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
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
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:
‘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
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