Kildare County Council has published details of 17 separate grants and award opportunities to support the development and presentation of creative and artistic projects in the county this year. Applications will be accepted from both solo artists, collectives and community groups. Full details of the eligibility criteria are available through…
The Local Studies, Genealogy and Archives department of Kildare County Council’s Kildare Library Service is delighted to announce that it has received a substantial donation of archival material from the family and executors of the estate of the late Grattan de Courcy Wheeler (1947-2020) of Drummin House, Derrinturn, Carbury, Co….
The minute books of Kildare County Council from 1899-1939 have been digitised and are now available on the new Kildare Library Service website at www.kildare.ie/Library to coincide with Explore Your Archive 2021, an annual campaign that showcases the best of archives and archive services in Ireland and the UK. ‘The…
This journal of a middle-size tenant farmer, a rare survivor from nineteenth-century Ireland, is in the possession of the Holt family of Coolavacoose, Carbury, County Kildare. Neither a personal diary nor a full account book, it mostly records expenditure on labourers on the Holts’ farm at Coolavacoose but also features…
The Follies Trust have organised lectures on Thursday 28 October and Thursday 25 November at 7.30pm. They are being held on zoom as a webinar with a limited number of people can attend St David’s church in person. We are indebted to St David’s for hosting these events – to…
Our talk this Thursday 2nd September @ 7:30pm will be “Kildare:, Mysteries, Legend & Facts “ with AJ Mullowney. To join the Zoom Meeting on 2nd September please use the link or meeting ID provided. https://zoom.us/j/97286501359?pwd=RFUyNEpWZ3ozdGRyVlR0a3h3a0xudz09 The talk on the “History of the Royal Curragh Golf Club” with William H Gibson Colonel (retd.) will take place on Thursday 7th October…
Project organisers have been working over recent months to make sure National Heritage Week 2021 is as engaging as ever. This year’s National Heritage Week has so much to offer with a range of online heritage projects and activities. You can search the full selection of virtual activities taking place…
150 years ago, on 1st January 1871, the Church of Ireland was officially disestablished, meaning it was no longer tied to the Church of England or to the state. Disestablishment was a time of religious, political, and social changes – in which a formerly established church became a voluntary one…
1) The online talk “History of the Royal Curragh Golf Club” with William H Gibson Colonel (retd.). The talk will take place on Thursday 2nd September @ 7;30pm via Zoom If you would like to attend this talk please email Siobhán at president@kildarearchsoc.ie and the Zoom details will be sent…
Library Lunchtime Lecture Series, in collaboration with Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach, celebrating the 1500th anniversary of the birth of St Colum Cille. Starting on Wednesday 25th August at 1PM and continuing until 6th October. Further details and the full programme available through this link: https://www.ria.ie/colum-cille-1500-teacsanna-agus-traidisiuin-columba-1500-texts-and-traditions
