Website of the Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups
The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB), a hugely important national and international resource for scholars of Irish society, history and culture, moved its digital corpus of nearly 11,000 biographical entries to a new purpose-built, free-to-access repository in mid-March 2021. Since its launch in 2009, the DIB online has been available for institutions to purchase through …
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The Kildare County Council 2021 Community Heritage Grants administered through the Heritage Office of Kildare County Council are now open for applicants. The closing date is Tuesday 16 March 2021 at 5PM. These are open to individuals/groups/organisations who are carrying out local heritage projects. Further information and the application form available here: http://kildare.ie/countycouncil/AllServices/Heritage/HeritageProjectsandgrants/ The Arts …
The Story of Rathangan’s Quaker Community from the birth of William Sheldon in 1692 to the departure of Sidney G Nicholson in 1928. Sat, 20 February 2021 10:00am – 12:30 Maps, Deeds and Quakers. Rathagan’s Quaker Community 1690 – 1928by Laurence Fullam The Religious Society of Friends – Quakers – were meticulous record-keepers. Working through …
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A Webinar by Creative Rathangan Meitheal will take place on Saturday, 7 November 2020 at 9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Overview This online event explores the multi-layered landscape of Ireland’s great midland bogs through photography, archaeology and ecology. Tina Claffey, author and award-winning nature photographer will explore ‘The Living Skin’ – that carpet of life …
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A Webinar by Creative Rathangan Meitheal will take place on Saturday 28th November at 9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. with Ian d’Alton, Conor Morrsiey and Ciaran Reilly. Overview This seminar sets out to explore the experience of Southern Protestants between 1900 and 1923, and how they ‘became strangers’ in the newly established and very Catholic …
A one-hour radio documentary for KFM Radio Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee To be broadcast on KFM Radio on Thursday October 15th at 7pm and Saturday October 17th at 11am. This one-hour radio documentary offers a posthumous voice to a group of women who lived as outcasts in 19th century Ireland – the …
The conservation work on the two pyramid mausolea in Maudlins burial ground, Naas, is coming to completion and on Thursday 15th October at 7:00pm, Eoin Madigan, a stone mason who was involved with the project, will give a lecture on the work undertaken by Vernacular Conservation. There is no charge for the webinar, however, registration …
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As you will know, it has been our practice in the Federation, in recent years, to hold an Annual General Meeting/Conference in October each year. We have been discussing (remotely) in committee what we should do this year and have concluded, reluctantly, that it would be wiser to postpone the AGM for the present – given …
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Marking the 1920 General Strike and the Belfast Pogrom Saturday October 10th 2020 This seminar takes as its starting point a letter, received in ITGWU HQ on April 16th 1920, from W. Byrne, Branch Secretary ITGWU Rathangan. Among other things, Byrne describes the actions taken by ITGWU members in Rathangan as part of the General …
Morristown Lattin, County Kildare, 1630–1800: The estate and its tenants by Dr Emma Lyons will be officially published on Friday, 25th September. Details : Morristown Lattin, County Kildare, 1630–1800The estate and its tenantsEmma Lyons Through an examination of the estate records, this case study provides an insight into the adaption and survival of a Catholic-owned …
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Community Heritage Grant Scheme now OPEN Apply by 15th September 2020. The Heritage Council invites applications for their Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2020. Communities and heritage non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are encouraged to apply for funding to support capital projects that improve access and inclusion to heritage sites; that apply good heritage practice to the management …
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