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Origins and History
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St. Brigid
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Kildare in Times Past

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Programme for 2008

2 Jan - Visit to the Presentation Convent with Sr. Cecilia Molloy - 3 pm

6 Feb - Miss Sandes' Soldiers' Homes, Bryan McMahon

12 Mar - Memorabilia/Memories Night.

2 Apr - The Death of Wogan Browne, James Durney.

7 May - Darkness without Pain, Child Burial Practices from 12th Century to 1960s. Emer Dennehy, Archaeologist.

Saturday 7 Jun - Annual Outing - Tullamore. Pre-booking essential.

2 Jul - 2008 Hayden Lecture. The Collins Family - a History, Guy St.John Williams.

Aug - Summer Break

3 Sep - Uncovering Hidden People. The archaeology of recent road schemes in Co. Kildare, Noel Dunne MRA, Archaeologist.

1 Oct - Kildare DC Electricity Station, Brian Murphy.

5 Nov - Kildare Federation of Local History Groups Autumn Lecture A Brief History of Early Policing in Ireland, Inspector Patrick McGee.

3 Dec - Kildare Town 1908 & 1958, what it said in the papers.

Talks begin at 8 pm at the Education Centre (Old Parochial House)

All Welcome