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Children’s Heritage Workshops in August!
We’re running a number of free and inclusive children’s workshops in the month of August in Galway, Laois, Sligo, and Roscommon! We’re part of the Summer Stars programme for Galway Public Libraries, with free children’s workshops in prehistoric pottery making at 11.30am & 1.30pm in Moylough Library on Thursday 4th August, and at 10.30am &… Continue reading Children’s Heritage Workshops in August!
The Way We Were – Objects for Learning and Reminiscence
Last week, we had a lovely few days spent talking about objects from the past and filming memories with some wonderful members of the Third Age organisation in Summerhill, Meath. We are working on a new digital video addition to their existing “The Way We Were” project, which focuses on object learning and reminiscence. Working… Continue reading The Way We Were – Objects for Learning and Reminiscence
Artefact Biography: A hoard of stone axes and a possible axe pendant from Runnacocka, County Roscommon
Held by the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, the original museum record for these artefacts, numbered 1998:5 – 8, reads: “Hoard of four polished stone axes found in the bog at Td. Runnacocka, Co. Roscommon”. The record documents a collection of four deliberately deposited small axeheads made from shale, sandstone and limestone, which are likely… Continue reading Artefact Biography: A hoard of stone axes and a possible axe pendant from Runnacocka, County Roscommon
Heritage Week 2020
Fr. Frank Browne SJ and his Titanic legacy
On the date of the 109th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic, we remember the importance of the Titanic photographs taken by Fr. Frank Browne SJ. Fr. Francis (Frank) Browne was an Irish Jesuit priest who over his lifetime developed an incredible talent for photography, capturing images of Ireland and the world during… Continue reading Fr. Frank Browne SJ and his Titanic legacy
A Vinegar Valentine for St. Valentine’s Day!
For St. Valentine’s Day, enjoy a suffragette themed ‘Vinegar Valentine’ postcard! Vinegar Valentines were a form of ‘comic’ or anti-Valentine, popular from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Vinegar Valentines were designed to insult and mock the unfortunate recipients through blunt contemporary humour – on this postcard the sender has even continued the ‘vinegar’ sentiment with a… Continue reading A Vinegar Valentine for St. Valentine’s Day!
New Year, New Opportunities!
Happy New Year to all those starting back to work after their break! At the start of a new year, it’s always good to review the projects that were completed in the year before. In such a strange year as 2020, Scéal Heritage Consultancy was privileged to have the opportunity to work on an exciting range… Continue reading New Year, New Opportunities!
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