Maynooth Memorabilia Evening 23 January 2013 Maynooth Local History Group held its first event of 2013 in the Glenroyal Hotel on Wednesday 23 January. The annual ‘Memorabilia Night’ was well attended. Members of the group and members of the public brought along a variety of interesting items. Among them were the following. Declan O’Connor displayed …
Friends of the Curragh Museum Invitation to Open Days
Friends of the Curragh Museum Invitation to Co. Kildare Local History Groups Last Autum the Friends of the Curragh Museum held two Open Days for members of the Local History Groups in the local towns with Military connections e.g. Naas, Kildare, Newbridge. We, with the approval of the GOC of the Curragh, intend to repeat this in …
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Book & Antiques Fairs
ANTIQUES AND FINE ARTS FAIR Boro Books Rare and interesting books,Corballis, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow Tel – 086-3323502 – Email – tomdoylebooks@gmail.com Just to let you know Boro Books will be taking a stand at the Antiques and Fine Arts Fair at Lawlor’s Hotel Naas on Sunday next Feb 10 from 11am to 6.00pm. Among a number of …
Federation AGM & Seminar 12 October 2013
We are pleased to announce that the speaker for this year’s seminar will be Pádraig Yeates, former Irish Times industry and employment correspondent; author of Lockout: Dublin 1913; project manager of the Irish 1913 Committee. Pádraig will deliver a lecture on the Dublin Lockout of 1913. During this epic struggle an estimated 100,000 people, one …
11th Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Eleventh Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference will take place on 9 and 10 May 2013 at Castletown House. Day 1 will be devoted to Castletown and the Conollys: fresh perspectives Day 2 will concentrate on country houses collections. There will be a conference dinner at Castletown on …
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Report on Kill History Group AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Kill History Group was held in the Parish Meeting Room on Monday last (28 January). President of the Group is Miss Mabel Lyons and the following committee were elected for the forthcoming year: Chairman (Brian Mc Cabe); Vice-chairperson (Mary Coyle); Secretary (Dave Carroll); Treasurer (Ann O’Sullivan); Webmaster (John Malone) …
Archaeology Easter Camp
Archaeology Easter Camp MONDAY – FRIDAY 9am – 3pm 7 – 12 YEAR OLDS! Please contact SIA for any further information about the 2013 Easter Camp In Harold’s Cross NS. The camp will run for the 2 consecutive weeks within the month of March-April. The brochure is available to download in PDF format in the …
Medieval Castles of Offaly – Study week.
For the first year a medieval castle study week will be held in Offaly. Archaeologist Caimin O’Brien has been researching the castles of county Offaly for the past number of years and this is an opportunity to submerge yourself in this new information and be guided to the sites over the 5 days. Medieval Castles …
Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups New Logo
The Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups new logo, seen here on the right, is a design taken from a neolithic stone carving found on an unearthed rock just east of Naas in 1975, and as such, possibly represents the earliest evidence of humans in Co. Kildare. The following drawing and extract are taken …
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A new history of social housing in Kildare Town
Three wise men arrived in Kildare last week. But the magi in question were not the Balthasar, Casper and Melchior of the Epiphany but instead bore the names of Durney, Corrigan and Connelly, three local historians bearing gifts in the form of copies of their new book on social housing in Kildare town. The first-named, …
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