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Kildare County Council’s County Archives service has made nearly 18,000 pages of some of its records relating to the Poor Law Unions of Athy and Naas available via its Online …
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The Arts Council and Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media are delighted to announce that the Art 2023 – Participation Award is open for applications and will …
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A reminder that Culture Night takes place on Friday 23rd September 2022. A listing of Kildare events that include a number of history and heritage related activities can be found …
Writing Non-Fiction & Memoir with an intro to Genealogical Research Have you ever wanted to write about a time, a place, a person, an event, your family, yourself, and wondered …
The 2022 AGM of the County Kildare Federation of Local History Groups will take place on Saturday the 22 of October 2022 at Kilcullen Heritage Centre. The AGM will be …
Greetings dear Members, At last, thankfully, after two and a half years, we are able to return to our regular monthly meetings in Celbridge Library. We have prepared a lively …
Curragh Local History Group Next Meeting 27 September at 8pm Our last meeting took place in February 2020 so I am delighted to be able to now give you details …
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The story in music, words, and pictures of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s life, his Endurance expedition and his extraordinary legacy. This concert commemorate the death, 100 years ago, of the County …
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Would you like to learn about oral history, life stories and memory? You can develop the skills of an oral historian through a seven-week training programme orgainised by Kildare County …
Launch of A Timeline of the Civil War in County Kildare 1922-1924 to take place in Maynooth Library on 18 August 2022 ‘We fought until we could fight no longer’ …
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A reminder that Heritage Week 2022 runs from the Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st of August. A full listing of the sixty-five County Kildare events and workshops for Heritage Week …