talks given at Duhallow Heritage Centre on - the Confederation of Kilkenny Battles of Knocknanoss and Knockbrack; Edmund Burke and the United Irishmen : their relevance in Ireland today; John Philpot Curran of Newmarket; Daniel O'Connell and republican Ireland; the Famine; the Irish Civil War : the conflict that shaped the state - with extra material on Roy Foster's "History and other matters /