The Academy Committee for Archaeology will be holding its second annual Revealing the Past Seminar on funded Excavations in Ireland. It is taking place on Thursday 13th October. To register for a free place please visit the RIA website at: http://www.ria.ie/events/events-listing/archaeology-seminar.aspx Dr John Maguire Acting Senior Programme Manager Research &…
Photographic Exhibition on The Work of Tarquin Blake Naas Community Library 7th to 13th Sept 2011
The first expedition of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society for Heritage Week 2011 was to Kileen Cormac on the borders of Kildare and Wicklow. Despite heavy showers there was a large attendance. The ancient graveyard is situated on a mound some way off the road at Colbinstown and to guide…
Sunday 28th August 2011 at Cill Dara Golf Club car park at 3 pm. Park at Cill Dara Golf Club, by courtesy of the Captain, Mr Ollie Meade. As part of its Heritage Week programme Co. Kildare Archaeological Society will hold a guided walk on the Little Curragh. The walk…
Our next outing is on Sunday 21 Aug to Kileen Cormac. Meet at the site at 3 pm. Killeen Cormac is a relatively small, enclosed graveyard close to the banks of the river Greese on the Kildare/Wicklow border. The folklore pertaining to its foundation and the presence of seven ogham…
Many congratulations to Eamon Kane and the Ballaghmoon Battle Commemoration Committee on the unveiling of the Ballaghmoon Battle Monument Unveiling which took place in Ballaghmoon Graveyard on Monday 15th August at 3pm. Eamon gave an introduction to the ceremony, at which Paddy Behan, Chairman of the Historic Monuments Advisory Committee which…
The County Kildare Archaeological Society undertook a 3 day tour to Donegal on 9, 10 and 11 June 2011. The tour leader was Hugh Crawford, Vice President of the Society, who being a native of Donegal, researched and in consultation with Colonel Declan O’Carroll,…
Report of visit here More photos from the visit here
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…
