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In his talk, Professor Baillie
will discuss the catastrophic impact of comets on the earth's
atmosphere and the resultant downturn in the human and animal
population. Famine and plagues raged, and although history does
not tell us what happened, mythology does. March Lecture The title of his illustrated lecture was "Two-Million Years of Mayo’s Climate and Landscape". Dr. Coxon has spent several years carrying out research work in Co. Mayo on glacial deposits and pollen analysis and his findings in these areas formed the basis of his lecture. He has worked extensively on Clare Island and his work in the Castlebar area at Derrynadiva Bog has revealed many exciting finds. Prof. Mike Baillie,Paleoecology Centre, School of Geosciences, Queens University, Belfast, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society to be held in the Failte Suite, Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, on Thursday, October 26th at 8 pm. The title of his illustrated lecture is 'Was CuChulainn Really a Comet?'
In his talk, Professor Baillie
will discuss the catastrophic impact of comets on the earth's atmosphere
and the resultant downturn in the human and animal population. Famine
and plagues raged, and although history does not tell us what happened,
mythology does. March Lecture Mr Stephen Dunford,author and musician will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society to be held in the Failte Suite, Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, on Friday, March 2nd at 8 p.m. (Sharp). The theme of the talk is "The Irish Highwaymen - In Song and Story". Castlebar born Stephen, was a member of the renowned folk-group 'General Humbert'that launched Mary Black on her way to international stardom.His recently published book "The Irish Highwaymen" (Merlin Press)was inspired by stories told to him by his grandmother of the exploits of their notorious ancestor, Tipperary-born William Crotty, The Comeragh Highwayman. Stephen will be joined on
the night by Dave Munnelly who has played with groups such as,
The Chieftains, and Niamh Parsons. He has recently been commissioned
to write the music for a TG4 documentary on the life and times
of Micháel Mac Ruaídhrí a gealic writer and
poet from Foghill, near Kilcummin. Dave's debut album is due out
shortly and it will feature guests such as Sharon Shannon, Richie
Buckley and Karen Casey. |
