Walking tour of Seatown planned

The Old Dundalk Society will host a walking tour of Seatown on Thursday August 28^th.

Archaeologist Paul Gosling, a native of Dundalk who now lectures in Built Heritage at the Department of Heritage and Tourism at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, will lead the walk through one of the oldest parts of town.

The tour will commence from the Green Church at 5pm and will take around two hours.

It will deal with street names, street alignments and layouts and the role of prominent buildings such as the windmill, Seatown Castle, Quay Street railway station and St Leonard’s Garden.

Guided bus tour of Cooley this Sunday

Distinguished archaeologist Dr Brian Williams will lead a free tour of Carlingford and the Cooley Peninsula this Sunday, stopping at some fine examples of medieval monuments in Carlingford, the medieval church at Templetown and the Neolithic portal and wedge tombs at Proleek.

The tour will depart from Carlingford Tourist Office on Sunday morning at 10am.  Booking is essential.  Please contact Vanessa on 028 3025 6650 or email: vanessa.ryan@newryandmourne.gov.uk

Walking tour of Dundalk next Friday

The Mourne Cooley Gullion Geotourism Project will be hosting a walking tour of Dundalk this day week, Friday April 25^th.

The urban geology and archaeology field trip of the town will be led by geologist Dr Siobhán Power and archaeologist Dr Vanessa Ryan, daughter of local councillor Jim Ryan.

The meeting point for the walk is the Dundalk Tourist Office at the Market Square, with the walk getting underway at 2.30pm.

Light refreshments will be served after the walk with further details available by emailing Vanessa at vanessa.ryan@newryandmourne.gov.uk