To all BGHS members and contacts,
The Barony of Gaultier Historical Society will hold the first of its spring series of Talks on Wednesday, 19 February. The Talk which is titled “ The Malcomsons – Ireland’s Secret Millionaires” will take place in the Woodlands Hotel, Dunmore Road and will commence at 8pm. Admission is €5 and members are free. The speaker is Maria Walsh who is a social historian and author. Her books include 'Waterford 914', 'Dunmore East - a Living History' and 'Ireland's Secret Millionaires - from Waterford.' She has also written many children's plays and a highly received children's book 'The Penguin who got lost'.
A Waterford native she has always had a keen interest in history. Maria and her husband Nicholas reside in Dunmore East
The subject of the Talk is the Malcomson Family, a Quaker family that among their many assets owned a cotton factory in Portlaw and also had shipbuilding interests in Waterford.
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