Thomas Westropp pictured at a cave in Clare

Clare Libraries History Week will take place from 14-18 October 2024.

The History Week programme can be downloaded at: History Week Programme

All online lectures will be shown on Clare Libraries Youtube channel and links will be added to the programme below as events take place.

History Week Events

Monday 14 October

11am Online.  Lecture by Michael Talty, Clare Local Studies Centre.   Clare and the Ordnance Survey

1pm Online.  Lecture by Terry Dunne, Historian-in-Residence.  Clare’s Changing Landscape Mapped: 1840s-1920s

6.30pm Online.  Documentary film with Terry Dunne, Historian-in-Residence.  Surviving the Revolution: Clare landed estates in 1923 (supported by RIA)

Tuesday 15 October

11am Online. Lecture by Lucille Ellis.  Getting under the skin of an Ennis street – Bindon Street

1pm Online. Talk by Michael Talty, Local Studies Centre and Ciara Fahy, Archivist.  Some Collections in Clare Local Studies and Archives

6.30pm DeValera Library. Lecture by Liam Irwin.   Thomas J. Westropp 1860-1922

Wednesday 16 October

10.30am DeValera Library.  Children’s Event with Ciara Carew.  Folklore and Tradition: Preserving a Magical History and Heritage

11am Online. Lecture by Kieran Hickey.   Slobland Reclamation on the Shannon Estuary

1pm Clare Museum.  A ‘Meet the Community Archaeologist’ event with Tori McMorran.  Community Archaeology – The role of the Community Archaeologist

6.30pm Kilrush Library. Lecture by Terry Dunne, Historian-in-Residence.   Dora Brew’s farm in Seafield and the Irish Revolution

6.30pm DeValera Library.  An evening chat about… Memories of DeValera Library 1975-2024

Thursday 17 October

11am Online.  Lecture by Susan Arthure.  A Clare Community in Australia: exporting the clachán?

1pm Online. Curator’s Talk by John Rattigan.  Recent Acquisitions at Clare Museum

6.30pm DeValera Library.  Lecture by Jane O’Brien.   Exploring the Experience of the Industrial School Child in Ennis 1880-1911

Friday 18 October

11am Online. Lecture by Peter Connell.  The Government want a terrible lot of light: clearing the ‘slums’ in Kilrush 1922-1939

1pm Online. Lecture by Joe Power.   Paddy Hogan TD, a remarkable Clareman

2pm Online. Clare Youth Theatre present: Róisín’s Robe, a rehearsed reading of a forgotten play by Patrick Hogan

6.30pm Scariff Library. Panel with Terry Dunne, Aidan Gilsenan and  Jane Halloran.   Land Conflict in East Clare 1852-1923

Exhibitions

Shannon Library.  Cumann na mBan in Clare

Ennistymon Library.  Picking up the Pieces: Committees, Claims, Relief and Rebuilding after the War

Local Studies Centre, Ennis.  200 years of the Ordnance Survey in Clare

Scariff Library.  Land and Revolution in Clare

DeValera Library.  Memories of DeValera Library 1975-2024

Exhibitions are available to view during library opening hours.  All events are free of charge.

Please direct any queries to email: decadeofcentenaries@clarecoco.ie