Archaeology is the study of the material remains of past human societies. The discipline covers a remarkable span of time and investigates some of the most profoundly important developments of the past. The wide scope of archaeology, in time, space and methodology is one of the features which makes the…
A reminder that our next outing is on Sunday 8th May at 3.00pm.It is a talk entitled “Domhnall Ua Buachalla – 1916 Veteran” and the speaker is Adhamhnàn Ó Súilleabháin author and grandson of Domhnall Ua Buachalla. The venue is: Room JHL 4, John Hume Building, North Campus, Maynooth…
NAAS THEN & NOW 1916-2016 Tues. 19th April – Friday 29th April 2016 Naas Public Library – (opening hours) The Exhibition will take you back one hundred years or more in pictures to a Naas of bygone days. It will offer an opportunity to compare and contrast many unique images…
The 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland will be held at Maynooth University, Ireland, from Friday 15 April to Monday 18 April 2016. The Society exists to promote the study of names, both place-names and personal names. This year’s conference is being organised…
As the Society continues its annual programme on Saturday next with Michael Potterton’s talk on ‘Town development in Ireland under the Anglo-Normans’, I would like to again, thank the six speakers, those who attended, those who assisted on the day and all who helped in any way in making the…
Kildare Decade of Commemoration – 1916 Programme
LECTURE 6 Monday, 4 April 8.00 pm Dr Ciarán Reilly (CSHIHE) 1916 and the Irish country house: A Kildare perspective The events of 1916, from the Rising to the Battle of the Somme, changed the world of the Irish country house forever. This lecture presents a unique perspective of 1916 from…
Don’t forget 1916 Seminar in Killashee House Hotel, next Saturday 12th March. Full details on homepage.
