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Skehana & District Heritage

Collecting, Preserving & Sharing

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  • Skehana & District Down Memory Lane
    Skehana & District Down Memory Lane
  • Postcard Project.
    Postcard Project.
  • Heritage Trail
    Heritage Trail
  • They lived amongst and with us.
    They lived amongst and with us.
  • The Swift
    The Swift
  • 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
  • Skehana & District Picture Montage

    Skehana & District Picture Montage

    Selection of images of our area as taken during the Summer of 2021
  • Skehana & District Down Memory Lane

    Skehana & District Down Memory Lane

    Introducing our e-book
  • Postcard Project.

    Postcard Project.

    Postcards for connecting with our diaspora and your friends and relations.
  • Heritage Trail

    Heritage Trail

    Car Treasure Hunt 2021
  • Night Of Culture

    Night Of Culture

    Skehana & District Heritage Group - Culture Night 2020.
  • Fatal Fire Tragedy

    Fatal Fire Tragedy

    Recalling a fire tragedy at a Travelling Community site at Brierfield in 1963
What's new
  • Killoscobe Parish Baptisms

    Killoscobe Parish Baptisms

    Killoscobe Parish Baptisms.
  • The Curraghaun Heritage Site

    The Curraghaun Heritage Site

    A Skehana & District Restoration Project
  • Skehana & District Picture Montage

    Skehana & District Picture Montage

    Selection of images of our area as taken during the Summer of 2021
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  • Irelina Romay on Fr Tom Jordan, Kilbeg.I would love to reconnect with Father Tomas. I keep really good memories of him. I remember many of his...
  • jlaffey on Garbally Castle – Iconic O’Kelly Clan Tower HouseThanks Alexander. There has been much research done on the Kelly/O'Kelly clans in Ireland. You should plenty links on these...

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This website is a member of the Irish Community Archive Network and is a joint initiative of Galway County Council Heritage Office and the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
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