County Longford Historical Society to launch 24th edition of 'Teathbha'

The new edition of the Journal of County Longford Historical Society, Teathbha, will be launched on Wednesday, November 26 at 7.30pm in Longford Library. The launch will be performed by Dr Eileen Reilly, former Associate Director of Glucksman Ireland House, New York University.

Teathbha is edited by Martin Morris and this is its twenty-fourth edition.

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As always, the journal contains articles about a great variety of topics relating to Longford’s history.

You can read about the county’s rich archaeology, including an overview of work on the ‘Black Pig’s Dyke’ or Duncla; local references in the Annals of Ulster; a possible origin of Longford’s name; and Rev. John Ker, Church of Ireland Dean of Ardagh. There is coverage of shootings in Colmcille in the 1820s; newspaper reporting of local people in Argentina; mining in the county; a forgotten Lanesborough sportsman; an Abbeyshrule nurse in the Great War; Longford’s ‘Patriotic Protestants’; and Peter Duignan. There is also a fascinating guide to church records and census fragments.

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Dr Eileen Reilly, a Ballinalee native, is a graduate of Maynooth and the University of Oxford, where she held a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She lectured in the Catholic University of America before moving to New York University.

Copies of the journal cost €15 each and will be available at outlets throughout the county after the launch. There are special launch prices of €25 for two copies and €40 for three copies.