While the Penal Laws ‘are a standard set piece in textbook accounts of the eighteenth century’, it is only relatively recently that Catholics have ‘emerge[d] … not as an amorphous mass of down-trodden victims whose destiny was to endure, but as a group of socially-mobile individuals who struggle[d] … against
The launch of Carloviana 2023, the annual journal of the Carlow Archaeological and Historical Society (CHAS), will take place on Thursday next, December 15 in The Talbot Hotel at 8 pm. The journal, published annually since 1947, will be launched by our great friend Sean
Isabella Mulhall is an Assistant Keeper in the Irish Antiquities Division (IAD) of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) – Archaeology, where she has curatorial responsibility for the Irish Iron Age collection, the Egyptian collection and elements of the early medieval collection. She has a strong
Former CHAS President and Carloviana editor and contributor Jim Shannon has published a comprehensive history of his home area of Hacketstown. Spanning from the Stone age to the Modern day this publication is sure to be the definitive history of East Carlow. Covering topics such as archaeology,
Paul Curran, Secretary of Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) and a long-serving member of the Emergency Services in Carlow will deliver a presentation on the history of the Garda Siochana in County Carlow over the last one hundred years on the 21st September 2022 at 8pm in the Seven
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
Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society are now accepting papers for inclusion in the next edition of its yearly journal, Carloviana 2023, which will be launched in November 2022. The Society welcomes the submission of original papers for publication from both members and non-members. Papers should be
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
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
Carloviana 2022 is now on sale. A list of retail outlets where the journal can be purchased can be found below. Carloviana can also be ordered online in our online shop here. Carloviana 2022 is available in the following outlets from Saturday 3 December. Bagenalstown: