FORMER GARDA CHIEF DIES AT 85
The Irish Press 24 January 1972 Former Garda chief dies at 85Col. Eamon Broy, who died on Saturday at his home, Oaklands Drive, Rathgar, Dublin, aged 85, was a former Commissioner of the Garda...
View ArticleNEWBRIDGE BARRACKS. THE FIRST UNITS
Newbridge Barracks. The first units James Durney In 1807 General the Earl of Harrington, Commander of the Forces in Ireland, had proposed that new barracks be built countrywide and as many as possible...
View ArticleA MAGISTRATE WITH A HEART OF GOLD
A magistrate with a heart of gold The reporting of court cases has been a feature of newspapers from the time the first paper rolled off the printing press. From a historian’s perspective such...
View ArticleFIGHTIN' MIKE LAWLER - ABE LINCOLN'S LILYWHITE GENERAL
Fightin’ Mike Lawler – Abe Lincoln’s Lilywhite General “When it comes to just plain hard fighting, I would rather trust old Mike Lawler than any of them,” – Ulysses S. Grant, military commander and...
View ArticleBALLITORE SCHOOL AND THE SHACKLETONS
LEINSTER EXPRESS, SATURDAY JUNE 14, 1862 BALLITORE – BALLITORE SCHOOL AND THE SHACKLETONS Our local readers need not be told that it was at the Seminary in this comfortable, and as the English critics...
View ArticleFUNERAL OF PAT DOWLING
Funeral of Pat Dowling, Prosperous Leinster Leader 19 March 1983 ‘Hard cases’ sobbed uncontrollably; singer Christy Moore was shattered, everywhere there was emotion last week when they buried Pat...
View ArticleHURLING HISTORY TO BE REVISITED - ONE HOPES!!
We were contacted by Nuala and Jack O'Connell ahead of this Sunday's All-Ireland U-21 Final between Kildare and Roscommon to obtain a copy of the newspaper report of the same clash some 43 years ago....
View ArticleTITLED ELITE PUBLISH KILDARE'S FIRST JOURNAL OF HISTORY
Titled elite publish Kildare’s first journal of history This Spring marks the 120th anniversary of the first issue of a publication which has been at the centre of local history publishing in Co....
View ArticleKILDARE'S UNIONIST WOMEN IN FIGHTING MODE
Kildare’s Unionist women in fighting mode The women of Kildare – or a least a section of them – were on the war path a hundred years ago and woe betide anybody who got in their way. The section of...
View ArticleFILM AND RADIO STAR IN NAAS
Leinster Leader, March 13th 1948 Film and Radio Star in Naas Mr. George Formby, the well-known film and radio entertainer, with his wife, visited Naas on Thursday, where, at Lawlor’s hotel, he had a...
View ArticleGREAT ABBOT WAS GREAT IRISHMAN
Leinster Leader, April 5th 1988 Great Abbot Was Great Irishman No Irish of our time has exerted greater influence in their world than the late Dom Marmion, the centenary of whose birth occurs this...
View ArticleDODGY DEALINGS INVESTIGATED BY 'MAHON' STYLE TRIBUNAL IN 19TH CENTURY NAAS
Dodgy dealings investigated by “Mahon” style tribunal in 19th century Naas The “Mahon” tribunal which investigated the behaviour of some national and local politicians in Dublin has been dominating the...
View ArticleMUTINY IN THE SPRING AIR
Mutiny in the Spring air The troops were restive. Rumours rippled through the mess halls on the Curragh. There was chatter among the cavalry in Newbridge, among the artillery in Kildare and among the...
View ArticleFROM KILDARE TO KOREA
FROM KILDARE TO KOREA By James Durney On 27 July 2006 the South Korean Ambassador to the US delivered a speech at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington. He said: “I would like today to honour...
View ArticleTHE TRANSPORTATION OF WOMEN FROM KILDARE TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND IN 1849
The transportation of women from Kildare to Van Diemen’s Land in 1849 Anybody who has enjoyed Cathi Fleming’s passionate and engaging talk on the transportation of women and young girls from Co....
View ArticleNEWBRIDGE LOCAL HISTORY NEXT MEETING
NEWBRIDGE LOCAL HISTORY The next meeting of the Newbridge Local History Group will take place on Wednesday 17 October in Sarsfield GAA Clubhouse at 8.30pm. James Durney will talk about 'Titanic: the...
View ArticleKILDARE READER'S FESTIVAL
KILDARE READER'S FESTIVAL Kildare Reader's Festival this weekend - great line up, topped off by the fabulous Joe O'Connor - includes our very own Mae Leonard, Philip Scott, John Martin, Ann Egan and...
View ArticleCOUNTY KILDARE BOOK SALE!
2012 BOOK SALE Newbridge Library Sunday 14 October 12 - 4 p.m. COUNTY KILDARE BOOK SALE! The Kildare History Book Sale will take place on Sunday afternoon, the 14 October in Newbridge Library. This...
View ArticleMAYNOOTH PRESENTATION SISTERS CONVENT CEMETERY
Maynooth Presentation Sisters Convent Cemetery, Grave’s Details (Inscriptions read as of September 2012 by Henry Flynn) Plot No. Gravestone Details 1. M....
View ArticleTHE TWELFTH ERNEST SHACKLETON AUTUMN SCHOOL
Athy Heritage Centre-Museum Presents The Twelfth Ernest ShackletonAutumn School26th-29th October 2012 Lectures - Exhibitions - Film - Music - Excursion Official Opening & Exhibition Launchby the...
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