The 1918 Conscription Crisis in Co Kildare
@ Parish Meeting Room, Kill
Sep 25 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
Lost Rivers – Dublin and London
@ Old Band Hall
Sep 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Irish Heroine of the French Resistance
@ Celbridge Library
Oct 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
Irish Heroine of the French Resistance (Sr. Kate McCarthy from Cork) – talk by Cathi Fleming
Wentworth’s Unfinished Business at The Naas
@ Town House Hotel
Oct 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
A talk by Mae Leonard entitled Wentworth’s Unfinished Business at The Naas, which will focus on Thomas Wentworth’s career rise and downfall, his ill-fated mansion building project at “The Naas”, Jigginstown House, and will also …
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Jubilee Nurses
@ Kildare Parish Centre
Oct 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
8:00 pm
A talk on Voluntary District Nursing in Ireland from 1890 to 1974 with authors Elizabeth Prendergast & Helen Sheridan. Come early from 7:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the event.
St Mochua’s Historical Society – Timahoe AGM
@ Kelly's Lounge
Oct 4 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
Kildare Federation of Local History Groups Seminar
@ Castletown House
Oct 7 @ 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
9:30 am
The 18th Annual Seminar and AGM of the Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups will take place on Saturday 7th of October 2017. This year the seminar will undergo a change in format and …
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The Archaeology of Sallins Bypass
@ Clane GAA
Oct 11 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
The Archaeology of Sallins Bypass – by Noel Dunne. This illustrated talk outlines the archaeological discoveries made in 2016 and 2017 in advance of construction of the M7 Motorway Upgrade and R407 Sallins Bypass, Co. …
The Kiln Fields, Sallins Bypass
@ Ryston, Newbridge
Oct 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
The Archaeology of Sallins Bypass – by Noel Dunne. Noel Dunne, Project Archaeologist, will give an illustrated talk outlining the archaeological discoveries made in 2016 and 2017 in advance of construction of the M7 Motorway …
Changes in family life in the past 100 years
@ Parish Meeting Room, Kill
Oct 23 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
8:30 pm
Changes in family life in the past 100 years A talk by Prof. Jane Gray Prof. Jane Gray is Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University. Her scholarship centres on questions relating to families, households, social change, …
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The Aerial Chariot from Monasterboice to Jerusalem
@ Old Band Hall
Oct 31 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
The Aerial Chariot from Monasterboice to Jerusalem A talk by Ger Mc Carthy that will explore the Country Houses, Monastic sites, Wayside crosses and Monuments of North Leinster.
Archaeology and County Kildare
@ Kildare Parish Centre
Nov 1 @ 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm
8:15 pm
An illustrated talk with Mairéad Connellan. Come early from 7:45pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the event.
The Brackens
@ Kelly's Lounge
Nov 1 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
8:30 pm
The Brackens – talk by Andy Flaherty exploring the facinating story of the Bracken family and their local connections. Mason and builder, Joseph Kevin Bracken (1852–1904), who married Hannah Agnes Ryan (1872–1928), was a member …
A Winter’s Tale – with Brian McCabe
@ Town House Hotel
Nov 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
Well established as a tradition of Naas Local History Group and always eagerly awaited, Brian McCabe’s annual ‘A Winter’s Tale’ talk will take place on the 6th November.
The High Crosses at Castledermot
@ Clane GAA
Nov 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
In Search of Mausolea Hibernica
@ Parish Meeting Room, Kill
Nov 27 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
A Trip to the Flicks – Cinema in Kildare
@ Old Band Hall
Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
A Trip to the Flicks – Cinema in Kildare – An Illustrated talk by Mario Corrigan. Do you remember your first visit to the cinema or do you have fond memories of visits to the …
Launch of ‘The Bridge 2018’
@ Kelly's Lounge
Dec 2 @ 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
8:30 pm
Launch of The Bridge 2018 – The publication of St Mochua’s Historical Society -Timahoe
Chairs to Mayors – A History of Naas UDC
@ Naas Town Hall
Dec 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
Chairs to Mayors – A history of Naas Town Council by Liam Kenny, P.C. Behan and Stan Hickey. Please Note: This meeting will take place in the Council Chamber of Naas Town Hall.
1917 & 1967 – What the papers said
@ Kildare Parish Centre
Dec 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
8:00 pm
What were they saying in the papers 50 and 100 years ago. Drop in to find out with Mario & Joe. Come early from 7:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the …
The Construction of the Grand Canal Locally
@ Clane GAA
Jan 10 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Kill History Group AGM
@ Parish Meeting Room, Kill
Jan 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Naas Local History Group – AGM
@ Town House Hotel
Jan 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Blackstairs Luftwaffe Heinkel Bomber Crash 1941
@ Old Band Hall
Jan 30 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
Michael Rowley will give an illustrated talk on the following: In October 1941, a Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 medium bomber crashed on the Blackstairs Mountains, Co. Wexford, killing its four crew members. Aircraft of this …
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A.E. Russell
@ Clane GAA
Feb 14 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Clongowes Wood College Archives
@ Clane GAA
Mar 14 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
The Launch of Coiseanna 2018
@ Clane GAA
Apr 11 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
The Launch of Coiseanna 2018 – The seventh edition of the Journal of Clane Local History Group
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