Hi to all. We have added two very interesting articles to the museum site www.dungarvanmuseum.org this week. Both cover the same subject matter. The articles deal with the trial of the Fenian crew of the Jacmel (Erins Hope) who landed at Helvic (outside Dungarvan) in an abortive attempt to stage a rebellion against British rule. A possible interesting postscript: At the moment we are researching whether Augustine E. Costello one of the leading (and most impressive) Fenians in the company is the same Augustine E. Costello who wrote Our Firemen: A History of the New York Fire Departments, Volunteer and Paid, from 1609 to 1887. This book went back into print last year in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy as a memorial to the fireman of NY. Both articles can be found at http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?cat_id=2 If you have difficulty using the link click on exhibitions at the top of the home page and then click on historical articles. Apologies 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 Articles Placed on the Web Site 2. Dungarvan Museum Online Shop Now Open 3. Dungarvan Museum Reproduction Postcards 4. Looking For Film Of Dungarvan And West Waterford 5. Contacting The Museum 6. Changing / Removing your email address for this mailing list ============================================== 1. New Website Articles ============================================== The first article is by Sylvester Murray and tells the story of the American Fenian landing at Helvic, near Dungarvan in 1867, it was first published in Decies No. 9, The Journal Of The Old Waterford Society, September 1978. The second article is called 'The Cruise Of The Jacknell' A reproduction of an article published by Fenian sympathisers in 1868. The article deals with the trial of the Fenian crew of the Jacmel (Erins Hope) who landed at Helvic in an abortive attempt to stage a rebellion against British rule. Both articles can be found at http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?cat_id=2 If you have difficulty using the link click on exhibitions at the top of the home page and then click on historical articles. The crew of the ship were Irish Americans many of whom had served in the American Civil War. At the trial the men used an interesting defence against the charge of treason felony levelled against them. They stated that as citizens of a foreign country (America) they could not be guilty of treason to the Crown. ============================================== 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 ============================================== To mark the launch of our summer exhibition 'Postcards Of County Waterford' featuring postcards from most of the major villages and towns of Waterford we have decided to publish the next in a series of limited edition postcards. We need to decide which postcard should be next in our reproduction postcard series and we want you to help us. We have selected 4 postcards from the turn of the century for you to choose from. We'd like you to vote for your favourite card by sending an email to [email protected] with the title of your favourite postcard in the subject line. You can view the cards by clicking on http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?art_id=115. You can also find them by typing postcard into the search box at the top of the site. Personal callers to the museum can select a card using a voting system that we have set up in the museum. The titles of the postcards in the competition are as follows : a. Bathing Place b. The Bandstand c. Meagher Street d. Home Rule Street Please note that the other three cards are not in the competition. ============================================== 4. 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. ============================================== 5. Contacting The Museum ============================================== All general queries can be directed to the museum at [email protected] If you have a comment or complaint about the web site you can contact [email protected] 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. ============================================== 6. 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