Kildare County Council’s County Archives Service has digitised over 6,000 pages of the surviving County Kildare Grand Jury abstracts of presentments and query books and these are now available to researchers via its online archives service at Online Archives The digitisation of the Grand Jury archives will improve public access, facilitate…
Kildare County Council is inviting applications for two funding opportunities under the 2023 County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Programme. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Community Heritage Grant Scheme The County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Community Heritage Grant Scheme is open for applications to individuals, groups and organisations in County Kildare that…
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 been established to encourage and support new local research and local history studies in meaningful examination of local, regional, and…
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…
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…
The initial findings of the preliminary public consultation from the Curragh Survey (www.curraghplains.ie) have been published , click here for more information. It should be noted that future public consultation opportunities are planned over the coming months.
A reminder that the “The Curragh Plains” project is well underway and the closing date for the first round of public consultation is Monday 12th April. This consultation phase is online by way of a survey, you can access the survey and find out more about the project and it timelines…