Annual tour in September 2017
The Society is planning their Annual Trip to Fermanagh on Saturday 9th September.
The bus will leave Slane at 8.30am from the car park in Chapel St., Slane, stopping at the Derragarra Inn in Butlersbridge for coffee, and proceeding to Castle Coole, Co. Fermanagh, with its opulent display of 18th century architecture and furniture.
After having lunch there we will travel on to the Enniskillen Museum where we will hear about the 600 year history of the Maguire family and then on to the Inniskillings Museum which has special relevance to the Society this year, 2017 being the centenary of the Slane poet soldier and patriot Francis Ledwidge.
A meal is planned before we return to Slane.
The trip will cost €35 per person, the meals at your own expense.
Everybody welcome to what promises to be an interesting and enjoyable day!
to book and for further information, contact me, Mary McDonnell at 087 2222144
Slane History Society Talks :June 2017
Dear Members,
As part of the Ledwidge Centenary Celebrations, the Slane History Society are hosting two talks,
The first one is on Tuesday 27th June at 8pm, to be given by well known historian Dr. Daniel Cusack entitled "Ledwidge - A Personal Appraisal", followed on Thursday 29th June with our Chairperson John Reidys talk "Agriculture in the Ledwidge Era"at 8pm.
The venue for both talks is the Slane Youth Café on Chapel St., Slane.
There is a wonderfully comprehensive programme of events happening in the week starting 22nd June to 1st July- contact The Hub in Slane or the Ledwidge Museum for further details.
Hoping you will have time to attend our talks, looking forward to seeing you then,
Kind regards Mary McDonnell
Slane History Society walk, May 2017
On Saturday May 20th, there will be a walk in Drogheda, with guide Brendan Matthews from the Old Drogheda Society. We will meet outside Scholars Restaurant, Palace St., at 4pm and will walk for around an hour, If you are interested in joining us for an earlybird meal in Scholars at 6pm please contact me (087 2222144) by next Wednesday 10th May. The meal will cost €25-at your own expense . Parking available in carpark on Palace St.
Hoping to see you there, regards Mary McDonnell
April 20th, 2017
The Society are pleased to present a talk to be given by Martina Corrigan entitled "The Life and Times of Francis Sheehy Skeffington" on Thursday 20th April at 8pm in the Slane Youth Cafe building on Chapel St., Slane,
Martina, our treasurer, will trace the life of this highly principled man to his tragic death in 1916. Hoping you will be able to attend,
Sincerely Mary McDonnell, Secretary.