On Sunday the 2nd of June the Valentia Island Lighthouse will be officially open to the public for the first time. The project will put this incredible heritage site in the hands of the community with a long term lease to manage the project as a tourist attraction. Initially the…
This volume is now available on this site. Among the places and subjects covered in the volume are: The Curragh, Furness, Moone High Cross, Clane, Donadea, Clongowes Wood, Original Anglo-Norman Settlers in Co. Kildare, New Abbey Kilcullen, Castlemartin, The Wolfe Family of Co. Kildare and many others. You can access…
Friends of Medieval Dublin 15th Medieval Dublin Symposium Saturday 25 May 2013 Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037) Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin 09.30 Registration and opening remarks Seán Duffy 09.40 The importance of women in measuring the Irishness of Viking Dublin Patrick F. Wallace 10.30 Dublin and the Late Roman comb…
‘Secrets of the Irish Landscape’ is a three part series presented by popular televisions presenter Derek Mooney, which tells the history on how the Irish landscape came to be, using the very latest scientific research. It features some of Ireland’s leading minds to present in an engaging way the story…
We are exploring ways of putting the Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society on-line. As part of this process, Vol 111 of the Journal is now available on-line JKAS Vol 111. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection this volume may be slow/very slow to load.
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“Telling the Story of Rothe House” ~Imagining Renaissance Kilkenny~ Conference Saturday 27th April At Rothe House & Garden, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. Works will commence in 2013 to re-present the House as an ‘exemplar of an early seventeenth century merchant’s house’, in line with the Conservation Plan which was published…
Friday 26th & Saturday 27th April 2013 Venue: Church of Ireland, Oughterard For Bookings for this free conference please contact: Oughterard Heritage t: 091550547 m: (087) 657 9724 e: dcardnasillagh@eircom.net w: oughterardheritage.org Marie Mannion Heritage Officer Galway County Council t: 091 509198 e: mmannion@galwaycoco.ie Gráinne…
Next Sunday, 21st April. Full details here.
Reminder – next council meeting on Saturday, 13th April at 3.00 pm at Naas Branch Library
