BGHS February lecture

 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.