SATURDAY 16TH JULY 

AT WATERFORD TREASURES MEDIEVAL MUSEUM, AV THEATRE

POOLEWP 3046 Group of Free State Soldiers outside the Granville Hotel with mine. Image reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland 

PROGRAMME

2PM  WELCOME Cllr. John O’Leary, Mayor, Waterford City and County Council

2.10pm The Siege of Waterford, July 1922 A Centenary Commemoration Talk by Dr. Pat McCarthy, historian and author

3pm George Lennon and the Siege of Waterford Interview with Ivan Lennon

4.30pm Walking Tour of the Siege of Waterford Locations by Waterford historian James Doherty

Armoured Vehicles from the period courtesy of the Department of Defence will be available to view at Cathedral Square

This event is hosted by Waterford City and County Council Commemorations Committee as part of the ongoing programme marking the Decade of Centenaries and is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 initiative.

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This event is FREE but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL as PLACES ARE LIMITED 

BOOK AT  https://bit.ly/3IgcDSr