MEATH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS - 2026

Wednesday, March 25th
Launch of Ríocht na Midhe 2026
by Dr Geraldine Stout (Patron)
followed by lecture
“Meath - The Irish Revolution, 1912-23”
Dr Ciarán Wallace
closing words from Seán Boylan

Ardboyne Hotel, Navan - 7.15pm
Reception and book fair - members
and guests - 6.15-7.15pm

Tuesday, April 21st
Annual General Meeting
followed by lecture -
“National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland - A History”
Dr Frances Nolan
(UCD School of History)
Trim Library - 7.00pm

Thursday, May 28th
“The Census of 1926”
Aileen Wynne
Navan Library - 7.15pm

Saturday, June 27th
Annual Excursion
Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
- Castle, Museums, etc.
Detailed programme to follow
- early booking advised
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Organiser: Fiona Ahern (087 -9738763)
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Thursday, July 9th
“Oliver Plunkett”
Thomas Burns
(author, The Life of St Oliver)
Oldcastle Library - 7.15pm

Wednesday, September 16th
Séamus MacGabhann Lecture
“Tuning the Radio - A Century of the Connection between
Irish Broadcasting and Traditional Music”
Peter Browne
(RTE radio producer - retired)
Comharchumann
Ráth Chairn-7.30pm

Sunday, October 11th
George Eogan Memorial Lecture
“Tara by Name, Tara by Nature?
- Exploring the Archaeology of 'Other'
Tara Places on the Island of Ireland”
Dr Susan Curran
(Discovery Programme)
George Eogan Cultural & Heritage Centre
Nobber - 3.00pm

Sunday, November 29th

“Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion”

Seán Ó Hoireabhárd

St Columban's College, Dalgan Park, Navan - 3.00pm

Contact: Tom French, Hon. Sec. – 087 4119633
Voluntary contributions are accepted at lectures and outings