Hi to all. We have added seven articles to the museum site www.dungarvanmuseum.org this week. The large quantity of articles currently being published are a result of the Museum Scanning Project. These articles were all scanned from The Ardmore Journal which was published under the editorship of James Quain during the Eighties and early Nineties. Thanks to museum volunteers Marc Sullivan & Eileen Fraher Sullivan, Kathleen Paton and Joanne Connors Parandjuk (among others) for all of their hard work. These volunteers and others like them are members of the museum scanning project. You can find out more details about this project on the homepage of the museum web site at www.dungarvanmuseum.org. We have many more articles Yours Willie and Martin Whelan 1. 7 New Articles Placed on the Web Site 2. History Outreach Program - Preserve Your Areas History 3. Museum News 4. Contact Us ============================================== 1. New Website Articles ============================================== The following articles can be accessed by clicking on the latest article links on the home page www.dungarvanmuseum.org or by visiting the Ardmore Journal section of the site. Alternatively Click on ONLINE BOOKS & MEMOIRS on the home page and then ARDMORE JOURNAL. The Hand Mills (Querns) Of Ardmore An article on the construction and use of hand mills (querns) in the area of Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland Shipping Losses Off Ardmore 1914 -1918 During the First World War seventeen ships were torpedoed and sunk off Ardmore in the period February 1917 to September 1918 with the loss of over 100 lives. Rectors Of St. Paul's Ardmore Biographies of the Church Of Ireland clergy of St. Pauls Church, Ardmore from 1829 to 1948. More Smith's Musings Tommy Moloney the Ardmore Farrier talks of the Smiths work, the Dungarvan Sheep Fair, local characters, horses, mules, jennets, ponies, goats and the Ardmore Pound. The Ardmore Mine (Harry Will Be Home Next Week) The story of Harry Ferguson and his abortive attempt to mine copper in Ardmore. Oral History collected in September 1992, and edited by J. T. Quain. Father Theobald Mathew In Ardmore On the 25th of September 1842 Father Theobald Mathew held a meeting of the temperance movement in Ardmore. The Ardmore Rocket Crew The story of the Ardmore Rocket Crew and the rescues they took part in. This article contains first hand accounts from the volunteer members. ============================================== 2. History Outreach Program ============================================== 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 dont 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 Waterfords 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. ============================================== 3. Museum News ============================================== The Museum's lecture season got off to a great start with Michael Smith (formerly Political Correspondent and Industrial Editor of the Guardian and Business Editor of The Observer) delivering a slide show and lecture about one of Irelands heroes, the legendary Antarctic Explorer Tom Crean. 150 people packed into Lawlor's Hotel to hear the story of Crean's adventures with Shackleton and Scott. Eddie Cantwell of Dungarvan Museum did excellent work in organising and publicising the exhibition. We recently received a booklet on the history of Tallow and film footage of Dungarvan in the 40's that we will shortly be publishing on the museum web site. The annual museum second hand book sale will be on over the weekend of the Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of November. The museum will open at 7pm Friday night for all those wishing to buy books or you can just chat about joining the museum, volunteering, the web site etc. An exhibition on the history of the 4th Waterford Abbeyside Scout Troop will be held in the Museum over the next few weeks. It will be open during the second hand book sale commencing 7pm Friday November 7th and for some weeks after. ============================================== 4. 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. Deise Design - Web Site Design & Internet Consultancy www.deisedesign.com 086 2748377