Hi to all. We have added a really good article to the museum site www.dungarvanmuseum.org this week. Also in the mail is details of our new History Outreach Program. Are you interested in preserving the history of Ardmore, Ballyduff, Ballymacarbry, Bunmahon, Cappoquin, Clashmore, Clonea, Fenor, Kilbrien, Kilmacthomas, Lismore, Portlaw, Rathgormack, Stradbally, Tallow & Villierstown. The program may have something to offer you. Details of the program can be read below. Apologies for the lengthy nature of this email. Apologies also for some of the navigational problems on the site at the moment. We are in the middle of reorganising the site. We will tidy up these navigational glitches as soon as we can. If anyone has a historical /genealogical web site and they want to have a link between our site and theirs please get in touch. Yours Willie and Martin Whelan 1. New Article Placed on the Web Site 2. Dungarvan Museum Online Shop Now Open 3. Dungarvan Museum Reproduction Postcards 4. History Outreach Program Launched - Preserve Your Areas History 5. Looking For Film Of Dungarvan And West Waterford 6. Contacting The Museum 7. Changing / Removing your email address for this mailing list ============================================== 1. New Website Articles ============================================== A wonderfully well written autobiographical article by David Walsh on the old railway station in the small West Waterford town of Cappoquin on any sultry summer’s evening in the mid-1960s as seen through the eyes of a child. On this site sometimes we focus overmuch on the facts of history this article redresses the balance and gives an insight into what it felt like to live in Cappoquin in the 1960's. My thanks to David Walsh for sharing the article with the museum. The article can be found at http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?art_id=137&pagenum=1 If you have difficulty using the link visit www.dungarvanmuseum.org click on exhibitions at the top of the home page and then click on historical articles. ============================================== 2. Dungarvan Museum Shop ============================================== With the cooperation of Powers bookshop we have put up a selection of Local history books for sale on the site. The titles include 'The Waterford Rebels of 1849', 'A History of Dungarvan Town and District', 'Them Golden Fields I Trod', 'History of Waterford City and County', 'Walking the Holy Ground in Ardmore and Lismore' and 'Waterford People - A Biographical Dictionary'. We can accept personal cheques drawn on major banks, postal orders and International money orders. Unfortunately we cannot accept Credit Card payments. All proceeds from books sold on the site go towards the maintenance of Dungarvan Museum Society a non-profit organisation. We also have a special offer that allows you to make a considerable saving on the shipping costs if you order all six books available for sale on the site at the same time. http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?cat_id=14 ============================================== 3. Dungarvan Museum Reproduction Postcards - Home Rule Street Selected ============================================== The postcard of Home Rule Street, Abbeyside has been selected as the next in our series of postcard reproductions. You can view the postcard at http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?art_id=115&pagenum=7 Thanks to all who voted for the postcard of your choice. In second place (for the second time) was Bathing Place http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?art_id=115&pagenum=2 Martin and I have had a bit of a discussion and it is possible that we will put it to the committee that we will reproduce the Bathing Place image as the last in our series of postcard images from turn of the century Dungarvan. Expect to see the Home Rule Street postcard for sale in the museum in 6 weeks time. Once the set of 4 is complete we will look at making them available to our overseas readers. We are conscious of the large contribution made to preserving Dungarvan’s history by our overseas readers and members and we don't wish to disenfranchise them if at all possible :). ============================================== 4. History Outreach Program Launched ============================================== For some time I have been concious that we have been very Dungarvan (and Abbeyside:) ) centric in the museum. The museum needs to take an active part in preserving the history of all of West Waterford. To this end we have launched a history outreach program. The following text will appear in the local papers next week. We are looking for volunteers in all the villages of West Waterford. If you are interested please get in touch. Preserving the history of your area is too important to leave it up to anyone else. Dungarvan Museum History Outreach Program Preserve The History Of Your Town Or Village Are you interested in preserving the history of Ardmore, Ballyduff, Ballymacarbry, Bunmahon, Cappoquin, Clashmore, Clonea, Fenor, Kilbrien, Kilmacthomas, Lismore, Portlaw, Rathgormack, Stradbally, Tallow & Villierstown. Dungarvan Museum are pleased to announce the launch of their local history outreach program. This program is designed to offer people with an interest in the history of their local area an opportunity to preserve this history before it is lost for good. You don’t need to be an academic to participate in this program all we are looking for in our volunteers is enthusiasm and an ability to commit a small amount of time to preserving Waterford’s history. Whether your interest is in collecting old photos to be copied or in writing historical articles there is a place for you in our program. What we hope to do Initially we hope to have a contact person or persons in each village that will collect old photographs, postcards, billheads and documents for scanning by museum staff. The original document can then be either donated to the museum or returned to the owner. The electronic copy will be added to our archives preserving it for posterity. What Dungarvan Museum can offer your area. We hope to preserve the historical records of all areas in West Waterford. At the moment these records are vanishing and being destroyed on an almost daily basis. Once we have a collection of photos assembled from an area we would hope to exhibit them as part of a temporary exhibition in Dungarvan Museum. We would also hope to have a travelling exhibition visit each of the villages displaying the donations from the area. This local archive would be a valuable resource for history teachers, school children, local history researchers and the general population of the area. What the museum can offer volunteers. · Advice on conserving photographs and documents. · Repair of damaged photographs. · Assistance in transferring old cine film to video. · Online publishing of articles, photographs and documents. · Assistance and guidance in research projects. If you are interested in joining this program please contact William Whelan at 086 2748377 Email: william@deisedesign.com or leave your details into Dungarvan Museum, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan. Aglish Contact Person: Anyone wishing to donate items of interest from the Aglish area can contact P. J. Guiry, Dromore, Aglish. ============================================== 5. Looking For Old Photographs & Film Of Dungarvan And West Waterford ============================================== If any individual has material in their possession that may be of historical interest please let us know. All material donated is given on permanent loan to the museum and can be reclaimed by the doner at any time. Photographs and old cine film are of particular interest. Photographs will be copied and returned to the owner. If any list member has Cine film, 16mm film etc dating from the 60's or earlier of the town or surrounding area please get in touch. Cine-cameras were rare at the time and our major hope of getting footage is from the collection of a holidaying visitor. We will return any film we receive after having copied it. ============================================== 6. Contacting The Museum ============================================== All general queries can be directed to the museum at history@dungarvanmuseum.org If you have a comment or complaint about the web site you can contact william@deisedesign.com We are delighted to get all feedback, positive or negative. We endeavor to act on all suggestions that we get but please bear in mind that we are a voluntary organisation and it can take some time to answer queries. ============================================== 7. 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