Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn

Prof Dan Hicks giving a lecture

We had a fascinating talk tonight from @profdanhicks.bsky.social on Augustus Pitt-Rivers, ethnologist, archaeologist and founder of the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, including his connections to Anglesey. Check out our website for membership info and future talks www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/member...

The Menai Suspension Bridge will celebrate its bicentenary in 2026. To help with celebrations, please consider supporting the #TelfordCentre, a small museum in Menai Bridge promoting the bridge's unique story @archpbu.bsky.social @bangorhistory.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/200th-anni...

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St Twrog's church, Bodwrog

St Peulan's church, Llanbeulan

St Mary's church, Tal-y-Llyn

Rachel Morley looks on as Andrew Davidson talks about the history of St Twrog’s church

We had an excellent excursion over the weekend, visiting 3 churches on Anglesey owned by the charity
friendlesschurches.bsky.social‬, in the company of their director Rachel Morley. We saw Bodwrog, Llanbeulan and Tal-y-Llyn. To join the Society go to: https://www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/membership/

At the beautiful St Peulan's church Llanbeulan this afternoon with @friendlesschurches.bsky.social and @angleseyhistory.bsky.social

We are looking forward to taking a group around there with your director Rachel next month!

“It was a hot sunny day, the sky was intensely blue, and there were wonderful views of the Anglesey landscape and the mountains of Eryri and Llyn. The hedges were a mass of hawthorn blossom, and the churchyard was full of bluebells and campion.”

Arwyn Owen giving a talk 'Anglesey's Hidden Prehistory'

We held our AGM last night, followed by a excellent and amusing talk by Arwyn Owen, 'Anglesey's Hidden Prehistory', about his PhD work tracking down previously unknown prehistoric sites. Would you like to join the society? Details at www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/member...

Group photograph of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society committee

The officers and committee members of the AAS gathered yesterday to celebrate Frances Lynch Llewelyn MBE, who is stepping down as our chair after 13 years. She first joined the society in 1964 and has been at the centre of our activities ever since. She will still be very much involved, though!

Irish in Wales - We are still here.

For @irishinbritain.bsky.social @irishinstitute.bsky.social - report on recent @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School

Letter from Anglesey James Robertson The green fields I call home stand out from their neighbours precisely because they are not green. Their many shades of winter yellows and browns hide hollows and pools, snipe-wet corn...

Amazing to think that historic Irish #cattle trade may be having #nature #conservation benefits on Anglesey today!

Article from the recent @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School exploring #Ireland #Anglesey connections by James Robertson.
#IrelandWales #envhist

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A 3-minute clip of the Irish Mail Boat docking at Holyhead in 1898. Both my grandmother & then my mother were sent from Dublin to boarding school in England, travelling alone by boat and rail - my granny mentioned once the delight of seeing the welcoming lights at port at the end of a crossing

It was a pleasure to take part in this Day School, if only virtually and from some distance. Congratulations to the society for organising it. @cduigan.bsky.social

Another excellent piece in @nation.cymru mentioning our recent Day School about connections between Anglesey and Ireland. Read it at: nation.cymru/feature/lett...

Brendan’s voyage to Wales – personal reflections on connections between Anglesey and Ireland. Catherine Duigan Memories can become obscured over time by the mists of the Irish Sea. Are my childhood recollections of visits to Wales from Ireland real or imagined? Being held in my father’s arms t...

Our Day School ‘Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time’ features in an excellent piece in @nation.cymru by Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social.

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Photo posted by Irish Consul General in Wales, Denise McQuade, with caption "I was honoured to join the Anglesey Antiquarian Society on 15 February for their 2025 Day School on ‘Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time.’ Thanks to their chair, Frances Lynch Llewellyn for inviting me to this very interesting and enjoyable event.

We were pleased to have the Consul General of Ireland in Cardiff, Denise McQuade, at our Day School, ‘Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time’, last Saturday, where she opened the proceedings.

Mae'r cyfarfodydd yn bennaf ar gyfer Aelodau, ond bydd croeso i eraill gan eu hannog i wneud cyfraniad neu i ymuno â'r Gymdeithas.

Engraving by William Daniell, 1815, The entrance to Amlwch harbour, Anglesea

"Terfysg yn Amlwch. Y dref wedi dychryn". Bydd Dr Lowri Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social, yn cyflwyno darlith i Gymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn nos Wener, 21ain Chwefror am 7:00 o'r gloch yn Oriel Môn a byddwn yn dysgu mwy am y cefndir i'r pennawd ac hefyd y canlyniadau.

Our meetings are mainly for members, but others are welcome and are encouraged to make a donation or join the Society.

Engraving by William Daniell, 1815, The entrance to Amlwch harbour, Anglesea

"Riots in Amlwch. Town in state of shock". The Anglesey Antiquarian Society's lecture, to be delivered by Dr Lowri Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social, on Friday, 21st February at 7:00 pm at Oriel Môn Llangefni will delve deeper into this 'headline' and explain the background and the consequences.

"The question is whether he or I shall govern #Ireland."
Marquess of Anglesey on Daniel O'Connell

A shared heritage - @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School delegates explore more #Anglesey & #Ireland connections at Plas Newydd @nationaltrust.bsky.social
@angleseyhistory.bsky.social #history

Marged Haycock

A shared heritage- Marged Haycock @gwenddolen.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social introduces us to Cecile O'Rahilly, red-headed Kerry woman, UCD graduate, brilliant linguist and #IrelandWales academic. #IrishInWales #language @antiquariansmon.bsky.social

The final talk for the Day School is Yr Athro/Professor Marged Haycock - Draw dros y don - Cecile O'Rahilly in Wales, and the scholarly connections between Ireland and Wales, 1900-1950.

After the Day School lunch we have Dr Dafydd Gwyn - 'An unprecedented novelty and magnitude: trade and movement across Anglesey 1816-1873'.

Last before lunch at our Day School is Professor Emeritus Paul O'Leary, joining us pre-recorded - 'A Ballon, a Coffin and a Treaty: Anglesey and Ireland in the period of Union 1800-1922'

The next speaker for our Day School is Dr Mark Redknapp - 'When the Vikings set foot on Anglesey'

A shared heritage - Jon Gower remembers #TheAsgard delivering its cargo of guns at Howth #Ireland 1914 & and in preparation Erskine Childers called in & got his #haircut in #Holyhead #Anglesey - @antiquariansmon.bsky.social celebrating #Ireland #Wales connections #IrishInWales

First up for our Day School is Jon Gower - The Crossroads of the Waves: Anglesey and cargoes across the Irish Sea.

A shared heritage - Exciting day ahead exploring connections through time between #Anglesey & #Ireland @antiquariansmon.bsky.social #IrishSea #Viking #Transport #infrastructure #MenaiBridge #Academia #language #envhist #IrishinWales #IrelandWales

We are getting set up for our Day School, "Anglesey and Ireland: Connections Through Time". Book sales table all ready! If you aren't here today you can buy our books at www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/studie...