Join our November coffee morning for informal conversation about heritage and tourism across the port towns. The coffee morning will take place on Thursday November 4 at 11am. We'll have a suitably spooky theme for just after Halloween: 'Gothic Coasts'. Project team members Prof Claire Connolly and Dr Rita Singer will share stories and folklore […]
Join our December coffee morning for informal conversation about heritage and tourism across the port towns. The coffee morning will take place on Thursday December 2 at 11am. Our December coffee morning will feature a conversation with artist Julie Merriman, a member of our project's creative group. Julie Merriman is based in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. […]
Join our cross-coastal coffee mornings for informal conversation about heritage and creative themes across the port towns. The February coffee morning will take place on Thursday February 3 at 11am. We'll have Tomas Buitendijk of the Ecostructure project to speak about the Dublin North Bull Wall and the island that formed as a result of […]
Join our cross-coastal coffee mornings for informal conversation about heritage and creative themes across the port towns. The March coffee morning will take place on Thursday, March 3 at 11am. We'll have project artist, Robert Jakes, to speak about 'Sea of Stories', the ceramic wall mural that he has created at Pembroke Dock ferry terminal. […]
Join our cross-coastal coffee mornings for informal conversation about heritage and creative themes across the port towns. The April coffee morning will take place on Thursday, April 7 at 11am. Our April coffee morning will feature a short talk by archaeologist and National Museum of Ireland curator Dr Nessa O’Connor. Nessa has worked in the […]
Join our cross-coastal coffee mornings for informal conversation about heritage and creative themes across the port towns. The May coffee morning will take place on Thursday, May 5 at 11am. Our May coffee morning will feature a short talk by marine ecologist and Trinity researcher, Cordula Scherer. Cordula leads the Irish Research Council funded project, […]
Ports, Past and Present is a project led by University College Cork in partnership with Aberystwyth University, the University of Wales Trinity St David and Wexford County Council examining the cultural heritage of the ports in the Irish sea basin. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Cooperation programme.