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  • A 100-Year Old Story

    A 100-Year Old Story

    Recalling a little bit of history
  • A Day To Remember

    A Day To Remember

    Friday 20th May 2022
  • A Letter of Appreciation

    A Letter of Appreciation

    Written in October 1942 - almost 80 years ago!
  • A Story from Abbey in 1920

    A Story from Abbey in 1920

    Recalling an incident involving my uncle
  • A Wonderful 100-Year-Old Man

    A Wonderful 100-Year-Old Man

    Always happy to share a song!
  • Abbey and District Heritage Group

    Abbey and District Heritage Group

    Short Video to promote our Website
  • Aggie Whyte Ryan

    Aggie Whyte Ryan

    Described by Seamus Ennis as ‘Queen of Fiddlers’
  • Big Day for Abbey Native

    Big Day for Abbey Native

    Centenarian Vincent Conroy celebrates!
  • Bluebells in the Spring

    Bluebells in the Spring

  • Book Launch

    Book Launch

    South-east Galway: Aspects of its History
  • Bringing home the turf in Kylemore

    Bringing home the turf in Kylemore

    A lovely story in pictures from Forty Years Ago!
  • Bygone Days

    Bygone Days

    Social Life in the 1940s
  • Celebrating Mass at Lady Well Abbey

    Celebrating Mass at Lady Well Abbey

  • Centenary Celebrations in Abbey National School

    Centenary Celebrations in Abbey National School

    The Day In Pictures
  • Cinéal Fhéichín agus Síol Anmcha

    Cinéal Fhéichín agus Síol Anmcha

    The new bilingual revised and translated publication of Mícheál Ó Conaill's original book
  • Daoine agus Áit

    Daoine agus Áit

    People and Place
  • Delia Mahon or Brighid Ní Mathamáin

    Delia Mahon or Brighid Ní Mathamáin

    School Homework copies from the 1906-1908 School Years
  • Flax Growers in This Area

    Flax Growers in This Area

    Listed in the Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 for County Galway
  • Galway Hurling Team of Boston

    Galway Hurling Team of Boston

    Pictured on Connacht Tribune - 4 September 1948
  • Great  Grandmother Bridgid Madden

    Great Grandmother Bridgid Madden

    Submitted by Christine Knight
  • Has Schoolwork/Homework Changed?

    Has Schoolwork/Homework Changed?

    Samples of Work from 1919 and 1920
  • Herdsmen in County Galway

    Herdsmen in County Galway

    Records of National Census and Griffiths Valuation (1855)
  • Heritage Week 2022

    Heritage Week 2022

    Reflecting on our Celebrations
  • Interview with Mrs Nora Hynes, Retired Postmistress

    Interview with Mrs Nora Hynes, Retired Postmistress

    Describing communications in the 1950s in rural Ireland
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Topics
  • A Brief History of Kilnalahan
  • A Facelift for Abbey Tennis Court
  • A Frenchman's Walk Through Ireland 1796-7
  • A Letter of Appreciation
  • A Story from Abbey in 1920
  • Abbey 10km 2015
  • Abbey Céilí Band
  • Abbey Heritage Audit 2017
  • Abbey Heritage Logo
  • Abbey in 1915
  • Abbey Muintir na Tíre
  • Abbey Tidy Towns
  • Abbey Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Abbey's New Community Centre Opened
  • Abbeyville Golden Mile
  • All About Raptors
  • Appreciating Nature
  • Artefacts from the Past
  • Ballad Of The Tynagh Gaels
  • Bishop Cassidy visits Kilnalahan
  • Book Launch
  • Brief History of Abbey Post Office
  • Bringing home the turf in Kylemore
  • Built Heritage Action Plan for Abbey Village
  • Bygone Days
  • Celebrating Easter
  • Celebrating Galway's 2017 All-Ireland Win
  • Centenary Celebrations in Abbey National School
  • Cinéal Fhéichín agus Síol Anmcha
  • Commemorative Booklet
  • COVID-19 Changes Everything in 2020
  • Daoine agus Áit
  • Darby Gilchreest
  • Doing the Rounds at Lady Well
  • East Galway Board G.A.A.
  • Ezine - News from iCAN participants
  • Ezine 2nd Issue
  • Farming and Country Life Event Athenry
  • Flax Growers in This Area
  • Galway Beo
  • Galway Hurling Team of Boston
  • Halloween Celebrations in Abbey
  • Heritage Website Launch
  • Hurling Medals from 100 years ago!
  • Interview with Mrs Nora Hynes, Retired Postmistress
  • Invitation to Aggie Whyte Ryan Event
  • Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN) Wins Prestigious Award
  • Kilnalahan Day in Abbey
  • Kilnalahan Monastery
  • Kilnalahan Mural
  • Kylemore-Abbey Group Water Scheme
  • Lady Well, Abbey
  • Licences - Permission to Trade
  • Manners and Customs
  • Memories of Abbey GAA
  • Muintir Na Tire Notes - Abbey Guild
  • Musical Tribute to Aggie Whyte Ryan
  • My Days in Abbey Primary School
  • My Introduction To Hurling
  • Natural Heritage Action Plan for Abbey
  • Nolan versus Trench
  • Pioneer Excursion
  • Pollination Exhibition
  • Remembering Tommy Larkin
  • Retreat at Cluain Mhuire
  • Seán MacBride Interview
  • Seán MacBride Speech
  • Shop Licenses and Receipts
  • South-east Galway: Aspects of its History
  • St Feichin's Cemetery, Lacken
  • Storm Desmond
  • The Community Archives and Heritage Conference
  • The Early Irish Free State Collection
  • The Great Book of Duniry - An Leabhar Breac
  • The Landscape of Abbey and Surroundings
  • The Leabhar Breac - Reproduced in 1876
  • The Lebor Breac or the Speckled Book of the MacEgans
  • The Schools' Manuscript Collection
  • The Síomnóg
  • The Story of The Golden Mile Competition
  • Threshing at Barnaboy, Abbey, Loughrea in the 1970s
  • Tommy Larkin
  • Tommy Larkin Commemoration 1986
  • Tony Dolphin Stonemason
  • Topography, Soils and Habitats
  • Tynagh Duniry Selection 1906
  • Updating Bible on Local History
  • Visit to Abbey Apiary - May 2014
  • Winter Scenes in Abbey - January 2015
  • Natural Heritage of Abbey
  • Food Heritage of Abbey
  • Abbey Heritage Audit
  • The Leabhar Breac
  • Celebrating 100 Years in Abbey NS
  • New contributions
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