by wwhs | Feb 13, 2023 | Mairéad Kelly
The West Wicklow Historical Society is delighted to be launching a book by one of its members, Mairéad Kelly. Mairéad has a deep interest in the ancient past of her native area. This has inspired her ‘Colouring Storybook’. It has text in both Irish and English and the...
by wwhs | Feb 1, 2023 | Honorary Memberships
On the night of the launch of the West Wicklow Historical Society’s website another ceremony took place. The Society marked the commitment of three of its longest serving active members. Peadar Cullen, Phyllis Flanagan and P.J. Hanlon were given Honorary Membership of...
by wwhs | Jan 26, 2023 | Evening of website launch
Tuesday 24 January was a significant day for the WWHS. The Society took a step into the future with the launch of its website: https://westwicklowhistoricalsociety.ie/ . At an event in Baltinglass Library, Cora Crampton outlined the various elements of the site, which...
by wwhs | Jan 5, 2023 | Noel Lyons
We mourn the death of one of our long term members and former Chairman, Noel Lyons. We were founded in 1980 and Noel was one of the three people on the steering committee which drafted our constitution. Subsequently he served as our first Vice-Chairman, for 1980. His...
by wwhs | Dec 9, 2022 | Daniel O’Connell/Irish Nationalism
The last WWHS event of 2022 was our own Cora Crampton’s lecture on Mullaghmast and the complex background to Daniel O’Connell’s ‘Monster Meeting’ on the rath in south Kildare on 1 October 1843. This was an engrossing talk which threw light on how Mullaghmast’s...
