Rebel Aghada Tour

Tour based on bestselling book 'Rebel Aghada 1798 - 1923: the Untold History of an East Cork Parish'.

Tour plans to take in all of the nine villages of Aghada, plus Heartbreak Hill, East Ferry, Fort Davis (formerly Fort Carlisle), Roche's Point, Ballybrannigan, Inch Bay and more.

There will be one 60 minute lunch break at Coffee Dock, Whitegate.

About Your Guides:

Billy Fitzpatrick is the author of Rebel Aghada.

Liam Hegarty, oral historian and research contributor, Rebel Aghada (Maynooth, 2020).

Charles Hayes, bestselling author of history and geography textbooks nationwide [Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 1980-2020] and 'Times & Tales' (Cork, 2016).

BIG RESPONSE TO AGHADA'S FIRST HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL TOUR, (JUNE 2023),

A selection of the comments received:

'Thanks for a great afternoon - my sister and I really enjoyed the whole thing'

'A fab community event!'

'Great fun!'

'All very interesting - from start to finish.'

'Lovely old connections 🤗'

'The knowledge you, Charlie and Liam shared with us was outstanding'.

'So glad I travelled down to my ancestors' place - how things have changed!'

'Having read 'Rebel Aghada', great to see actual background to the book'.

'Myself and my dad (originally from Whitegate) had a fantastic day!'