Kildare Decade of Commemorations 2013-23

The launch of Rebel Hearts. A biographical list of republican women activists in Co. Kildare 1913-1923 by @KarelKiely will take place on Thursday 15 February at 7.00pm in Naas Library and Cultural Centre. Refreshments will be served.

Great to attend the @cilldara2016 Kildare Decade of Commemorations Birth of a Nation event @riverbankarts today. An excellent production by all involved and brings to a close the programme of events in celebration of Irelands journey to nationhood. @KildareCoCo @kildarelibrary

@cilldara2016 celebrates the end of a successful programme with the ‘Birth of a Nation’ music extravaganza set against the backdrop of Irish history up to the founding of the modern Irish State. Taking place in Riverbank Arts Centre on Thursday 9 November from 7PM,

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'The Murder of Joseph Bergin, December 1923' Wed 8th Nov, 8pm The Education Centre, Kildare Town. Historian Mark McLoughlin on the murder of Private Joseph Bergin whose body was discovered at Milltown Bridge, County Kildare in December 1923. Email localhistory@kildarecoco.ie

Very pleased to announce an upcoming seminar inspired by the forthcoming Spirit of Revolution volume In Maynooth University on Sat. Nov 18, we'll be putting some of the themes of the book in a longer chronological context. Details & registration here - eventbrite.ie/e/spirit-of-re…

In conjunction with Castledermot Local History Group. A screening of digital archivist Martin Brady’s documentary on the 1919 Great Farm Lockout & its effect in South Kildare. FREE. 12 October 8pm in Teach Diarmada. All are welcome ⁦@Centenaries⁩ m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

DEPT OF HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR Thurs 5 October Title: ‘A United Kingdom conflict: reframing the Irish Revolution’. Speaker: Dr Darragh Gannon (UCD & Fulbright Irish Scholar at Georgetown University) Time: Seminar @ 6.00pm Book launch @ 7.00pm Venue: Room 1.33 Iontas Building

Our new podcast with @IrishHistoryPod on the sorry, sordid end of the Irish revolution, the Army mutiny in 1924. Featuring factional squabbling between rival pro-Treaty factions the IRAO & IRB, Kevin O''Higgins & Richard Mulcahy. See also this article, theirishstory.com/2019/12/17/the…

Did you know our Archives Service has digitised over 6,000 pages of the surviving County Kildare Grand Jury abstracts of presentments & query books? These are now available via our online archives service at rb.gy/dft7z For further info ➡️ shorturl.at/acdJK

Over 6,000 pages of Co. Kildare Grand Jury abstracts of presentments & query books now online at kildarecoco.ie/library/LocalS… Conservation of Vol. 1810-1826 funded by @cilldara2016 and @DeptCultureIRL @Centenaries @VirtualTreasury

poetryascommemoration.ie/poems/irelands… @OBrienPress @anithingartist

Enjoyed a visit to #Kildare Cathedral for Choral Evensong with Kildare & Glendalough Choral Union Festival, supported by @cilldara2016 & @DeptCultureIRL. Reflecting on a Choral Festival centenary with an inaugural performance of "Brigid, the exalted one" by composer Peter Whyte.

Coming to @StBrigidsCathKE 22Jul - a special centenary commemoration supported by @KildareCoCo and @kildarelibrary - an experiential choral event 11am - 5pm to include rehearsals, lunch, #ChoralEvensong - tickets on @eventbrite

The Cluxtons of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare by Barry Kinnane now added to BorrowBox, an app that lets you borrow library books anywhere! You just need to be a member of Kildare Library Service or any library service in the world which uses Borrowbox. @Centenaries

Folks...book the couch for 9 tonight! Our James (Durney) of @KildareCoCo Local History Department fame will be appearing on Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1 at 9pm...do not miss it. "Dev Griffin learns about his Irish & Jamaican ancestry, including tales from Ireland....."

Stand you now for Ireland's Cause. A biographical dictionary of Co. Kildare republican activists 1913-23. Join @jamesmdurney in Leixlip Library tonight 27 June 7pm for a talk about North Kildare activists from his new book. All welcome. @kildarelibrary

Celebrate #Bloomsday 16 June 2023 7.30pm. Sallins Local History Group is staging a town walk with a Bloomsday flavour on Friday evening, meeting outside Nolan’s Butchers, Clane Road. kildare.ie/ehistory/index…