In these dark days of the corona virus crisis our society is being changed utterly. People are dying from this ...
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While our exhibitions are closed to the public, we can still share the story of the Great Famine in Skibbereen ...
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The old Caheragh Graveyard is adjacent to the River Ilen and an ancient monastic site – 'Blessed Mary de Caheragh' ...
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As far back as 1850 a site for a convent had been established in Skibbereen when Sir William Wrixon Becher ...
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In terms of Famine heritage, Skibbereen is almost certainly one of the most important towns in Ireland. Many buildings and ...
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A recent visitor to our exhibitions, David Charles Hutchins, came to Skibbereen because his two grandfathers once both had businesses ...
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On this day, 14 October 1800, the sculptor John Hogan was born in Tallow, Co Waterford. John Hogan was Ireland’s ...
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On Wednesday, 4 October 1944, Micheál O’Sullivan, then a medical student at University College Cork, delivered a lecture in the ...
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It is always nice to receive a present of a book. Even nicer, in our case, when that book is ...
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EXTRAORDINARY PUBLICATIONS BY 'SKIBBEREEN'S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN' At Skibbereen Heritage Centre we get people calling in all the time looking for ...
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