joe Doyle.
Afternoon tea at The Old Rectory, Inistioge, courtesy of Judge & Mrs Peter Smithwick.

August 25 Wednesday. Heritage week event.
Walk by the river Nore, Greens Bridge to John's Bridge.
Guide: Pat Foley (Member)
Meet at Peace Park, Greens Bridge at 7.00 p.m.

September 23.
Canon William Carrigan, Ossory historian.
Speaker: Denis Bergin (Member).

October 28.
Thatching in County Kilkenny.
Speaker: Jimmy Lenehan (Thatcher)

November 25.
History of the Kilkenny Moderator and the Kilkenny People newspapers.
Speaker: Michael O'Dwyer (Member)

December 12. Sunday
Christmas luncheon & party, Club House Hotel, Patrick Street, 12.45 p.m.
Pre-book with Rothe House.

 

Archive of programme 2009
January 23
Lecture: The King's visit to Kilkenny 1904. Speaker: Eileen Larkin (Member)
February 27 Annual General Meeting
March 27
Lecture: Working in underwater archaeology - a Kilkenny diver's experiences. Speaker: Jimmy Lenehan (Member)
April 4, Saturday.
Seminar: Celebrating the City Charter of 1609.
         Nicholas Langton in relation to his time. Michael O'Dwyer (Member)
         Kilkenny and the Kingdom of Ireland 1660-85. Raymond Gillespie, NUI Maynooth
         The City Charter of 1609. John Bradley (Member) Viewing: City charters.
May 24, Sunday. Visit to Jerpoint Abbey and Kilfane.
         Guide at Jerpoint: OPW. Guide at Kilfane: Walter Walsh (Member)
July 25, Saturday. Bus trip to Clonmacnoise: OPW guides.
August 27, Lecture: Liber Primus and other records of the Corporation. Speaker: Patrick M Nolan (Member)
September 12, Saturday. Seminar: Francis MacManus, celebration of centenary of his birth.
        Speakers: Patrick MacManus & William Nolan. Readings by Donal O'Brien.
        Guided walk in Michael Street with Francis McEvoy.
September 25.
Lecture: Robert Cane: patriot, doctor, historian, politician.Speaker: Seamus Brennan (Member)
October 23. Lecture: New archaeological discoveries on national road schemes in Co. Kilkenny.
        Speakers: Emma Devine (Member) and Richard Jennings.
November 27. Lecture: The archaeology of the Rothe family garden.
        Speaker: Coilin O'Drisceoil (Member)
December 13, Christmas festivities. Club House Hotel 1.00 pm.

 

Archive of Programme 2008

January 25
 Lecture: Power in the land: The rise of the strong farmer in post-famine Kilkenny. Speaker: Walter Walsh, (member)
February 22
 Annual General Meeting
March 7
 Lecture: From the papers: Kilkenny in the nineteenth century. Speaker: Peter McQuillan (member)
April 25
 Lecture: High Hayes & McDonagh Junction. Speaker: Donie Butler (member)
May 25. Sunday
 Visit: New Ross. Meet at the Galley, New Ross at 3pm. Speaker & guide: Canon Sean O'Doherty (member)
June 29. Sunday
Visit: Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Meet at the Rock of Cashel at 3pm. Guides: OPW.
July 27. Sunday
Visit: Kells Priory and area (Co. Kilkenny). Meet at mill 3pm. Speaker & guide: Con Manning (member)
September 27. Sunday
Visit: Castlecomer. Meet at Catholic Church at 3pm.
Speakers: Maire Downey (President) & friends.
October 17
 Lecture: History & architecture of Talbot's Inch. Speaker: Colm Murray (member)
November 21
 Lecture: The Boer war & Kilkenny. Speaker: Liam O'Bolguidhir (member)
December 7. Sunday.
 Christmas Festivities. Club House Hotel, 1pm.

 

Archive of Programme 2007

January 26
Lecture: Tony O'Malley, artist.
Speaker: Catherine Marshall (Irish Museum of Modern Art)
February 23
Annual General Meeting.
March 23
Lecture: From landlord to company director in Castlecomer.
Speaker: Maire Downey (President Kilkenny Archaeological Society)
April 27
Lecture: Sir Richard Griffith: Land valuator or land reformer?
Speaker: William Smith (historian)
May 27 (Sunday) Bus leaves The Parade.
Visit to Kilcooley Abbey, New Birmingham and Ballingarry War Museum.
Speaker/Guide: Professor William Nolan, UCD.
June 24 (Sunday) Bus leaves The Parade.
Visit to Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Damer House & the ancient ecclesiastical site of Monaincha.
July 29 (Sunday) Bus leaves The Parade.
Visit to Ballyouskill and Attanagh area.
Speakers/guides: Dermot Dorgan and friends.
September 2 (Sunday)
Visit to New Ross.
Speaker/guide Canon Sean O'Doherty
October 13 (Saturday) Commencing 9.30 am at Rothe House
Symposium: The Black Abbey.
Speakers: Ben Murtagh (member); Dr Declan Downey, UCD; and members of Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
November 30
Archaeological excavations of a medieval potter's yard, McDonagh station.
Speakers: Emma Devine & Coilin O'Drisceoil (members)
December 9 (Sunday)
Christmas festivities, Club House Hotel, 1.00 pm.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2006

January 27
Lecture: Ladies, nuns, wives and workers, women in the countryside of medieval Ireland.
Speaker: Dr Margaret Murphy, project historian, Medieval Rural Settlement Project.
February 24
Annual General Meeting.
March 24
Lecture: The Prim/Yates murders.
Speaker: Tony Patterson (member) and team.
April 28
Lecture: 1916 and its aftermath in Kilkenny.
Speaker: Jim Maher, historian.
May 21 (Sunday) Meet at Ennisnag church at 3.00 pm
Visit to Ennisnag church and Merino Mills.
Speakers: John J Wallace (member) and, on Rev James Graves, Maureen Hegarty (member).
June 25 (Sunday) Meet at Slieverue parish church at 3.00 pm
Visit to Slieverue.
Speaker: Jim Walsh, historian.
July 30 (Sunday) Meet at Marsh's Library, Dublin at 2.00 pm
Visit to Marsh's Library and St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Speakers/guides: Dr Murial McCarthy (keeper, Marsh's Library) and Very Rev Dr Robert McCarthy (Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral)
September 22
Diary readings.
Speaker: Melosina Lenox-Conyngham (member)
October 20
Lecture: The Reformation in Kilkenny.
Speaker: Dr Elizabethann Boran, TCD.
November 24
Lecture: 19th century Kilkenny -a healthy place?
Speaker: Una Hughes (member)
December 10 (Sunday)
Christmas festivities. 1.00 pm, Club House Hotel, Kilkenny.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME, 2005
January 20
Lecture: The Land Movement in Tullaroan 1879-91
Speaker: Edward Kennedy, member.
Lecture: Mahon & McPhillips 1947-1990.
Speaker Charlie Cullen, member.
February 25 (Friday) Annual General Meeting.
March 18 (Friday)
Lecture: Shiela-Na-Gig.
Speaker Dr Maureen Concannon.
April 21.
Lecture: Ancient hedgerows in Co. Kilkenny: ecological & historical background.
Speaker: Padraig Comerford, National Parks & Wildlife Service.
May 22 (Sunday) Meet in Galmoy village at 3.00 p.m.
Visit to Galmoy and Fertagh
Guide: Dr Padraig O'Machain, Institute of Irish Studies.
June 19 (Sunday) meet at St Mary's Church, Thomastown, at 3.00 p.m.
Visit to deserted medieval town of Newtown Jerpoint.
Guide: Ben Murtagh, member.
July 24 (Sunday) Meet at museum, opposite bus station, at 3.00 p.m.
Visit to 'Treasures of Waterford' museum.
September 4 (Sunday) Visit to Durrow in memory of Canon Carrigan. Meet at Holy Trinity Church, Durrow at 3.00 p.m.
Guide. Rev Sean Canon O'Docherty (member)
October 20
Lecture: The writings, life & times of Charles J Kickham.
Speaker: Pat Nolan (member)
November 24
Lecture: The military in Kilkenny 1800-1870.
Speaker. Liam O'Bolguidhir (member)
December 11 (Sunday) 1.00 p.m.
Christmas Lunch. Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2004

January 29: Lecture: Impact of the railways in County Kilkenny (1848-1900).
Speaker Jane Wright, member.
Lecture: Jerpoint Abbey: a historical perspective.
Speaker Breda Lynch.
February 27. (Friday): Annual General Meeting.
March 25. Lecture: Heraldry in County Kilkenny.
Speaker Gerard Crotty.
April 22. Lecture: River Nore Drainage Scheme: archaeology of the River Breagagh.
Speaker Ian Doyle, archaeologist.
May 30. Visit to Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh.
Guide Colm Walsh, member.
June 27. Visit to the Famine Garden, Newmarket.
Guide Christopher Twomey.
Visit to Carrickshock, site of a Tithe War, 1831.
Guide Micheal O'Diarmada.
July 25. Visit to Fethard.
Guide Mary Hanrahan, Fethard Historical Society.
September 23. Lecture. History of Irish Farming.
Speaker: Dr John Feehan, UCD.
October 23. Saturday. SEMINAR. Kilkenny writers: Francis & Florence Hackett.
Speakers: Frank McEvoy and Kieran Sheedy, RTE.
November 26. Lecture: Robert Emmet.
Speaker: Dr Daire Keogh, St Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra.
December 12. Sunday
Christmas Lunch. Club House Hotel, Patrick Street.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2003.

January 31. Lecture: Tudor and Jacobean Houses in Kilkenny.
Speaker: Ben Murtagh, archaeologist and historian (member).

February 28. Annual General Meeting.

April 25. Lecture: The River Nore Project - recent archaeological excavations at John's Bridge, Kilkenny.
Speaker: Ian Doyle, Archaeological Director, River Nore Project.

May 18. Sunday. Walk: Around St Patrick's Parish.
Speakers/Guides: Michael O'Dwyer and Maura Kenealy (members).
Meet in Ormonde Street, outside Hibernian Hotel at 3.00 pm.

June 17. Tuesday. Visit: Chester Beatty Library and City Hall, Dublin.
(8.10.am train from Kilkenny)
Meet outside CBL, Dublin Castle at 11.00 am.

July 20. Sunday. Visit: The Hunt Museum, St Mary's Cathedral and King John's Castle, Limerick.
(Coach departs The Parade 8.30 am).
Bookings to Rothe House by Thursday 10th July.

August 31. Sunday. Visit: Inistiogue.
Guide: Michael Tennyson.
Meet at The Square, Inistiogue at 3.00pm.

September 26. Lecture: Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Ballitore connection.
Speaker John MacKenna, writer and broadcaster.

October 25. Saturday. Seminar: Celebrating 800 years of St Canice's Cathedral.
Registration: Rothe House, 9.30am.
Speakers: John Bradley (tour of St Canice's Cathedral), Maureen Hegarty (David Rothe, Bishop of Ossory), Dean N Lynas (the work of a 19th century Dean), Roger Stalley (the architecture of St Canice's Cathedral).

November 28. Lecture: The church of San Clemente in Rome.
Speaker: Dr Eileen Kane.

December 14. 1.00pm. Christmas festivities, New Park Hotel.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2002

January 25. Lecture: Kilkenny Landowners, 1870.
Speaker: Thomas B Halpin (member).

February 9, Saturday, 10.00 am. Symposium on Lady Desart.
Guest speaker: Dr Nicola Gordon-Bowe, National College of Art.
Followed by contributions from other speakers.

February 22. Annual General Meeting.

March 22. Lecture. The Ormonde Portraits in Kilkenny Castle.
Speaker: Jane Fenlon.

April 19. Lecture: Bloody Sunday in Dublin.
Speaker: Marcus de Búrca.

May 24. Lecture: Norman Castles in Leinster.
Speaker: Dr Kieran O'Connor, UCG.

June 16, Sunday 3.00 pm. Visit to Inistioge. Meet at Old Rectory, Inistioge.
Lecture: W.H.S. Monck.
Speaker: Judge Peter Smithwick, (member).

July 13, Saturday 8.30 am. Visit to Folk Museum, Castlebar.
Bus leaves the Parade at 8.30 am.

August 11, Sunday 3.00 pm. Around St Mary's Parish.
Meet at Mother of Fair Love School.
Medley of speakers.

September 15, Sunday 3.00 pm. Visit to Waterford.

October 18. Lecture: 19th Century Art: its cultural and historical implications.
Speaker: Phil McCarthy (Member).

November 22. Lecture: Crime and Punishment in the early 19th Century.
Speaker: Liam O'Bolguidhir (Member).

December 15, Sunday, 1.00 pm. Christmas Festivities - Club House Hotel.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2001

January 26 Lecture: The Lost Language of South Kilkenny.
Speaker: Micheal Ó Diarmada.

February 25 Commemorating Margaret M. Phelan. Lunch in the Club House Hotel at 1.00 p.m. -followed by lecture.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Patrick Wallace, Director of the National Museum.

March 26 Lecture: The Conservation Plan - with special reference to St. Lactain's, Freshford and the Bishop's Palace, Kilkenny.
Speaker: Mary Hanna, Architectural Officer, The Heritage Council.

April 27 Lecture: Sheffield Grace.
Speaker: Conleth Manning (Member).

May 13 Walk 'Once again in the Borough of St Kenny'.
Guide: Una Hughes, President.

June 17 A visit to the Continent - St. John's Parish.
Guides: Sheila Lane & Frank McEvoy (members).

July 22 Visit to Carrick-On-Suir.
Guide: Edmund Connolly.

September 16 Visit to Callan and environs.
Guides: Rev. S. O’Doherty & Joe Kennedy (members).

October 26 Lecture: In defence of Dame Alice.
Speaker: Dr Dick Collins U.C.C.

November 23 Lecture: Standish O'Grady.
Speaker: Maureen Hegarty (member).

December 16 Christmas festivities in Newpark Hotel.

 

ARCHIVE OF PROGRAMME 2000

January 28 ‘It said in the papers’. A scrutiny of the Kilkenny Journal and the Kilkenny Moderator.
Speakers: Maire Downey and Peter McQuillan (members).

March 24 Church Building in Ireland before the Normans.
Speaker: Conleth Manning (member).

April 14 Margaret FitzGerald 8th Countess of Ormonde.
Speaker: Imelda Kehoe (member).

May 15-18 Visit to Ulster.

June 11 Walk around ‘The Borough of St. Kenny's’.
Guide: Una Hughes, President.

July 18 Visit to Clonmel.
Guide: Liam O'Duibhir.

August 20 Visit to Carlow Museum and Local Antiquities.
Guide: Rev. Dermot-McKenna.

September 16 Millennium Seminar in Rothe House. Theme: Ireland and Ossory circa 1000 AD.

October 20 A Millennium and a half of Kilkenny: St. Canice reconsidered.
Speaker: John Bradley (member).

November 17 History of Kilkenny College founded by 8th Earl of Ormond and his Countess, Margaret of Kildare, in 1539.
Speaker: Howard Welsh.

December 10 Christmas Lunch.

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