Clifden
Co. Galway
Ireland
Connemara Descendants Gathering September 11th – 16th 2015
Line up includes:
– Free, expert genealogical advice and assistance with David Collins, Antoinette Lydon & Marie Mannion at the Clifden Station House Hotel.
– Official Opening by Cllr. Peter Roche, Cathaoirleach, Galway County Council in the Station House Hotel Theatre
– Heritage guided walk around Clifden with Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill, writer & historian.
– ‘Exploring 5000 Years of Renvyle Settlement & Settlers’, a coach trip of the Renvyle Peninsula with Michael Gibbons, local historian and archaeologist.
– Traditional Boats’ Display, Clifden Beach
– Heritage guided walk of Inishbofin with Tommy Burke, local historian.‘Exploring 5000 Years of Renvyle
– Settlement & Settlers’ a coach trip of the Renvyle Peninsula with Michael Gibbons
– Heritage guided walk around Clifden with Breandan O’Scanaill, local historian Starting at Station House Hotel
– ‘Omey Feichín, Sacred Island’ a walking tour with Michael Gibbons, local historian and archaeologist.
– Exhibitions on display at Library, Traditional Music in pubs throughout the town each evening
– ‘Raiders & Traders on the South-West Coast’ a coach trip with Michael Gibbons, local historian and archaeologist.
– The Tuke Families Talk by Dr Regina Donlon at Station House Theatre
– ‘From Poverty to Prosperity: The Tuke Assisted Emigration Scheme from Connemara to North America in the 1880s’ Talk by Dr Gerard Moran in the Station House Theatre
