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 Logo
The Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups logo is a design taken from a late Neolithic stone carving found on a rock boulder unearthed east of Naas in 1975, and as such represents, possibly, the earliest expression of human culture in Co. Kildare. The following drawing and extract are taken from the JOURNAL OF THE …
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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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