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December 01, 2009

KILDARE BOOK LAUNCH Wed 2nd DEC 2009

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Cill Dara Historical Society
Kildare Town’s Local History Group
 
BOOK LAUNCH
 
Druim Criaig
 
The Ridge of Clay
 
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF KILDARE TOWN
 
In
 
KILDARE EDUCATION CENTRE (Old Parochial House)
 
On
 
Wednesday 2nd December 2009
 
At
7 p.m.
 
ALL ARE WELCOME
 
 
Cill Dara Historical Society – Kildare Town’s Local History Group - has grown from strength to strength since its inception in 1989 and the monthly meetings are proving something of a focal point in the town. “The ‘cuppa and chat’ beforehand are probably as enticing as the actual content of the talk or presentation and as  well as local subjects, it has expanded its remit to cover national and international topics and ventured into the unknown realms of storytelling and memorabilia,” says President, Mary D’Arcy. “Indeed our ‘Memories and Memorabilia’ night has allowed members and local people, who would not dream of giving a talk, an opportunity to participate and inform, and has become an extremely popular annual event.”
The partnership with Kildare Education Centre and the Society’s access to the wonderful facilities available in the Centre have been paramount in the growth and development of the Society and local history in the town.
A new partnership was forged in 2009 with the Kildare Nationalist when they began a series of weekly articles on Kildare, and the articles have proved so popular that the Society felt they needed to be brought together in a tangible way to preserve them, and also to make them even more widely available. The resulting publication, ‘DRUIM CRIAIG – The Ridge of Clay,’ will be launched on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Kildare Education Centre – All are Welcome.
 
Contributions from: Stephen Talbot, Mark McLoughlin, Adrian Mullowney, James Durney, Stephen Boland, Joe Connolly, Susan Waters, Mario Corrigan, Rory Hopkins, Brian Murphy, Fr. Adrian Carbery, and includes a complete reproduction of the
An Tóstal Souvenir Booklet of 1953.
 
 The Ideal Christmas Stocking Filler!!
CONTENTS
 
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Heritage Centre a good starting point                                                                        
Children’s stories relating to St. Brigid                                                                       
The Hundred Acres
The abbeys of Kildare
Going to the flicks
Kildare in 1846
The gentry, religious, traders and professionals in 1846  
Monte Cassino and the Kildare connection: Part 1
Monte Cassino and the Kildare connection: Part 2
An eighteenth century Coffee House …
The Clubhouse as I recall it in the 1950s
Kildare electric lighting scheme
The Norman Castle of Kildare
Funeral of Commandant Seán Nolan
The Remains of St. Brigid
The White Abbey 1290-1798
Kildare Barracks - the early years
White Abbey 1800-1880
The Book of Kildare
White Abbey 1881-1890
Kildare Education Centre – former parochial house
Story of St. Brigid's Church
Executions marked the horror of bloody civil war
Bolands of Market Square…
Opening of St. Brigid's Park
In Search of a Grave - O'Grady, Grey Abbey
Tracing Your Ancestors                                               
John Connolly, first County Librarian
The County Infirmary 1776-1903
The County Infirmary 1903-1960
Kildare in the Annals                                                  
A military man’s journey from Kildare to Korea         
Schools in Kildare Town in 1824: Part One
Schools in Kildare Town in 1824: Part Two
The Civic Guards and the Kildare Mutiny
Kildare Townlands                                                     
Kildare DC Electric Station                                         
A forgotten All-Ireland!
The Story of Agatha…                                                
From Chaplin’s Field to Rowanville
Rowanville and Rowan Villas
Kildare Town’s first hotel?
James Patrick Belford
A poem for Christmas
The ‘Biller’ was special…
An Tóstal Souvenir Booklet 1953
An Tóstal Programme 1954 of Historical Pageant
 
Index

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