by wwhs | Jul 24, 2024 | Summer outing 2024
For our July 2024 excursion, members of the West Wicklow Historical Society visited Huntington Castle and Gardens, Clonegal, County Carlow on Saturday 20th July. Huntington Castle is situated near the picturesque village of Clonegal. It was built by Sir Laurence...
by wwhs | Jul 10, 2024 | Summer 2024 Evening Stroll
Séamas Ó Maitiú led this summer’s annual evening stroll on Thursday evening the 27 June 2024. We met at Valleymount church where, for our opening highlight, we viewed the magnificent stained glass windows. The four windows to the side aisles are attributed to Harry...
by wwhs | May 26, 2024 | Glen of Imaal
At 10.20am on the morning of Thursday 23 May 1899 the first artillery shell was fired at the new Glen of Imaal Artillery range in West Wicklow. On the evening of Thursday 23 May 2024 over forty people gathered in the Officers Mess at Coolmoney camp for a talk to mark...
by wwhs | May 26, 2024 | 18 May 2024 at Bigstone
West Wicklow Historical Society was pleased to organise and host a gathering of eleven local history groups from the areas of West Wicklow, Carlow and Kildare in Bigstone Community Hall, County Kildare on the morning of Saturday 18 May 2024. This location was very...
by wwhs | May 6, 2024 | Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich
The final lecture of our 2024 Spring Lecture Series took place on Tuesday 23 April 2024 at the Lalor Centre, Baltinglass. Our speaker was Dr. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, who works with the Placenames Branch of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport...
