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February 10, 2012
AUGUST 1950: GIBBET RATH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE and DEMOLITION OF OLD WHITE ABBEY HALL/CHURCH
Couple of interesting notes from the Leinster Leader of August 1950Leinster Leader
12 August 1950
St. Brigid Statue Project
Subscriptions to the Gibbet Rath memorial Fund (erection of statue of St. Brigid) continue to mount although the organisers feel that collections in some areas are not yet properly under way. Those appointed in all areas are urged to complete their collections as soon as possible.
At the last meeting of the Committee the Chairman, Rev. T. Kennedy, C.C., Rathangan, thanked a representative of the Kildareman’s Association in New York for their generous donation of £20.
To arrange to raise funds to go towards the cost of erecting a statue of St. Brigid at the Gibbet Rath, Curragh, a public meeting is being held in the Courthouse, Athy, next Monday evening at 9 o’clock.
Leinster Leader
12 August 1950
Historic Kildare Building Demolished
This week demolition of the old White Abbey Hall at Kildare was completed – a traction engine was used to pull down the gable and side walls. The old building had quite an interesting and historic past and old residents can recall attending mass there.
[authors note: St. Brigid's Statue was finally unveiled in 1973 and erected on the Market Square in 1976]
Couple of interesting notes from the Leinster Leader of August 1950
Posted by mariocorrigan at February 10, 2012 04:01 PM