Time Travel in Fethard

7-week local history course by the Fethard Historical Society

The Fethard Historical Society have come up with a novel idea to bring interested local people on a ‘travel in time’ journey through the history of their home area. It’s a seven-week basic course (seven Tuesdays in October and November), that introduces the participants to the ‘thrills and the spills’ of our ancestors as they have played out in the Fethard area - from ancient times right up to the modern era.

The relaxed course will pull together all the information and stories that the members of the Historical Society have gathered up over the past forty years, and put that history in a ‘Timeline of events’ that will show how people and society has changed over time.

What becomes clear is that the history of Fethard is, in many ways, the history of Ireland. What’s pretty unique about Fethard is that the evidence of that history is still to be seen in the town and area. For instance, the church that the incoming Normans built over eight hundred years ago is still there, and still in regular use to this day, which is all quite amazing.

The seven sessions, in the Tirry Centre, will run from 8pm to 9.30 pm on the seven Tuesday evenings, from 14th October onwards, and the cost is €5 per night. Second level and third level students go free, as the Historical Society wishes that the younger generations will go on to love their town and area as much as their elders do. A place on the course can be booked by emailing: history@fethard.com. All welcome.