by wwhs | Dec 26, 2025 | Documentary
On the evening of 18 December 2025 our society hosted a very successful event – we marked the 75th anniversary of the erection of the Holy Year Cross on the hill overlooking the town of Baltinglass. The Cross was originally erected on 10 December 1950 and...
by wwhs | Dec 8, 2025 | Journal issue no. 13
We were pleased to launch the 13th issue of the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society at a very well-attended event in the Hollywood Inn, Hollywood, Co. Wicklow on Thursday 20 November 2025. This latest journal contains articles on a diverse range of topics....
by wwhs | Nov 15, 2025 | The 'Wicklow Chief'
Chris Lawlor’s lecture on Michael Dwyer and in particular his guerrilla campaign in the Wicklow mountains and its legacy was very well received by a packed audience at the Lalor Centre on Tuesday 4 November 2025. The 200th anniversary of Dwyer’s death occurred...
by wwhs | Oct 10, 2025 | Dr. Brian Gurrin
On the evening of 8 October 2025 we were pleased to host Dr. Brian Gurrin at the Lalor centre. Brian, who works on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland project, provided a review of the history of census-taking in Wicklow. The census enumerators collected...
by wwhs | Oct 2, 2025 | A talk by Cora Crampton
The Phyllis Flanagan Memorial Lecture took place on Friday 26 September 2025 at the Lalor Centre, Baltinglass. It was a very sociable and well attended event, which our society was delighted to arrange to mark the first anniversary of the death of Phyllis, a founding...
