The Montana A Cappella Choir rehearsing in the evening sun before their performance at the Allihies Copper Mine Museum, West Cork. Pic: Niall Duffy
With a song in their hearts …. from Montana to Beara
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Volunteers needed for Allihies heritage project
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ALLIHIES Copper Mine Museum (ACMM) has been granted funding from the Heritage Council of Ireland to carry out a survey of mining and industrial heritage in Allihies.
The relatively untouched, authentic post-industrial landscape around Allihies will be explored and documented. [Read more...]
Exhibition tells the story of Beara miners in USA
July 6, 2012 By 2 Comments
Butte, Montana in the early 20th Century.
A NEW exhibition at UCC, “From Rocky Shores to the Rocky Mountains: The Irish in Montana” will be officially launched next Tuesday.
The exhibition, which comes to Ireland from the Butte-Silver Bowe Archives and University of Montana, is a retrospective glimpse into the lives of the Irish in Montana from their initial arrival in the US until the present using materials from archival and oral collections.
Beara Museum receives industrial heritage accolade
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The committee of the museum with Mark Sissons of the AIA. Pic: Niall Duffy
THE Allihies Copper Mine Museum has been awarded the President’s Award by the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA), the leading UK body dedicated to the preservation of industrial heritage.
This award is given each year to a site or monument, which is visited by delegates during association conferences. [Read more...]
Funding approved for local heritage projects
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bantry House is among the projects to receive funding.
THE Heritage Council of Ireland has approved funding for a number of West Cork projects in Bantry, Kinsale and Allihies under their 2012 Grant Scheme.
In Kinsale, the Council have approved funding for the preparation of a conservation plan for the restoration of the Napoleonic signal tower as a visitor centre and a panoramic viewing point.
