Talk – From the South East of Ireland to the Shores of Newfoundland – Ireland’s Greatest Diaspora by Dr. Maxine Keoghan
6:30pm Wednesday 21st August
Central Library
Historian Dr. Maxine Keoghan will discuss Irish Newfoundland connections which began over two hundred years ago and continues to this day.
Maxine holds a PhD in History from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her area of expertise is Irish emigration from the far west of Ireland to North America. Publications include include, “Tramore of our Times” and “Waterford’s War of Independence, the Pickardstown Ambush” as well as contributing to and editing “The Shipwrecked Soldiers’ Cairn – The Tragedy of the Sea Horse in Tramore Bay, 1816”.
Date: Wednesday 21st August
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Central Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
This talk is part of Waterford Libraries Heritage Week 2024 programme of events.
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