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...

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/

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!

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 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'

First up for our Day School is Jon Gower - The Crossroads of the Waves: Anglesey and cargoes across the Irish Sea.

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...

Want to learn more about Ireland/Wales connections? Check out our upcoming Day School: www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/day-sc...

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.

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.