Archived Talks: 1

WINTER 2019 – SPRING 2020

MAY 13TH 2020, WEDNESDAY 
The 1918/1919 Influenza Pandemic
Speaker: Dr Ida Milne

UPDATE: TALK CANCELLED
due to the Coronavirus restrictions
1918/1919 Influenza Pandemic 
Soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas, ill with Spanish flu at a hospital ward at Camp Funston. The death toll is estimated to have been 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million (about three to five and a half percent of Earth’s population at the time).
Ref. Spanish Flu

N.B. for the duration of the ‘lockdown’ all online KHS Zoom events are free to all members and non-members. Please circulate among family, friends, and colleagues. Everyone welcome.

APRIL 8TH 2020, WEDNESDAY
The Holy Well at Ticknock and its Ancient Watercourse
Speaker: Peadar Curran

UPDATE: TALK CANCELLED
due to the Coronavirus restrictions
The Holy Well at Ticknock
“There is a holy well on our land. It is said that It is a blessed well. When my father was young, people used to come and bathe their eyes at it.It was supposed to cure sore eyes”.
Ref. The Ticknock Well
Ref. Holy Well image

 MARCH 11TH 2020, WEDNESDAY
The Rise and Fall of Irish Nationalist, Bulmer Hobson
Speaker: Dr Mernie Hay

John Bulmer Hobson 
(14 January 1883 – 8 August 1969)
He was a leading member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was chief of staff of Fianna Éireann, which he helped to found.
Ref. Bulmer Hobson

FEBRUARY 12TH 2020, WEDNESDAY
An Introduction to the Life and Work of Harry Clarke
Speaker: Dr James Curry

Sample Work – Harry Clarke
Nantwich, Cheshire, South window, nave, by Harry Clarke, 1919, in memory of Lt Richard Knowles. Depicts Richard the Lionheart, St Cecilia and Mary – detail – Virgin and Child
Ref. Harry Clarke image

JANUARY 8TH 2020, WEDNESDAY
The Defences of Dublin, 1000 years 945 -1945
Speaker: Dr Patrick McCarthy

DECEMBER 11TH 2019, WEDNESDAY
CHRISTMAS NIGHT – MEMBERS ONLY
Speaker 1: Patrick Keys – A photographic look back at recent Society outings
Speaker 2: John Larkin  – A Visit to the Holy Land

NOVEMBER 13TH 2019, WEDNESDAY
Kerala, India: Sharing love of Homeland
Speaker: Rev. Father Martin Paravookaran O.Carm. P.P. Knocklyon, Dublin 16.

Kerala, India

OCTOBER 9TH 2019, WEDNESDAY          A.G.M.  7.30 P.M.  
A Journey to the Ross Sea: The Pack Ice, Shackleton and Scott Huts, the Wild Life
Speaker: Gay McCabe

SEPTEMBER 11TH 2019, WEDNESDAY

The History and Heritage of St James’s Hospital. Dublin
Speaker:  Dr Davis Coakley TCD
Dr Davis Coakley and his wife Mary are the authors of the recent publication about St James’s Hospital.

The History of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on the site. Just under 30 years later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse.

TALKS START 7.45 p.m.       MEMBERS €3        VISITORS €5  
No. 15 bus to SuperValu, Knocklyon.
ALL WELCOME