Ms Jean Young will present a lecture about the Bellew family of Barmeath in the 1820s. The lecture will be based on the letters written in this period by Lady Bellew from Barmeath to her daughter, Lady Smythe, in England.

The recording of this lecture can be watched at https://youtu.be/02H9C5IOBWk.

Jean is a PhD candidate at Maynooth University who is researching the experiences of the Bellew family as a Catholic landed family under the penal laws of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The lecture will be held on Tuesday 13 April 2021 at 7.30 p.m.

Due to Covid restrictions, this lecture will be held online via Zoom.

The Zoom link for the lecture is
https://zoom.us/j/93157767240
Meeting ID: 931 5776 7240

Attendance is open to all. No registration is required. Log on will be possible from 7.15. As the Zoom capacity is limited, early log-on is advisable. The lecture will begin at 7.30 sharp.