OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS (Meetings always the 3rd Tuesdays of the month)

  THE NEXT HISTORY CLUB MEETING IS ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19th 2024 – in the Foxrock Pastoral Parish Centre  at 20:00

1)  Annual General Meeting

AGENDA

  • Introduction, by the Chairman.
  • Minutes of 2023 AGM for approval by the Members.
  • Audited financial report and Appointment of a new Auditor for the following year, for approval by the Members  
  • Membership report.
  • Honorary Secretaries report.
  • A.O.B. Members issues or concerns.
  • Election of the committee from the nominated names received.

MAIN TALK: – RATHDOWN WORKHOUSE: HOW FARED THE CHILDREN DURING THE GREAT FAMINE


SPEAKER – Chris Lennon

Chris has researched the National schools in a number of Poor Law Unions, one of which was Rathdown Poor Law Union, with a particular focus on the workhouse school. One of the aims of Chris’s research is to investigate as far as possible the lives and experiences of children both inside and outside the workhouse. The lives of children and their teachers are examined from 1840 – 1850. These ten years include most of the years of the Great Irish Famine.

Rathdown was one of the few Poor Law Unions to avoid a significant decline in population between 1841 and 1851. Unlike many other Poor Law Unions, Rathdown seemed to have a relatively conscientious group of Guardians who paid attention to the children under their care. In this talk, Chris will outline some of the conditions which the children endured under their guidance and that of the teachers who were employed by them. Of particular interest, is the medical officer of Rathdown Poor law Union, Dr. Thomas Darby, who was a regular advocate for the children in the workhouse, and lived in Bray. He was appointed in 1839 as medical officer to the Union and remained in that post until a few years before his death in 1886.

 Admission for members is Free. 

Admission for Non- Members is EUR 5.00

Annual Membership Fee

The annual membership covers from September 2024 to July 2025 and is €20. This entitles you to 8 talks, free to our two short summer outings and preference for places on our full day summer outings.  Please renew this as soon as possible to help us manage the club’s running expenses.

See the “Annual Membership Subscription” page for details on how to pay.

        

 Our email is: info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie  

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TALKS – OUTINGS PLANNED FROM SEPTEMBER – MAY 2024

( The talks are on the third Tuesdays of the month in the Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre Hall  )

2024-2025 Season

SHORT TALK

(Occasional) 

FULL TALK

  Dec 10th

 Christmas Event

Prepared by Padraig Laffan & Co. 

  Jan 21st 2025

Death of a Servant – The Blackrock Tragedy.

SPEAKER: Peadar McGing

Prisoner 1082: Escape from Crumlin Road, Europe’s Alcatraz

SPEAKER: Donal Donnelly

  Feb 18th 

The Lindsay family and their connection with Deansgrange                  SPEAKER: Martin McCarthy 

Herbert Simms – An Architect for the People

SPEAKER: Lindie Naughton

  Mar 18th

 

New Thoughts on St. Kevin and Glendalough

SPEAKER: Christiaan Corlett

  Apr 15th

 Wicklow Gaol

SPEAKER: Carmel Kelly

A Forgotten Irish Author: Cornelius Ryan, ‘The longest Day’ and ‘A Bridge Too Far’  SPEAKER: Philip Lecane

  May 20th

Dublin Baths & Bathhouses SPEAKER: Padraig Laffan

To be announced

   May

 Short Outing

To be announced

   May

 Short Outing

To be announced

   June

 All Day Outing

To be announced

   

 

 


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 with an introduction, this is then followed by the main talk. After the talk 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.

 

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