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Herstory - Light Show

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Brigid 1500 presents Herstory Light Show There are lots of events planned for St Brigid's week , remember to go to www.brigid1500.ie for a full description and updated information.   Herstory - Light Show -  The Woman, The Life,  The Legacy On 31st January and 1st February 2023, iconic sites and buildings across Kildare and […]

Brigid 1500 Pause for Peace - Wednesday, 1st February 12 midday

Rev Philip McKinley, Cathaoirleach of the County of Kildare Councillor Fintan Brett, 12-year-old Chelsea Morrissey, Pierce Phelan (age 11), Bishop Pat Storey, 10-year-old Charlie Carey, Sonya Kavanagh, Chief Executive of Kildare County Council and Marian Higgins A/Director of Services - Economic, Community, & Cultural Development pictured at the launch of ‘Brigid 1500’ at St. Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare Town. […]

Nothing Compares, A Celebration of Irish Women Artists - 1st February

The Moat Theatre Abbey Street, Naas, Kildare, Ireland

As part of Brigid 1500, Kildare County Council has teamed up with Hot Press to present a night of extraordinary music by Irish women.    The Event Nothing Compares: A Celebration of Irish Women Artists will be a genre-spanning celebration of the extraordinary creativity of Irish women. Where: The Moat Theatre , Naas When: Wednesday […]

Bank Hoilday Weekend - Walking Tours

Kildare Town Heritage Centre

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 […]

Carrying her Flame - Saturday, 4th February

Kildare Town Market Square

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 […]

'A Concert for Brigid 1500’ featuring Eimear Quinn - Sunday, 5th February

St Brigid's Cathedral

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, […]

Happy Days

Riverbank Arts Centre Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

  In Happy Days we find Winnie, a woman in her 50s, buried waist-deep in the centre of a mound of scorched earth, with little else around other than a large black bag and a collapsed parasol. Behind her and hidden from view sleeps Willie. A piercing bell rings, stops, rings again, and Winnie wakes and […]

Prosperous Dramatic Society performs “Oleanna”

CMWS Hall Kildare Town

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”

CMWS Hall Kildare Town

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”

CMWS Hall Kildare Town

    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 […]

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Contact Info

Kildare Town Heritage Centre, Market Square, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Tel: +353 45 530 672
Mobile: +353 871900945
Email: info@kildareheritage.com

Opening Hours

(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