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Topics

This category of our website covers a vast range of topics, features, events and so much more that are appropriate to the Skehana district and it's environs.

  • Photographs

    Photographs

    Photographs of people, places and items.
  • Food Heritage

    Food Heritage (33)

    Methods, recipes and cooking facilities.
  • Education & Learning.

    Education & Learning. (6)

    Our schools, teachers and activities.
  • Stage & Drama.

    Stage & Drama. (2)

    Skehana has long tradition in stage and drama.
  • Artefacts Uncovered

    Artefacts Uncovered (4)

    Local discoveries of significant heritage artefacts.
  • Utilities and more.

    Utilities and more. (7)

    Electricity, piped water, communications and more.
  • Farming & Rural Life.

    Farming & Rural Life. (5)

    Farming activities and evolving methods.
  • Tragic Events.

    Tragic Events. (3)

    Tragic local accidents, often with fatal outcomes.
  • Voluntary Organisations.

    Voluntary Organisations. (4)

    Reports on some of many local organisations.
  • Customs and Traditions

    Customs and Traditions (3)

    Customs and traditions helps us understand our past.
  • Entertainment

    Entertainment (13)

    How we were, and are, entertained locally and beyond.
  • Events and Happenings

    Events and Happenings (13)

  • Troubled Times

    Troubled Times (6)

    Events and activities occurring locally in troubled times. 
  • Passtimes

    Passtimes (3)

Keywords

These are the most-used keywords on the site.

  • Menlough (2)
  • Rev. P. Nicholson (1)
  • PP Menlough (3)
  • Westport (1)
  • Athenry. (3)
  • Music (1)
  • Heritage Week (1)
  • Patrick Melvin (1)
  • Skehana Community Sports Facility (1)
  • 1916 (1)

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