Thursday 14 May 2026 8pm
Columbanus Hall, Canon Row, Navan, C15 E197
Talk by Dr Kieran Wallace
‘Meath Irish Revolution’
Dr Ciarán Wallace is a Dublin-based historian and lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
He serves as Director of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, an ambitious, multi-disciplinary initiative dedicated to virtually restoring the records destroyed in the 1922 burning of the Public Record Office during the Civil War.
His recent publication, Meath: The Irish Revolution 1912–1923, was released by Four Courts Press in late 2025
Admission €5
Students and Members free
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Thursday 23 April 2026 8pm
Columbanus Hall, Canon Row, Navan, C15 E197
Talk by Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd
‘The kingdom of Meath and its capitals’
The residences, fortifications and metonyms of the kingdom of Meath in the Central Middle Ages (1000-1300), including Tara, Clonard and many others, including discussion of current work to develop our understanding of the types of settlements in medieval Gaelic Ireland, and the debate about the Irish ‘monastic town’.
Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd is a Bergin Fellow at the School of Celtic Studies in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, specialising in medieval Irish history. He is a former Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow and Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholar.
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Programme 2026
January 29th
7.30 AGM followed this stage at 8.30 by Rev Robert McCabe’s talk on ‘Fide et Patria – For Faith and Fatherland. The art and work of Richard King’ .
February 19th talk by Dr. Peter Connell on
‘The Great Famine in County Meath – winner and losers’
On the eve of the Great Famine, Meath was of the richest agricultural counties. And yet, there was ‘starvation in the midst of plenty’ as 15,000 died from famine-related conditions between 1845-51. These were the obvious ‘losers’. As it swept away thousands of cottiers and labourers, the Famine created conditions that favoured large-scale livestock farming. Peter’s talk explored these themes using maps, landed estate and Poor Law records.
March 19th Talk on ‘The Spanish Civil War’ by Dominic Muldoon
April 11th ‘The Blacksmiths’s Craft’ talk by Tom King, An Gobhar – Blacksmith of the Boyne Valley and visit to the Forge in Bohermeen
https://www.facebook.com/share/14Ud56WNHeZ/
https://mythicalireland.com/collections/tom-king-an-gobha-creations
April 23rd ‘Medieval Ireland’ talk by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd
https://www.linkedin.com/in/se%C3%A1n-%C3%B3-hoireabh%C3%A1rd-4b47791b8?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
May 14th talk by Kieran Wallace on ‘Meath Irish Revolution’
https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2023/meath
May 24th on site talk by Brendan Mattews, Battle of the Boyne Site
June/July/August Summer Outingd
August 15th to August 23rd.
Heritage Week Events
September 24th Talk on Boyne Valley by Clare Tuffy (OPW)
October 22nd talk Railway Architecture in Navan Station by Dr. Siobhán Isgood
November 19th talk by Ken Murray on ‘Miami Showband and the Reeney Brothers