Our next planned public talk is on ZOOM for HERITAGE WEEK Tuesday August 17th 2021 @ 20:00 p.m.

THE KILLRUDDERY HUNT

By Padraig Laffan

The Killruddery Hunt song was jointly written by the actor Tomas Mozeen (1720-1768) and Owen Bray the landlord 0f the Loughlinstown Inn, Co. Dublin. It was set to the old Irish Tune “SIGHILE NI GHADHARADH,” or Celia O’Gara. It was first published in a volume called The Lyric Pacquet by Mozeen in 1764, and soon became enormously popular. The ballad was a prime favourite with Theobald Wolfe Tone, who in a letter dated 25th April 1797, quoted a line of it: ‘Set out from Cologne ‘at five in the morning by most of the clocks’ on my way,’ etc. Padraig will give an illustrated tour of the course the hunt took and some of various characters and items mentioned in the song. This Zoom talk will highlight the heritage of the local area as recalled in song.

mEMbers will receive an e-mail with the invite password.

Non-Members please send an email to: info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie for a password to this meeting.

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TALKS PLANNED FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO MAY 2022

(Assumption – Parish Hall will not be fully available for large groups and Zoom being used in conjunction with the hall – Check back if changes occur with dates etc)

DATE	SHORT TALK	LONG TALK
	2^nd TUESDAY	3^rd TUESDAY
Sept 14^th 2021	80^th Anniversary of the North Strand Bombing. Speaker – Padraig Laffan	Sept 21^stNational Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire Speaker – Donal O’Sullivan
Oct 12^th	George IV Speaker – Frank Woods	Oct 19^th UCD and the Development of Belfield. Speaker – Finola O’Kane
Nov 9^th	AGM	Nov 16^th Dublin’s Housing Crisis in Revolutionary Times, 1915-1923. Speaker – Cathy Scuffil
DEC 14^th or 21st		XMAS Event
Jan 11^th 2022	The history of Christ Church lands in and around Deansgrange. Speaker – Martin McCarthy	Jan 18th Beyond 2022 – The National Archives Speaker – Ciaran Wallace
Feb 8^th	Irish Teachers in Africa – a personal experience. Speaker – Joe Glynn	Feb 15th TO BE ANNOUNCED
Mar 8^th	George McElroy: Irelands Forgotten First World War Fighter. Speaker -Philip Lecane	Mar 15th Digging up the Raj in Deansgrange Cemetery Speaker -Shabnam Vasisht
Apr 12^th	Dun Laoghaire Street Names Speaker – Michael O’Flaherty	Feb 15th Liam Devlin: Tough Times, Toffee and Textiles Speaker – John Healy
May 10^th	Dublin Airport Speaker – Tony Keane	May 17th Ireland and the EU: Past Present and Uncertain future. Speaker – Catherine Day (Former EU Head of Civil Service)

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All our meetings are held in the Foxrock Pastoral Centre, which is at the junction of the N11 and Kill Lane. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month between September and May. The meetings start at 20:00 and firstly is a short talk of 20 to 25 mins. this is then followed by the main talk. After the talks there is an opportunity for questions and answers. Then after the vote of thanks, tea and biscuits are served and you can get a chance to meet the speakers and ask questions you may have.

Admission for members is Free.

Admission for Non- Members is EUR 5.00

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MEMBERSHIP – Our Annual Membership is EUR 25.00 and this covers free admission to our eight meetings in the year ( Admission is EUR 5.00 for non-members per meeting). Members also get first choice on our annual outing. Membership year is from January to December