History, Heritage & Culture

            Join Susan and Judith Boyle for a fun evening of tasty bites and drinks through nature’s bounty and foraged ingredients. Tickets can be purchased through the www.BoylesKildare.ie website or by phone or in person at Boyle’s pub, Kildare town Tel: 045521214/0868418909  

                Presenter:  Niamh Brennan, MA

Lord Norbury – The Hanging Judge – his life, times and reputation with John Flannery Come early from 7:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the event.

Professor Jim Walsh, Maynooth University, will give an illustrated lecture Maps Rather Than Tractor Parts  – Horses to Tractors – the spread of a revolutionary innovation in farming in Ireland, 1917 to 1991 The lecture will trace the development of tractors in North America in the late nineteenth century and their transfer to Great Britain and Ireland. […]

Lullymore to New York and the letters to Santa in Reindeerland – an incredible true story – with Brian Dempsey Come early from 7:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the event.

The Proclamation of 1916 – the title deed of the nation with Dr. Eugene Broderick, Historian Come early from 7:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and a chat before the event.