I am delighted to inform you that the Skibbereen & District Historical Journal Vol.22 (2026) was recently launched is now available at Coolim Books to order online.

Articles in the 2026 volume are:
The Land War in Ballydehob and the visit of Anna Parnell – Eugene McSweeney
Brow Head Signal Station, a ‘malicious destruction’ – Rachel Julia Barrett
The Human Element at a Wireless Station: Life at Crookhaven – H.W. Leech
Michael Sullivan: A Poor Man’s Evidence to the Devon Commission 1844 – Michael Casey
Dr Dan Donovan, Famine Hero – Terri Kearney
From West Cork to London’s East End – Patricia Coveney Sears
1926 The Irish Free State at a political crossroads – Donal Corcoran
The Long Walk – Bantry to Dublin 1966- Ted Cadogan
The Rural Ideal in the writings of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin – Cáit Pléimionn
A tidal mill on Sherkin Island – Conleth Manning
Winter 1947 – Mary McCarthy
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Skibbereen – Philip O’Regan
Fr Charles Davis – Tracey Wood Wolfe
Discovering the Donovans of Dromig and Lassanroe: a personal journey – Bill Wolfendale
All the proceeds of our online sales of this journal go directly to the Skibbereen & District Historical Society.

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