Month: August 2016
Visit to Pollardstown – Experimental Video
This short video may not show on all browsers. It works on Google Chrome but I’m not sure about other browsers. Try it anyway. Photos will be posted in the near future.
CKAS Outing for Heritage Week
a reminder of our next outing which we are doing in conjunction with Heritage Week is to Pollardstown Fen, which is located approx. 3 km from Newbridge. This will be a guided walk & talk conducted by Michael Jacob & Brian McCabe (CKAS Council members), which will highlight the importance…
‘Ireland’s Call. The Kildare Diaspora and the 1916 Rising’
A seminar presented by the Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee and the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates, NUI Maynooth Venue: John Hume Building (JH 1 Lecture Room), Maynooth University on Saturday, 17 September 2016 Book via Riverbank Box Office 045-448323 or online athttps://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/#/shows/873561815 Price: 13.00…
Patrick Pearse : A Revoluntionary Life
Castletown House 2016 Lecture Series continues on Tuesday 30th of August, with Brian Crowley `Patrick Pearse: A Revolutionary Life` Admission is €5 to include tea/coffee before the lecture. Doors open at 7.15pm, lecture will start at 8pm, located in the Hunting Room, Stable Wing. Parking is available at the Stable…
Maynooth Studies in Local History series
The Department of History, Maynooth University invites you to celebrate the launch of five new volumes in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series by Denis Casey, Eamon Darcy, Martin McCarthy, Emmet O’Connor and Glascott Symes in Renehan Hall on Friday 9 September 2016 at 7.00 p.m. Professor…
2016 Heritage Week in Co. Kildare
Kildare Heritage Week Events 2016 Welcome to County Kildares’ Heritage Week Seachtain Oidhreachta 2016 i gCo. Chill Dara Heritage Week is coordinated by the Heritage Council and Local Authority Heritage Officers. It is supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. and Fáilte Ireland. National…
The Location of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Kildare
The site of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in or near Kildare Town has not been identified to date. The discovery of burials at the site of the new Medical Centre in Kildare Town may shed some light on its location. Full Article
Annual Excursion: Lough Gur, Co. Limerick – Photos
St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service
St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service 10 August 2016, 7.30pm Church of the Sacred Heart, Rathcoffey, Co Kildare St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service is organised each year by Celbridge, Clondalkin, Rathcoffey and Timahoe Historical Societies in rotation. Rathcoffey History Group will host the event this year. All welcome.
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Visit to Pollardstown – Experimental Video
This short video may not show on all browsers. It works on Google Chrome but I’m not sure about other browsers. Try it anyway. Photos will be posted in the near future.
CKAS Outing for Heritage Week
a reminder of our next outing which we are doing in conjunction with Heritage Week is to Pollardstown Fen, which is located approx. 3 km from Newbridge. This will be a guided walk & talk conducted by Michael Jacob & Brian McCabe (CKAS Council members), which will highlight the importance…
‘Ireland’s Call. The Kildare Diaspora and the 1916 Rising’
A seminar presented by the Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee and the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates, NUI Maynooth Venue: John Hume Building (JH 1 Lecture Room), Maynooth University on Saturday, 17 September 2016 Book via Riverbank Box Office 045-448323 or online athttps://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/#/shows/873561815 Price: 13.00…
Patrick Pearse : A Revoluntionary Life
Castletown House 2016 Lecture Series continues on Tuesday 30th of August, with Brian Crowley `Patrick Pearse: A Revolutionary Life` Admission is €5 to include tea/coffee before the lecture. Doors open at 7.15pm, lecture will start at 8pm, located in the Hunting Room, Stable Wing. Parking is available at the Stable…
Maynooth Studies in Local History series
The Department of History, Maynooth University invites you to celebrate the launch of five new volumes in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series by Denis Casey, Eamon Darcy, Martin McCarthy, Emmet O’Connor and Glascott Symes in Renehan Hall on Friday 9 September 2016 at 7.00 p.m. Professor…
2016 Heritage Week in Co. Kildare
Kildare Heritage Week Events 2016 Welcome to County Kildares’ Heritage Week Seachtain Oidhreachta 2016 i gCo. Chill Dara Heritage Week is coordinated by the Heritage Council and Local Authority Heritage Officers. It is supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. and Fáilte Ireland. National…
The Location of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Kildare
The site of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in or near Kildare Town has not been identified to date. The discovery of burials at the site of the new Medical Centre in Kildare Town may shed some light on its location. Full Article
Annual Excursion: Lough Gur, Co. Limerick – Photos
St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service
St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service 10 August 2016, 7.30pm Church of the Sacred Heart, Rathcoffey, Co Kildare St Mochua Annual Ecumenical Service is organised each year by Celbridge, Clondalkin, Rathcoffey and Timahoe Historical Societies in rotation. Rathcoffey History Group will host the event this year. All welcome.