At 11.00 am, this coming Wednesday 19th February 2014, we will be archiving the digital records for over 20,000 Cork County grave memorials and 127 historic graveyards with the county council in the.
I met digital historian Sharon Slater (http://limerickslife.com/) for coffee yesterday and she briefed me on plans for the Beyond the Grave conference to be held in Limerick next year. See you there!
Call for Papers
Beyond the Grave ; The social and physical acts surrounding death and burials in both modern and ancient Ireland.
We have recently commenced two training projects in Laois. Laois Partnership are funding a training project while Laois County Council Heritage Office have also funded some community support work in two graveyards. We have done work in Old Sleaty, Raheen and Clopook and this powerpoint presents some of what we are encountering. Any communities interested in taking part in a training programme during September and October please email john (at) eachtra.ie.
With Jim & Waltie Murphy we read the timber grave memorial for young Brien Chesters Robinson in the Old Church (Ardmore townland), Passage West, Cork Harbour.
Final arrangements are being made for the phase 2 historic graveyard training in West Limerick. Resources are tight so we are trying to locate the training venues to suit a number of communities.
Community groups have been working in 22 historic graveyards across south and east Cork since February (adding to the previous works done in Aghada). Together we have worked in snow, sunshine and rain. Work has just begun really but a lot has been achieved already.
There are over 30 LEADER companies in Ireland and the Rural Development Funds they use in community-led projects are confined t
