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The County Kildare Archaeological Society, in partnership with Kildare County Council and with the support of Creative Ireland, are organising a one day seminar on the heritage of the Curragh to be held in the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, on Saturday 16th November, 2019 Speakers: Dr John Feehan, Guy Williams, Lt. Col. Des Healy, Jim Kavanagh, …
The five latest books in the acclaimed Maynooth Studies in Local History series will be launched at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 11 September 2019 in Renehan Hall, South Campus, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare. All welcome to attend! The book titles and details as follows: The Kirwan murder case, 1852A glimpse of the Irish Protestant middle …
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Kildare County Council Decade of Commemorations Committee and Merrion Press cordially invites you to the launch of The Irish Military Seminar 2019 by Clem Ryan, C.E.O./Executive Director, KFM and the launch by Kevin Myers of A Bloody Dawn: the Irish at D-Day by Dan Harvey Newbridge Community Library, Newbridgeon Thursday, 6 June 2019, at 19.00 …
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Kildare County Council cordially invite you to a book and audio-book launch Colonising a Royal Landscape – the History and Archaeology of a Medieval Village at Mullamast, County KildareTII Heritage Series 6&Mullamast – the Story of a Medieval Village (audiobook) The Tanyard, Ballitore, County Kildare; 5.00 – 7.00 pm, Thursday 6 …
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Bodenstown Revisited – The grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone,its monuments and its pilgrimagesby C.J. WoodsBook Launch at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 17 October 2018 in O’Connell House, 58 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2Professor J.J. Lee will officially launch the book RSVP (acceptance only) Four Courts Press | info@fourcourtspress.ieIf you are unable to attend the launch …
Saint Brigid of Kildare Life, legend and cult Noel Kissane Paperback €22.45 Catalogue Price: €24.95 ISBN: 978-1-84682-632-0 June 2017. 360pp; ills. Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some scholars have argued that she never existed …
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