Illustrated lecture by historian Kevin Whelan on 'what makes Mayo Mayo?'

Leading historian Kevin Whelan will address the Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society on Wednesday, November 25, at 7.30 p.m. in the ATU Campus, Castlebar.

The title of his talk is: What makes Mayo Mayo? An illustrated lecture on what makes the county distinctive.

The speaker, Kevin Whelan, is the Director-Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, Dublin.

He has visited every parish in Ireland and lectured in every county in Ireland, as well as in 15 countries, and at the Sorbonne, Cambridge, Oxford, Torino, Berkeley, Yale, Dartmouth and Louvain.

Kevin has written or edited over 20 books and over one hundred articles on Ireland’s history, geography, literature and culture.

He has climbed Croagh Patrick on over 30 occasions and the Mullet is one of his favourite places.

When Darragh Beirne scored THAT goal, he leaped so high out of his chair that he frightened the life out of his dog Buan.

His passions include hurling, poetry, book-collecting (over ten thousand volumes), the Irish language, talking and travel.

His most recent volume (with Conchubhar Ó Crualaioch) is Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660: culture, landscape, settlement (Cork University Press, 2025).

His forthcoming The Green Atlantic: United Irishmen in the USA contains 14 biographies of Mayo men.

Fáilte roimh chách. All are welcome.