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Skehana & District Heritage

Collecting, Preserving & Sharing

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  • Skehana Heritage Week 2016
    Skehana Heritage Week 2016
  • Skehana Commemorates 1916
    Skehana Commemorates 1916
  • Kilbeg Wedge Tomb
    Kilbeg Wedge Tomb
  • Thatched Cottages In The Area
    Thatched Cottages In The Area
  • Garbally Castle - Iconic O'Kelly Clan Tower House
    Garbally Castle - Iconic O'Kelly Clan Tower House
  • The Parish of Killoscobe
    The Parish of Killoscobe
  • The Curraghaun at Windfield Demesne
    The Curraghaun at Windfield Demesne

Welcome

Welcome to Skehana & District Heritage website. Here you can browse through our collection of local historical material which includes information about our people and places. Your own contributions of stories, photos, messages and other material would be most welcome.

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Featured pages
  • Deoch and Dorais

    Deoch and Dorais

    Translates as 'one for the road' or perhaps 'name your poison'
  • 17 -- Fr Yesudas Kodiveettil

    17 -- Fr Yesudas Kodiveettil

    A.P. Killoscobe 2017 - Present
  • Harvest Knots

    Harvest Knots

    Harvest knots were a tradition in many places.
  • Big Houses of County Galway

    Big Houses of County Galway

    Images, families and locations of 'Big Houses' in Co. Galway. Some are no longer extant.
  • They once lived amongst us and with us.

    They once lived amongst us and with us.

    Some photographs of our local people that are no longer with us.
  • Digital Equipment Corporation

    Digital Equipment Corporation

    Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as Digital, was a major employer in Galway from the 1970s to the 1990s.
What's new
  • EU Business News Irish Enterprise Awards 2018

    EU Business News Irish Enterprise Awards 2018

  • History of houses and estates of the Landed Society in our locality.

    History of houses and estates of the Landed Society in our locality.

  • The Abbey of Knockmoy - A brief history.

    The Abbey of Knockmoy - A brief history.

    A complete history of the Abbey with plans and descriptions of its component parts.
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  • Eamonn Costello on Costello HeritageGreat Page Gerry, Edward and Josephine Costello, were my great grand uncle and aunt. My father Eamonn(Edward), grew up in...
  • Gerry Costello on The Travelling RoadshowsThis has been recently added to our website: Hi my dad is Harry McFadden (88 since 18/3) and my mum...

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