This photograph of supplementary sheep feeding on the Curragh in November 2012 was submitted by a regular visitor to the Curragh. The report of the Environmental Policy Board for the Curragh Lands (1998) commented on the practice as follows: “71. Importation of Animal Feed: a. This activity is now…
The report on the outing to Carbury Castle and Drummin House, Co. Kildare, and associated photographs, on Sunday 23rd September 2012 can be viewed here
Members are reminded that the final outdoor meeting, of the current programme, will take place next Sunday 23rd of September at 3.00. Members are asked to meet at Carbury Castle, Carbury, Co Kildare. The village is located on the R402 between Enfield and Edenderry. We will be guided around the…
Some photos of CKAS visit to Robertstown here
Cleanup after travellers have left encampment Anyone familiar with the Curragh will have noticed the increase in travellers’ encampments during the summer months in the past few years on the Curragh Plains. Seán Ó Fearghail T.D. recently asked a Parliamentary Question of the Minister for Defence on this subject. The…
Report and photographs here The Society’s excursion to East Cork and West Waterford is under one month away and there are a few places available. This is an opportunity not to be missed, to visit with the County Kildare Archaeological Society, the magnificent landscape of this part of Ireland and…
‘Rediscovering Medieval Ireland’ Robin Frame A public lecture to mark the launch of a major new internet resource: CIRCLE: A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c.1244–1509 www.tcd.ie/chancery Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 6 pm Thomas Davis Lecture Theatre (Room 2043, Arts Building) Trinity College Dublin Admission Free – All Welcome…
There appears to be a a process of tree cutting ongoing on the Curragh. Good in itself ,maybe, as trees are foreign to the Curragh Plains. However the cutting and removal of the trees is being done using heavy machinery while the soil is saturated. These photos were taken in…
Today, Friday 2nd March, following the discovery of damage in the Frenchfurze area I went with two other KAS Council members to view the area. Having done so we went on a tour of the Curragh and noticed a number of other areas where furze had been removed. In some…
Despite all the efforts of the KAS and other interested bodies, damage continues to be done to the Curragh Plains. Today, 1st March 2012, I took a walk in the Frenchfurze area of the Curragh. Heavy machinery had been used, yet again, to remove furze. The sward had been removed…
