Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) will hold its next lecture in the Seven Oaks Hotel on Wednesday 19 March at 8 pm. Dr Oliver Whelan will talk on the ‘Landlords and tenants in Co. Carlow, 1879-1960′. The talk will cover the history of landlords and their tenants in Carlow from
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