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Skehana & District Heritage

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  • 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
  • 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 lived amongst and with us.

    They lived amongst and with us.

    Some photographs of our local people that are no longer with us.
  • Pitch and Toss

    Pitch and Toss

    Pitching was very widly played in this area in the 1960s
  • Birds and Animals found in the area

    Birds and Animals found in the area

    Just some of the birds and animals that are part of our heritage and can be seen in the area of Skehana
  • The turlough in Esker

    The turlough in Esker

    This was used extensively, up to the early 1970s, by local farmers who brought animals there to drink water each day.
  • The Travelling Roadshows (The Fit-Ups)

    The Travelling Roadshows (The Fit-Ups)

    Some memories of the Travelling Roadshows, Also known as "Fit-Ups". Many visited Skehana up to the mid 1960's
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  • Sinead Doyle on They lived amongst and with us.Wow, this certainly brought a tear to my eye. I am not from the Skehana area but my mother was...
  • Andrew E. Sweeny,Jr. on Neddy LohanGeorge Sweeny, my great-grandfather, was born in Dunmore, County Galway. His mother was a Lohan and his father was Patrick....

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