Organisation: Beara Historical Society

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Meet the Cork doctor who survived an atomic bomb

A biography which details the extraordinary story of a West Cork doctor who fought in the Second World War and who survived the atomic bomb drop at Nagasaki is to be launched next weekend.

Mon, 15 Aug, 2016

Honour for man who sparked 1913 Lockout

The man who triggered the Dublin Lockout should be judged on all of his achievements and not just on his role in Ireland’s greatest industrial conflict, his descendants have said.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2013

‘Figure of Hate’ — the true origins of a controversial newspaper chief

IT seems the Hidden History TV series get its facts wrong, if some recent instalments are anything to go by.

Sat, 17 Nov, 2007

Broadband brings history alive for united relatives in Beara and Montana

TWO rural communities on opposite sides of the Atlantic with historic mining links were united last night at the launch of a new broadband system in West Cork.

Fri, 06 Jan, 2006