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...

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

“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.”

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...

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

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 nation.cymru/feature/lett...

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...

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

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.

"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.

"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

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...

Spring lectures 2025 - series of 5 lectures on Wednesday evenings in the Thomas Telford Centre, Menai Bridge (opposite Waitrose), £3 entry - a warm welcome for everyone.

I will be giving a talk on the Windmills of Anglesey at Oriel Môn, in conjunction with their exhibition of artwork of the mills. All welcome! 29 March at 2:00pm. You can read more about the mills on my website: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/

A shared heritage - delegates start to arrive from across the #IrishSea in the traditional way 🚢 for @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School on #Anglesey's Connections to #Ireland. @angleseyhistory.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing this exhibition, which opens at Oriel Môn, Llangefni, tomorrow! You can read more about the windmills of Anglesey on my website: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/

Ancient 'treasure' found under old RAF Valley runway www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w... The artifacts can also be seen on BBC's Digging for Britain: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Find out more about our upcoming Day School, "Anglesey and Ireland: Connections Through Time" with the following video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeyF... To book a place see our web site: www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/day-sc... Thanks to Rose McCarthy of "Find Irish Family" for producing the video.

"Holyhead remains a town between the land and the sea; a border town between #Wales and #Ireland; and a meeting place of its peoples." A shared heritage - #Holyhead part of the journey to Irish Independence. #IrelandWales #migration #Easter1916 #Anglesey www.irishpost.com/history/holy...

Mae lleoedd dal ar gael! Bydd ein Hysgol Un-dydd nesaf, Môn ac Iwerddon: cysylltiadau trwy’r oesoedd, ar ddydd Sadwrn 15 Chwefror 2025. Bydd pum darlithydd yn traethu yn ystod y dydd, pob un yn canolbwyntio ar wahanol agweddau o hanes Môn a’r Iwerddon.

Spaces are still available! Our next Day School, Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time, will be on 15 Feb. 2025. There will be five notable lecturers who are acknowledged experts on different aspects of Anglesey and Ireland’s history.

Stopped by St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog, again to check out the progress on renovations being done for the new owners @friendlesschurches.bsky.social. Some of the pews are back in place and looking good! It will be open to the public in a few months. friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/church/st-tw...

An archaeological expert on Neolithic sites and rock art is shedding light on ancient sites across Wales

The unnerving, powerful Hendy Iron Age stone head, was found on a farm nr Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on Ynys Môn/Anglesey in the 1950s The smiling mouth has a drilled hole, perhaps allowing the head to 'smoke' Now brilliantly lit & displayed in Oriel Môn Gallery & Museum👌 📷 My own, 2024

A shared #heritage - Completely delighted that the next Anglesey Antiquarian Society Day School will be exploring historic connections between Anglesey and Ireland #IrelandWales #history #IrishSea #politics #Vikings #language with @paulaber.bsky.social

Ymunwch â Dr Euryn Roberts, yr Athro Tony Claydon, Dr Mari Wiliam a Dr Leona Huey am flas o hanes y Nadolig yn rhad ac am ddim arlein ar 18 Rhagfyr 2024 5.00yh! / Join our lecturers for online lightning papers on the history of Christmas: 18th December, 5.00pm www.bangor.ac.uk/history-law-...

Bydd ein Hysgol Un-dydd nesaf, Môn ac Iwerddon: cysylltiadau trwy’r oesoedd, ar ddydd Sadwrn 15 Chwefror 2025. Bydd pum darlithydd yn traethu yn ystod y dydd, pob un yn canolbwyntio ar wahanol agweddau o hanes Môn a’r Iwerddon a bydd cyfleoedd i ofyn cwestiynau ac i drafod y pynciau dan sylw.

Our next Day School, Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time, will be on 15 Feb. 2025. There will be five notable lecturers who are acknowledged experts on different aspects of Anglesey and Ireland’s history and there will be ample opportunities for questions and discussions during the day.

We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians

Hanes, Archaeoleg, Treftadaeth @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social yn yr awyr las wrth drafod project cyffrous yn 2026 @ystadaucymru.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️History, Archaeology and Heritage @bangoruniversity.bsky.social have arrived in blue skies whilst discussing an exciting 2026 project @lowriannrees.bsky.social

A wishing well. The well at Penmon, Ynys Mon has variously been known as Ffynnon Seiriol, St Seiriol's Well and Ffynnon Fair, St Mary's Well. In the late nineteenth century it was widely known as a wishing well, the process to gain a wish being:

Poet, prospector & Welsh patriot, Anglesey born Lewis Morris was also a self taught hydrographer who made a pioneering survey of the Welsh Coast but he knew no peace bothered by gout, asthma, melancholia and financial worries. #envhist #Wales #historyofscience

The 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award goes to Bryn Celli Ddu Public Archaeology Project! 🥇 Sponsored by Cadw, this award celebrates their remarkable contributions to archaeology and heritage.

Congratulations to Bryn Celli Ddu Public Archaeology Project for winning the Engagement and Participation Award! 🎉 Sponsored by University Archaeology UK. Highly commended: 🔸 Pendinas Hillfort Community Archaeology Project 🔸 Diving into the Digital Archives of the ‘Earl of Abergavenny’

I ran across the chair from Eisteddfod Môn 1911 today at Castell Deudraeth, Portmeirion. Drawiadol iawn!

For #StandingStoneSunday Hand-pecked magical Neolithic art - thought to represent a tomb guardian - engraved on an entrance stone inside Barclodiad y Gawres passage grave, Ynys #Môn/#Angelsey, Cymru/Wales, some 5,500-6,000 yrs ago; echoing the Boyne Valley rock art of #Ireland 📷 My own Jan 2023