by wwhs | Mar 16, 2024 | Aidan Cruise
We are very pleased to have announce that local West Wicklow historian and author Aidan Cruise was presented with honorary membership of our society by chairperson Paul Gorry at our recent lecture event on Tuesday 12 March 2024. Aidan, who hails from Manor Kilbride,...
by wwhs | Feb 20, 2024 | Ida Milne
The first lecture of our Spring 2024 Lecture Series took place at the Lalor Centre on Thursday 15 February. Our guest lecturer Ida Milne shared glimpses into certain letters of her grandmother’s family the Elmes, who lived near Old Ross until the 1970s. The Elmes...
by wwhs | Jan 18, 2024 | Friday 17 November 2023
The life and achievements of Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941) were celebrated on Friday 17 November 2023 at Baltinglass library in a very well-attended event curated by Jenny Sherwin and her team for Wicklow County Arts Office and Creative Places Baltinglass with the...
by wwhs | Nov 13, 2023 | Launch event
We were pleased to launch the 12th edition of the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society at Coimín Centre, Blessington on Thursday 9 November 2023. This latest edition contains nineteen articles on a diverse range of topics. We thank our joint editors Chris...
by wwhs | Oct 18, 2023 | Jimmy O'Toole
OCTOBER 2023 LECTURE Jimmy O’Toole, well-known Carlovian, local historian and author of The Carlow Gentry: What Will the Neighbours Say! provided us with a fascinating lecture on Tuesday 17 October 2023 at the Lalor Centre in Baltinglass. The specific topic was...
