On Wednesday 20th Jan @ 8pm Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society will present an online lecture by Kieran Hickey on Wolves in Ireland. As we know Carlow has a special connection with wolves in Ireland as the last recorded wolf to be killed in Ireland is said
‘An Accomplished Man’ charts the life story of an eminent Carlow man who became an influential figure during the decades before Irish independence. Born in Leighlinbridge in 1862, Robert Donovan went on to be a leading Dublin journalist – mainly associated with The Nation and The Freeman’s
The 2020 AGM of Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society will take place on Wednesday 16 December at 8.00 p.m. Because of current COVID restrictions to AGM will be held online using Zoom. Documentation and agenda will be sent out in the coming days. Members are encouraged to
On Wednesday 18 November Oliver Whelan delivered a CHAS lecture based on his recent book ‘Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875’. The talk told the story of the new settlement of English Protestants which was established in Hacketstown in the early seventeenth
Carloviana Carloviana 2021 was launched on Thursday 3 December at 8 pm by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform. Due to current restrictions, the launch took place online. This year’s edition is over 200 pages long and well-illustrated with both colour and
The Registry of Deeds Archive Services will host a seminar for Thursday 26 November from 14.30-16.00 focusing on the archives of Registry of Deeds, Valuation Office, and OSI. The Seminar is free but booking is required via https://rodeyaseminar.eventbrite.ie/ Speakers include Dr Fiona Fitzsimons who will outline using
CHAS has now made available online extracts from the Journals for the Preservation for the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland (JPMDI) relating to Carlow and Laois (Queens Co.). These extracts contain gravestone inscriptions, church records, family history and local history collected between 1888 and 1916 under
When Kevin Barry was executed, on November 1st, 1920, he had packed a lot of living into his eighteen years on this earth. From his own comments and letters, from comments of family and friends, we know that he played rugby and hurling, he loved dancing, he
Dr Elaine Callinan of Carlow College, St Patrick’s, has just published her new book ‘Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917–21’. Elaine is also an active member of CHAS and a regular contributor to Carloviana. Elaine’s book provides an illuminating and unique analysis of the political rivalry between
‘Bagenalstown, A Step Back in Time’ is a journey through the development of Bagenalstown. In this book, Myles tells the story of the People, Churches, Land, Buildings, Mountain, River and Canal to give us a glimpse into the history of ‘the town’ and its surrounding areas of