Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups AGM/Seminar
We are delighted to say that we have secured Cora Crampton as our guest speaker for this year’s Seminar and AGM in KIlcullen Heritage Centre on Saturday 18th October 2025. Cora will deliver her prize-winning essay on Daniel O’Connell’s famous Monster Meeting at the Rath of Mullaghmast in 1843. We think this is a particularly appropriate topic as this year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of ‘The Liberator’.
We will also have a presentation about Larry Stanley, Kildare’s famous Olympian, Gaelic footballer and all-round sportsman, by John Lawler of the Caragh History Group.
The event will also be attended by our new County Heritage Officer, Dara Wyer, and this will provide an ideal opportunity to meet him, if you have not already done so.
If your group have any publications or other items of interest, feel free to bring them along.
Looking forward to meeting up again on the day and sharing news and experience with fellow historians.
Yours, Brian
Brian Mc Cabe – Chair of the County Kildare Federation of Local History Groups
9.30: Registration
10.00: Guest speaker- “Remember Mullaghmast: the past, nationalism and the south Kildare Monster Meeting” by Cora Crampton [Winner of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society’s Lord Walter Fitzgerald Prize Essay]
11.00: Tea Break
11.30: Presentation on Larry Stanley, Kildare Olympian and all-time great sportsman, by John Lawlor (Caragh History Group)
12.30: Federation Member Group reports and Annual General Meeting