Click for events at the Riverbank Arts Centre ~ Click for events at the Moat Theatre
St Brigid's Cathedral Opening Times St Brigid's Cathedral will be open to the public each day to visitors to explore Saint Brigid's Monastic site. If you are in luck you might get to meet the very welcoming Fr Philip Mc Kinley and friendly verger John Moore. Who will be happy to guide you around […]
Open Mic Night celebrating Féile Bríde - Monday 30th January 7.00pm A collaborative literary event between Seanchaí Book Shop and Kildare Town Library, celebrating local poets, writers and artists who find inspiration in the symbols, customs and folklore surrounding Brigid. No booking required but please come early for tea/coffee to Seanchaí Book Shop, Claregate […]
Brigid Unfolding An exhibition of paintings, glasswork, prints and sculpture at No.8 Gallery. Academy St. Invited special guest artists include Mir Fitzgerald, Angelina Foster, Karen Hickey, Hilary Kinahan, Vera McEvoy, Bríd Óg Norrby, Bríd Ní Rinn. Where: Kildare town, R51NW42. When: Tuesday 31st January, 5.00pm - 7.00pm Additional Info: SULT Artists: Ann […]
Guided St Brigid Walking Tour Details: Come on a walk around one of Irelands oldest towns and discover its connections to the story of St Brigid. Walk to St Brigid’s Monastic site and picture yourself traveling back in time. Visit St Brigid’s Cathedral and learn some of its fascinating history. Discover St Brigid’s fire temple […]
Photo credit: LUXE Carrying her Flame - Saturday, 4th February A celebratory seasonal spectacle bringing light and fire to honour St Brigid. Landscape Theatre Company LUXE, Brigid 1500 and Kildare County Council bring fire and light to the town square. A feast of lanterns, procession and fire performance to kindle Brigid’s flame, light up the […]
Concert in St Brigid's Cathedral Featuring renowned Irish Soprano Eimear Quinn, ‘A Concert for Brigid 1500’ takes place on Sunday, 5th February 2023 at 7pm at St. Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare Town. On the night, Eimear will perform her new song dedicated to Brigid, "The Mouth of Winter Dead", which she wrote together with renowned songwriter, […]
Prosperous Dramatic Society performs “Oleanna” Friday 10th March – OPEN SECTION by David Mamet ABOUT THE PLAY: Oleanna is a 1992 two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being […]
Bridge Drama Group performs “Big Big Sky” Saturday 11th March – OPEN SECTION by Tom Wells ABOUT THE PLAY: Set in Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Time: Autumn/ Spring/ Autumn Angie and Lauren are closing up the café for winter; the birds have gone south and taken the tourists with them. The last visitor is Lauren’s father […]
Hinterland performs “The Playboy of the Western World” Monday 13th March– OPEN SECTION by John Millington Synge ABOUT THE PLAY: Christy Mahon’s arrival in a Mayo pub creates a stir when his confession to murdering his tyrannical father wins him a hero status among the locals, and the heart of the publican’s […]
Holycross / Ballycahill Drama performs “A Skull in Connemara” Tuesday 14th March– OPEN SECTION by Martin McDonagh ABOUT THE PLAY: For one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in certain sections of his local cemetery, to make way for the new arrivals. As the time approaches for him to dig […]
Kildare Town Heritage Centre, Market Square, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Tel: +353 45 530 672
Mobile: +353 871900945
Email: info@kildareheritage.com
(Lunch 01:00-02:00pm Daily)
Monday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Tuesday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Wednesday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Thursday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Friday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Saturday 09:30am - 05:00pm
Sunday Closed
© 2019 by Kildare Town Heritage Centre