The County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee presents, A Commemoration of the Rathbride Column. This event will take place at the Curragh Racecourse on Monday 12 December, 2022. Light refreshments …
Commemoration of the Rathbride Column
Launch of Mullaney’s Men in Leixlip
Launch of Mullaney’s Men : the rise and fall of the anti-Treaty forces in North Kildare, Grangewilliam 1922 in Leixlip Library on Thursday 1st December 2022 @ 7PM A new …
Schools History Competition 2022
Dear Fellow Historians Those of you who were at the AGM in Kilcullen last month will remember that one of the issues we discussed was the necessity for encouraging interest …
Michael Collins: Ireland’s Rebel Son – Book Launch
The O’Brien Press and Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee cordially invites you to the launch of Michael Collins: Ireland’s Rebel Son, by Illustrator David Butler and author Mario Corrigan. …
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Funding Opportunity for Decade of Centenaries Arts Project
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 Timeline of the Civil War in County Kildare 1922-1924
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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Timeline of the Civil War – Book Launch
Kildare Decade of Commemorations are organising an event to coincide with the launch of a new publication A Timeline of the Civil War in County Kildare as part of Heritage …
6th Irish Military Seminar
6th Irish Military Seminar – Various Locations from 4-11 June 2022 The Irish Military Seminar returns with an exciting full programme of lectures this year in venues across the county, …
The Civic Guard Mutiny Of May 1922 (Online Talk)
Talk on The Civic Guard Mutiny Of May 1922 By Author & Historian Brian McCarthy Thursday 12th May 7.30PM [Zoom Talk] Book your place for this talk via the following link:https://buytickets.at/kildaredecadeofcommemorations/691198 …
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An Garda Síochána Centenary Celebrations
Kildare Town, Easter Saturday, 16 April from 11.45 a.m. A family friendly day of events will take place in Kildare Town on Easter Saturday, 16 April from 11.45 a.m. to …
Local History Research Fund from RIA
A new Royal Irish Academy local history research fund has been announced by Minister Martin as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme The Decade of Centenaries bursary scheme has …