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CHAS Talk ‘Fireballs and strimmers: a short history of “Cruchán na Reilige”, Pollerton Little, Carlow’ Wednesday 18 May 2022 @ 8pm

CH-Admin On May 12, 2022   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

Cruchán na Reilige (Knockaunarelic) or ‘the Cruchán’ is a burial ground located in the townland of Pollerton Little to the northeast of Carlow Town. One of the earliest written references to the site is found in the Ordnance Survey Letters of County Carlow (1839) however, the earliest

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CHAS Talk: The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, 800-1060 AD, including the battle between King of Leinster and the Vikings at Cenn Fúait, near St Mullins in 917

CH-Admin On April 16, 2022   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

Dr Darren McGettigan will give the April CHAS talk in Leighlinbridge Community Centre at 8pm on Wednesday 20 April. He will talk about the Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, 800-1060 AD, including the King of Leinster and the Vikings at Cenn Fúait, near St Mullins in

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CHAS Talk: Dr. Ann Power – The History of the Sisters of St Brigid (Brigidines) in Mount Wolseley Hotel, Weds 16 March @ 8pm

CH-Admin On March 11, 2022   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

Dr Ann Power gave the March 2022 CHAS talk about the Sisters of St Brigid in Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow on Wednesday 16 March at 8pm. The talk was also be live-streamed via Zoom and Facebook. and unfortunately we had an incident of hacking which resulted in

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CHAS Talk – Carlow Gaol Records – WE ARE REPEATING THIS TALK ON WEDS 24 Nov @ 8pm

CH-Admin On November 9, 2021   /   Lectures   /   1 Comment

Unfortunately due to technical issues (i.e. my hubris in using a new camera without knowing how it worked – John Kelly) last weeks talk had very poor sound. Thankfully,  Christopher Power has generously agreed to deliver the talk again by Zoom @ 8pm tonight. We hope you

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CHAS Talk: ‘A Peaceable and Orderly County?” – Adam Kane

CH-Admin On October 19, 2021   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

The Royal Irish Constabulary – or RIC – served as Ireland’s law-enforcement agency throughout much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The local constables’ civil and legal duties made them a consistent and controversial feature of Irish life, simultaneously a pillar of the local community and

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CHAS HERITAGE WEEK LECTURE 2021 ‘Castle gardens: thinking green in the medieval world’

CH-Admin On August 17, 2021   /   Lectures   /   2 Comments

As part of Heritage Week 2021 on Wednesday, 18th, August 2021, Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society presented a talk on ‘Castle Gardens: thinking green in the medieval world’ by Dr Karen Dempsey (NUI Galway). Karens spoke about the importance of gardening to medieval society, the roles of

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CHAS Talk: Dr. Elaine Callinan – Electioneering and Propoganda 1917-21. Weds 19 May @ 8pm

CH-Admin On May 13, 2021   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

The lecture for Carlow Historical and Archeological Society on 19 May at 8pm was titled ‘Elections and Propaganda in Ireland and Carlow 1917-1921: Votes, Violence and Victory’ and was delivered by Dr Elaine Callinan.   The aim was to provide an informative discussion on the political (and some military)

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CHAS/Laois Heritage Society Talk – Killeshin: A Portal in Time Thursday 29 April 2021

CH-Admin On April 29, 2021   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

Continuing a very fruitful collaboration with Laois Heritage Society, CHAS and Laois Heritage jointly present a talk by Sean Murray on Killeshin Church, which also touches on the other renowned ecclesiastical site in the area, Sleaty. The talk can be viewed or listened to at Audio Video

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CHAS Talk 21 April: Irelands Ancient East: the land of Legends and Stone by Jennifer Carbery

CH-Admin On April 16, 2021   /   Lectures   /   Leave a comment

For our April 2021 talk, CHAS invites members to join Jennifer Carbery to explore the ancient monuments built for the Gods, harbouring fairies, defended by warriors and sometimes destroyed by kings or colonists. Ireland is known for its legends and myths with the Eastern parts of Meath, Louth and

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Ballymurphy Ambush Commemoration: Virtual Event – Sun 18 April 18 @ 4pm

CH-Admin On April 6, 2021   /   Lectures   /   1 Comment

This April 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the most devastating incident of the War of Independence in Carlow. The ambush of the Carlow Flying Column by Crown Forces in Ballymurphy resulted in deaths of four people, including three innocent civilians, and it decimated the IRA active

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