Autumn / Winter 2013
Naas Local History Group – Autumn / Winter Programme 2013
Thursday 22nd August: (as part of Heritage Week) – ‘The 1913 Lockout: The Kildare connections’. An illustrated talk on the unknown Kildare connections in the Great Lockout, by James Durney and Mario Corrigan in Naas Community Library at 7.45 p.m. All Welcome.
Tuesday 10th September: – ’50th Anniversary of The Moat Club’. Talk by Stan Hickey on fifty years of this great Naas institution, in The Moat Club at 7.45 p.m. All Welcome
Tuesday 1st October: – ‘75 years of St. Corban’s Place’. A photo exhibition in Naas Town Hall at 7.45 to celebrate seventy-five years of St. Corban’s Place, 1938-2013. Official opening by Councillor Ger Dunne, St. Corban’s native. All Welcome.
Saturday 2nd November: – Workhouse Cemetery. Annual prayers in Famine Cemetery, St. Mary’s, Craddockstown Road, at 3 p.m. All Welcome.
Tuesday 5th November: – ‘A Winter’s Tale’. Brian McCabe will present his seasonal offering to ponder on as the winter nights draw in. Naas Community Library at 7.45 p.m. All Welcome.
Tuesday 3rd December: – ‘The History of Naas Fire Brigade’. Illustrated talk by Anthony Doyle, Chief Fire Officer, in Naas Community Library at 7.45 p.m. All Welcome.
2014
Tuesday 21st January: – A.G.M. Held in Naas Community Library at 7.45 p.m.
Tuesday 4th February: – Ger Kinchella Memorial Talk. Held at Naas Library at 7.45 p.m. All Welcome.
Further details from Paddy Behan, PRO at 045876365 or 0872853792