Moycullen Heritage Category Winner at the Prestigious CAHG Awards

conference participation by Moycullen Heritage

“Moving Memories; Migration in Community Archives” was the theme of the Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) 13th Annual Conference, held this year at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Our own Moycullen Heritage PRO, Hazel Morrison, together with Ms Lorna Elms (iCan and National Museum of Ireland Countrylife), co-presented one of the papers at the conference titled Bringing Home the Irish Diaspora: the Community Archive as Conduit, Connector and Catalyst.

new category at awards ceremony

Taking place during the conference, and the highlight of the CAHG year, is the prestigious awards ceremony showcasing work of community groups across the UK and Ireland.

Moycullen Heritage were the proud inaugural winners of this year’s new category “Most Impactful Involvement in a Heritage Project by Young People” – making Ruaidhrí’s Story How Moycullen got its Name now a double award winning publication.  (It won Galway Caithaoirleach’s Community Award [previously County Mayor’s Awards] in May 2019 for Best Heritage Publication).

a community effort in rembering Ruaidhrí

The publication Ruaidhrí’s Story: How Moycullen got its name was illustrated by the 6th class pupils of the four Moycullen National Schools. It is based on the mythological story of how the area got its name according to the great Moycullen born historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaitheartaigh. The story appears in his history of West or Iar Connacht. The boys and girls were given a story board and allowed to use their imagination to illustrate it and this fantastic publication is the result. Not only is the story told in one language but in a trilingual publication written in English, Irish and Polish.

As Moycullen is in a Gaeltacht area, everything we do as a group, we do bilingually and, as such, are part of the local Plean Teanga. Maigh Cuilinn. We are aware that we also have others of different heritage living in our community and would like them to feel included and know about the place in which they have chosen to live and this is where the idea of a tri-lingual book came about.

With the support of the local school principals, Ruaidhrí’s Story: How Moycullen got its name, will now be included on their annual history curriculum, ensuring that all Moycullen children are familiar with their local folklore.

other CAHG 2019 winners

Other category winners at the CAHG award ceremony were:-

“Gathering Heritage”
– won by Colourful Heritage from Glasgow

“Community Engagement”
– won by Maker Memories of Cornwall who were also the overall winners.

Moycullen Heritage would like to take this opportunity to congratulate again our friends at Maker Memories and Colourful Heritage on their wins. Both projects highly deserving of recognition.

learn your local lore

Don’t forget you can get your copy of Ruaidhrí’s Story at The Village Bookshop Moycullen, Charlie Byrnes’ Galway or online at https://moycullen.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/category/shop

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