Today, 25th April 2011, marks the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society on 25th April 1891.
The event was recorded in Vol 1, No. 1 of the Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society as follows:
INAUGURAL MEETING
A Meeting was held at Palmerstown, on Saturday, April 25th, in response to the following Circular :-
“It is proposed to establish an Archaeological Society of the County Kildare, on the same lines as other County Archaeological Societies in England and Ireland.
“We, the undersigned, who are anxious to promote this scheme, invite you to join in helping us to form this Society.
“We propose meeting at Palmerstown, on Saturday, April 25th, at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of framing Rules, &c., and request your kind co-operation and attendance.
Leinster
Mayo
Walter Fitz Gerald
+ M. Comerford, Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
George Young Cowell, Dean of Kildare
Maurice de Burgh, Archdeacon of Kildare
W. Sherlock, Canon of Kildare Cathedral
Edmund Sweetman
T. Cooke-Trench.”