The future aims of the Newport Historical Society are:
- Produce a copy of the Journal "Back the Road "
annually .
- Provide a series of talks during the Winter and outings
to sites of historical interest during the Summer.
- Obtain listing of all other graveyard inscriptions .
- Develop a computer database , consisting of Griffith's
valuations , Parish regsiters , 1901 census .
- Develop GEDCOM files of families in the Parish . We are
currently working on the O'Donel , Chambers and Moore
families .
- Continue to update our Web page .
- Eventually provide a heritage centre in the town for
visitors with an interest in the history of Newport and
the Burrishole area .
Return
to Historical Society Homepage.
View
the contents of our journal Back the Road .
List of surnames
in the parish .
Future aims
of the historical society .
Links
to Newport and Mayo sites .
Links to
Irish geneology sites .