Bishop Michael Burrows’ Virtual 150 Disestablishment Tour begins at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow. Below you can see the timetable and the topics he will be covering at each location. There is a great selection among the 150 topics so there is plenty to choose. Do listen in if you can. It could be a great way to break lockdown boredom and take one’s mind off the weather. Remember that donations are welcome, however small, towards Bishops’ Appeal women’s literacy projects in the developing world in association with Mothers’ Union and Feed The Minds either via the donate button on this homepage and by cheque to the Diocesan Office. All will be very much appreciated and many thanks to those who have already contributed.
Enjoy!
Timetable for Disestablishment 150 Road Trip
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th 2020
| TIME | VENUE | YEAR IN FOCUS | TOPIC |
| 0930 | St Canice’s Kilkenny | 1870 | The time between the times |
| 1000 | St John’s Kilkenny | 1871 | The new era begins |
| 1040 | Freshford | 1872 | Outings by horse tram |
| 1400 | The Colliery Church | 1873 | Disestablishment and TCD |
| 1430 | Castlecomer | 1874 | The IRFU is formed |
| 1520 | Bilboa | 1875 | C.S. Parnell elected to parliament |
| 1600 | Mothel | 1876 | The General Synod and temperance |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 2020
| 0930 | Aghaboe | 1877 | Gladstone visits Ireland |
| 1000 | Borris-in-Ossry | 1878 | Death of Cardinal Cullen |
| 1045 | Sier Kieran | 1879 | Famine in the West and the Irish Church Missions |
| 1130 | Annatrim | 1880 | ‘Boycotting’ |
| 1215 | Lacca | 1881 | A census year |
| 1250 | Clonenagh | 1882 | Trollope and the Post Office |
| 1325 | Roskelton | 1883 | Our first electric railway |
| 1435 | Rathdowney | 1884 | The first women graduates |
| 1505 | Rathsaran | 1885 | Tenant Purchase/Ashbourne Act |
| 1535 | Castlefleming | 1886 | First Home Rule Bill |
| 1605 | Donaghmore | 1887 | ‘Shoot to kill’ policy by the RIC |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH 2020
| 0945 | Clonbeg | 1888 | Belfast becomes a city |
| 1045 | Cashel | 1889 | The political fall of Parnell |
| 1135 | Magorban | 1890 | A census in the USA |
| 1215 | Fethard | 1891 | The death of Parnell |
| 1300 | Clonmel | 1892 | Emergence of Douglas Hyde |
| 1350 | Tullameelan | 1893 | Emergence of WB Yeats |
| 1430 | Marlfield | 1894 | Spanish Protestants and the Church of Ireland |
| 1510 | Cahir | 1895 | Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol |
| 1600 | Tipperary | 1896 | Maynooth starts to award degrees |
| 1650 | Dundrum | 1897 | The first Feis Ceoil |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST 2020
| 1000 | Thurles | 1898 | The Local Government (Ireland) Act |
| 1045 | Templemore | 1899 | The Adventures of and Irish R.M. |
| 1125 | Kilfithmone | 1900 | History introduced to the National School syllabus |
| 1220 | Johnstown | 1901 | Death of Queen Victoria |
| 1310 | Littleton | 1902 | End of the Boer War |
| 1400 | Kilcooley | 1903 | St Patrick’s Day becomes a bank holiday |
| 1450 | Crohane | 1904 | Opening of Coláiste na Mumhan |
| 1830 | Ballintubbert | 1905 | Modern ecumenism begins |
| 1910 | Luggacurran | 1906 | The Irish railway network is completed |
| 1950 | Timogue | 1907 | Ne Temere |
| 2020 | Stradbally | 1908 | Local Authority Housing Schemes introduced |
| 2045 | Curraclone | 1909 | The birth of modern tourism in Ireland |
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH 2020
| 0945 | Shankill | 1910 | Death of Edward VII |
| 1020 | Leighlin | 1911 | The Parliament Act and Home Rule again |
| 1115 | Carlow | 1912 | The possibility of Irish partition emerges |
| 1150 | Staplestown | 1913 | Seán O’Casey and the Dublin slums |
| 1220 | Urglin | 1914 | The war and press censorship |
| 1400 | Nurney | 1915 | The Fools, the Fools, the Fools…they have left us our Fenian dead |
| 1440 | Bagnelstown | 1916 | Executions after the Rising |
| 1525 | Lorum | 1917 | Henry Ford and Cork |
| 1615 | Killedmond | 1918 | A dramatic General Election |
| 1700 | Borris | 1919 | Alcock and Brown |
| 1740 | Goresbridge | 1920 | A bloody year in the War of Independence |
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH 2020
| 0830 | Kilkenny College Chapel | 1921 | The Truce |
| 1000 | Aughmacart | 1922 | The Treaty split |
| 1040 | Durrow | 1923 | Emergence of the Irish Council of Churches |
| 1115 | Killermogh | 1924 | Cutting a shilling off the old age pension |
| 1200 | Abbeyleix | 1925 | No petty people (Yeats) |
| 1245 | Ballinakill | 1926 | The sugar factories begin |
| 1330 | Ballyroan | 1927 | Fianna Fáil enters the Dáil |
| 1515 | Ballyfin | 1928 | First East/West transatlantic flight |
| 1600 | Portlaoise | 1929 | Mussolini and the Vatican |
| 1640 | Portlaoise, Hosp Chapel | 1930 | The case of the Mayo County librarian |
| 1720 | The Rock | 1931 | Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor is published |
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH 2020
| 1030 | Piltown | 1932 | The Economic War |
| 1115 | Portlaw | 1933 | The National Anthem |
| 1150 | Clonegam | 1934 | Northern Ireland – ‘a Protestant parliament and a Protestant state’ |
| 1240 | Kilmeadan | 1935 | Events at the Belfast shipyards |
| 1430 | Annestown | 1936 | Abolition of the First Seanad |
| 1510 | Tramore | 1937 | A new Constitution |
| 1615 | Dunmore | 1938 | The British leave the Treaty ports |
| 1715 | Waterford Cathedral | 1939 | The Emergency |
| 1845 | Kilnamanagh | 1940 | Ireland’s own ‘Dad’s Army’ |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH 2020
| 1000 | Fenagh | 1941 | Neutrality – Irish style |
| 1030 | Myshall | 1942 | The Tale of The Tailor and Ansty |
| 1110 | Aghade | 1943 | An Irish Flora published |
| 1150 | Ardoyne | 1944 | The arrival of children’s allowances |
| 1240 | Aghold | 1945 | The Bomb |
| 1320 | Shillelagh | 1946 | Establishment of Bord na Móna |
| 1400 | Mullinacuffe | 1947 | The terrible winter |
| 1530 | Tullow | 1948 | The Republic is achieved |
| 1630 | Kildavin | 1949 | The last old Dublin trams |
| 1705 | Clonegall | 1950 | The Korean war |
| 1740 | Bunclody | 1951 | The Wexford Opera Festival begins |
| 1815 | Kilrush | 1952 | Adoption legalised in Ireland |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 2020
| 1000 | Inistioge | 1953 | Ireland and the Coronation |
| 1040 | Kilfane | 1954 | The debate on contraception begins |
| 1130 | Ennisnag | 1955 | Joining the UN |
| 1200 | Kells | 1956 | Right to Irish citizenship of those born in Northern Ireland clarified |
| 1230 | Kilmoganny | 1957 | Fethard-on-Sea |
| 1545 | Cloydagh | 1958 | Farewell to the transatlantic liners |
| 1620 | Killeshin | 1959 | Mr De Valera moves to the Park |
| 1705 | Mayo | 1960 | Commission on ‘Itinerancy’ |
| 1745 | Castletown | 1961 | Ireland’s own television channel |
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH 2020
| 0945 | Horetown | 1962 | Gay Byrne! |
| 1030 | Taghmon | 1963 | JFK |
| 1115 | Balloughton | 1964 | ‘Athbheochan na Gaeilge’ |
| 1205 | Mulrankin | 1965 | Women’s Lib |
| 1245 | Kilscoran | 1966 | Nelson’s Pillar |
| 1320 | Killinick | 1967 | The Armagh planetarium |
| 1500 | Castlebridge | 1968 | Coal mines close at Castlecomer |
| 1545 | Wexford | 1969 | George Simms becomes Primate |
| 1640 | Killurin | 1970 | Murder of Garda Fallon |
| 1730 | Templescoby | 1971 | Decimalisation |
| 1810 | Clonmore | 1972 | Suspension of Stormont Parliament |
| 1930 | Enniscorthy | 1973 | EEC entry |
| 2010 | Clone | 1974 | Death of President Childers |
| 2050 | Monart | 1975 | Death of Mr De Valera |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH 2020
| 1015 | Rathvilly | 1976 | Assassination of the British Ambassador |
| 1055 | Baltinglass | 1977 | McDonald’s opens in Grafton Street |
| 1135 | Ballynure | 1978 | Final poems of Seán O’Riordáin published |
| 1215 | Stratford | 1979 | Occupying Wood Quay |
| 1400 | Kiltegan | 1980 | Life is changed by a chance meeting |
| 1440 | Moyne | 1981 | The Stardust fire |
| 1515 | Hacketsown | 1982 | The year of ‘GUBU’ |
| 1550 | Clonmore | 1983 | The heroism of Don Tidey |
| 1700 | Camolin | 1984 | The death of Anne Lovett and her baby in Granard |
| 1745 | Ballymore | 1985 | Women first admitted to train for ordination |
| 1830 | Kilcormack | 1986 | Chernobyl |
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 2020
| 1400 | Carnew | 1987 | A new system of vehicle registration |
| 1440 | Kilcommon | 1988 | The Gibraltar killing of IRA suspects and subsequent horrors |
| 1530 | Preban | 1989 | The last single party government |
| 1620 | Kilpipe | 1990 | F.R. Higgins poem Father and Son |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH 2020
| 1015 | Hollyfort | 1991 | Death of Dr Theda Beere |
| 1050 | Gorey | 1992 | Bishop Eamon Casey |
| 1125 | Leskinfere | 1993 | The Greysteel, County Derry massacre |
| 1205 | Ballycanew | 1994 | Death of Sir Alfred Beit of Russborough |
| 1345 | Kiltennel | 1995 | The removal of the divorce prohibition |
| 1420 | Ardamine | 1996 | The year my mother died |
| 1500 | Clonevan | 1997 | Drumcree |
| 1535 | Kilmuckridge | 1998 | The Good Friday Agreement |
| 1610 | Kilnamanagh | 1999 | The Millenium Bug – much ado about nothing |
| 1650 | Monamolin | 2000 | The quirks of US Presidential elections |
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH 2020
| 1000 | Fethard-on-Sea | 2001 | 9/11 |
| 1040 | Killesk | 2002 | The Euro arrives |
| 1120 | Whitechurch | 2003 | The Spire in O’Connell Street |
| 1200 | New Ross | 2004 | The smoking ban |
| 1240 | Old Ross | 2005 | The speed limits change to km/h |
| 1400 | Rossdroit | 2006 | My last days as a parish priest |
| 1440 | Killegney | 2007 | Tony Blair leaves the stage |
| 1520 | Killanne | 2008 | The end of Irish Biscuits in Dublin |
| 1605 | Ballycarney | 2009 | We first meet Dr Tony Holohan |
| 1750 | Ferns Cathedral | 2010 | The Dublin/Cork motorway is completed |
| 1845 | Templeshanbo | 2011 | The royal visit |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH 2020
| 0830 | Fountain | 2012 | A dreadful General Synod |
| 0915 | Lismore | 2013 | The Papal resignation |
| 0950 | Cappoquin | 2014 | No more ‘Ridings’ in County Tipperary |
| 1030 | Dungarvan | 2015 | The equal marriage referendum |
| 1115 | Stradbally | 2016 | Death of Jack Boothman, ex GAA president |
| 1150 | Kilmacthomas | 2017 | A splendid new website Gloine.ie |
| 1225 | Comeragh | 2018 | Good Friday – with the pubs open |
| 1530 | Bishop’s House Chapel | 2019 | And he leads his children on |