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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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Talk on the Electrification of Laois and Carlow. Thurs 8 April @ 8

CH-Admin On April 6, 2021   /   Lectures   /   2 Comments

Continuing the fruitful relationship which has developed over recent years Laois Heritage Society in association with Carlow Historical and Archeological Society will be hosting a talk by Ger Dooley on The Electrification of Laois and Carlow. The talk will take place on Thursday 8 April at 8. To

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CHAS Talk March 24: The Blackstairs Mountain Region – An Illustrated History, by Dr Kevin Whelan

CH-Admin On March 11, 2021   /   Lectures   /   22 Comments

This illustrated lecture covered the Backstairs Mountains from prehistory to the present day. It focussed on that lovely stretch of country running from Kildavin to Clonmullen to  Kilbranish to Myshall, Ballymurphy all the way down to St Mullins, while also occasionally glancing across to the Wexford side

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CHAS Talk: Hospitaller Knights of St John in Carlow 12th-21st Centuries

CH-Admin On February 10, 2021   /   Lectures   /   1 Comment

Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society’s February lecture was about ‘ The Hospitaller Knights of St John in Carlow & South Leinster from the 12th to the 21st Centuries’ by Dr Declan Downey KM. The talk will took place on Wednesday 17th February at 8pm by Zoom. The

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