LISNASKEA HISTORICAL SOCIETY


Lisnaskea Historical Society meet every third Monday of the month at 8.00 pm in the Castle Park Centre in Lisnaskea. Contact email. or tel:- 028 677 21730.





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On Monday 15th February there will be a talk by Jim McConnell on Phil Martin, Uilleann Piper from Donagh, He was the first piper ever to play on RTE radio when it started., and won many awards.

On Monday 15th March the talk will be by Frankie Roofe from the Town Hall, Enniskillen. He is a great genealogist and will research records for people. He will be talking on local families.

On Monday 19th April the talk will discuss the drainage scheme of Lough Erne, past and present, incorporating reasons for the recent flooding.

On Monday 17th May, there will be a general discussion on the Lisnaskea Workhouse, featuring the Great irish Famine, history of the Workhouse itself and the recent plans to save it. Everybody is welcome to come and join in the discussion and promote ideas. To be followed by the AGM for 2010.

We will have a break over the summer months but be back to routine in the autumn.

Lisnaskea Historical Society have an annual dinner and an annual outing. More details of these will be posted soon.



This project has been funded by a grant from the Heritage Council of Ireland. It has also received funding from Cavan-Monaghan Rural Development Co-op under the National Rural Development Programme. Funded by the Irish Government and part-financed by the European Union under the National Development Plan 2000-2006.