Preserve The History Of Your Town Or Village

Are you interested in preserving the history of Ardmore, Ballyduff, Ballymacarbry, Bunmahon, Cappoquin, Clashmore, Clonea, Fenor, Kilbrien, Kilmacthomas, Lismore, Portlaw, Rathgormack, Stradbally, Tallow & Villierstown.

Waterford County Museum are pleased to announce the launch of their local history outreach programme. This programme is designed to offer people with an interest in the history of their local area an opportunity to preserve this history before it is lost for good. You don't need to be an academic to participate in this program all we are looking for in our volunteers is enthusiasm and an ability to commit a small amount of time to preserving Waterford's history. Whether your interest is in collecting old photos to be copied or in writing historical articles there is a place for you in our program.

What we hope to do
Initially we hope to have a contact person or persons in each village that will collect old photographs, postcards, billheads and documents for scanning by museum staff. The original document can then be either donated to the museum or returned to the owner. The electronic copy will be added to our archives preserving it for posterity.

What Waterford County Museum can offer your area.
We hope to preserve the historical records of all areas in West Waterford. At the moment these records are vanishing and being destroyed on an almost daily basis. Once we have a collection of photos assembled from an area we would hope to exhibit them as part of a temporary exhibition in Waterford County Museum. We would also hope to have a travelling exhibition visit each of the villages displaying the donations from the area. This local archive would be a valuable resource for history teachers, school children, local history researchers and the general population of the area.

What the museum can offer volunteers.

• Advice on conserving photographs and documents.
  
• Repair of damaged photographs.
  
• Assistance in transferring old cine film to video.
  
• Online publishing of articles, photographs and documents.
  
• Assistance and guidance in research projects.

If you are interested in joining this program please contact William Whelan at 086 2748377 e-mail: william@deisedesign.com or leave your details into Waterford County Museum, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan.

Abbeyside Contact Person: Eddie Cantwell, 26 Glendine Drive, Seapark, Abbeyside. Tel: (058) 42685

Aglish Contact Person: P. J. Guiry, Dromore, Aglish. Tel: (024) 96437 Mobile: 087 9952742

Ballinameela Contact Person: Tony Mc Carthy, Ballygambon Lower, Cappagh. Tel: (058) 68091

Ballymacarbry Contact Person: Michael Desmond, Deerpark, Ballymacarbry, Clonmel, County Waterford. Tel: (052) 36238

Bunmahon Contact Person: Jim Cullinan, Ballyvooney, Stradbally, County Waterford. Tel: (051) 293404

Cappoquin Contact Person: Margaret Casey, Lacken, Cappoquin. Tel: (058) 54500

Ring / Old Parish Contact Person: Nicholas Graves, Seaview, Ring. Tel: (058) 46207

Stradbally Contact Person: Jim Cullinan, Ballyvooney, Stradbally, County Waterford. Tel: (051) 293404

Tallow Contact Person: Stephen Delaney, Barrack Street, Tallow, Co.Waterford. Tel: 087 9608459