Happy New Year to all. We have added nine articles to the museum site www.dungarvanmuseum.org this week. Thanks to the museum volunteers Ursula Ansell, 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. Thanks in particular to Mrs. E. M. P. Beecher Cantillon from Tallow for allowing the Museum to reprint online her booklet on the history of Tallow. Yours Willie and Martin Whelan 1. 8 New Articles Placed on the Web Site 2. Museum Scanning Project 3. Museum News 4. Help Dungarvan Museum <----New Years Resolution Opportunity :) 5. 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. Alternatively Click on ONLINE BOOKS & MEMOIRS on the home page and then ARDMORE JOURNAL or TALLOW : AN OUTLINE HISTORY. Tallow : An Outline History A brief [30 page] history of Tallow originally published in booklet form. It contains information on Lisfenney Castle, The Carmelite Monastery, the townlands of Tallow, famous Tallow people, sports and a mid 19th century directory of Tallow residents. This directory will be of particular interest to Genealogists. I need to track down the name of the directory so if any list member recognises the directory let me know. 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. Farrangarrett Farm House Complex Ardmore This ruined farm house is believed to sit on the site of the ancient monastery of Saint Declan. Fr. O'Donnell's Well The story of Fr. O'Donnell's Well and how J.P. Rahilly decided to make it the Irish Lourdes. St. Declan's Pattern Abstract of thesis describing the origin and development of the Pattern of Saint Declan. Submitted to the Free University of Amsterdam for a master's degree in cultural Anthropology. Ansons At Ardmore Lady Clodagh Anson was the 'Welcome Lady' to the down-and-outs of London in the 1930s. Her epitaph at Ardmore reads; 'She never failed to help those in trouble'. In this article you can read about their holidays in Ardmore in the early 20th century. Magdalen King-Hall Magdalen King-Hall is best remembered in Ardmore as the author of 'How Small A Part Of Time' a novel based on life at Ardo House (now known as 'McKenna's'), England, and the continent during the French Revolution, another novel on the 'Life And Death Of The Wicked Lady Skelton' was subsequently made into a film, The wicked Lady, starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason. Phantoms Of The Sea Phantom or ghost vessels, be they boats or ships, relate to tragic events at sea. They may appear beforehand as a warning or afterwards as a commemoration of the loss. The Loss Of The SS Ary On Tuesday 18th February 1947 eleven sailors were laid to rest in Ardmore cemetery, following the loss of the steamship Ary. ============================================== 2. Museum Scanning Project ============================================== Thanks to all who have participated in the scanning project. As can be seen from the large quantity of articles that we are publishing at the moment the scanning project has been a great success. At the moment most of the articles being scanned are from the Ardmore journals, in the new year we will have material of more general Waterford interest. Could any volunteers who haven't returned the articles we sent them please get in touch. Don't worry if you haven't the time to do them or found them too difficult to do. We are conscious that you are all volunteers and are doing the museum a favour. We just need to plan the completion of this round of scanning. If you are interested in joining this program please contact William Whelan at 086 2748377 Email: [email protected] or leave your details into Dungarvan Museum, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan. ============================================== 3. Museum News ============================================== More film footage of Dungarvan in the 40's and 60's will shortly (in the next week) be published on the museum web site. The annual second hand book sale over the weekend of the Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of November raised over 700 Euros for Dungarvan Museum. ============================================== 4. Help The Museum ============================================== Dungarvan Museum is a voluntary organisation and we rely on unpaid volunteers to keep our museum going. Loads of different projects remain to be done, you could make it your New Years resolution to help preserve the history of your area / ancestral homeland. As can be seen from the rapid expansion of this web site volunteers can make a difference. Without the scanning project we would still be producing 1 article per month. At the moment as a result of the efforts of our scanning volunteers (living on three different continents) we are averaging 8 new articles per month. Information on how you can help Dungarvan Museum can be found on our home page www.dungarvanmuseum.org We are committed to preserving the history of all County Waterford (not just Dungarvan). ============================================== 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. Deise Design - Web Site Design & Internet Consultancy www.deisedesign.com 086 2748377