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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
  • Abbott Extended Family

    Abbott Extended Family

    Abbott Family
  • A Night Of Culture

    A 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
  • 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 widely played in this area in the 1960s at local crossroads and meeting points.
What's new
  • Abbott Extended Family

    Abbott Extended Family

    Abbott Family
  • A Night Of Culture

    A Night Of Culture

    Skehana & District Heritage Group - Culture Night 2020.
  • Down Survey of Ireland.

    Down Survey of Ireland.

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  • Marie Maxwell on One Man’s StoryWhat a wonderful story!
  • Mary Flanagan on Rural Life and Growing Up in the 1950s and 1960sCame across this page when thinking about “flour bag sheets” - I recall my Mother washing flour bags after the...

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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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