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Everything comes from somewhere
Lorna from the Aidan Heavey Library talks to Dr. John Gibney of the R.I.A.
Athlone's favourite local historian
Lorna from the Aidan Heavey Library Athlone chats to local historian, and former librarian Gearoid O'Brien
Linking the past and the future
Edel talks to Alma Clavin about her Repair Acts project and how the past can help us today.RepairActs.ieCreative IrelandThe Years Between: Moate Co Westmeath 1956-2006...
You don't think of Mullingar and the Yeti in the same sentence
In this episode Lorna talks to Ian Keneally who has worked as Historian in Residence with Westmeath County Council commemorating the Decade of Centenaries.Relevant lin...
It's like a buzz, like an adrenaline kick, and it's actually amazing
In today's episode Edel Scally talks to Jason McKevitt about his love of history, and where it came from.
My god, are all these my books
In this episode Dr. John Gibney and Gearoid O'Brien discuss the Aidan Heavey Collection - one of the finest collections of rare books in Ireland. This is the collectio...
Local history is local knowledge as well as the official records
In today's episode Edel talks to Gretta Connell. Gretta worked for many years with Westmeath Libraries, and since her retirement is even busier with local history quer...
Would you not go out to the graveyard and dig up a good, old, decent Fenian
Lorna from the Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone talks to Eamonn Hughes about his life as a teacher, the value of primary sources, and his most recent project.
We're probably the only town that's been invaded by an entire army of ghosts
Edel chats to local historian Ruth Illingworth about her projects and research. Including some of her favourite stories from the town.
"I was always very interested in graveyards"
Ann McDermott chats to Lorna Farrell from Westmeath Libraries about her interest in local history, and how her work in the library brings her new questions every day.