by wwhs | Apr 29, 2022 | Hacketstown, Landlords, Tenants
WEST WICKLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S May 2022 Lecture Tues. 3 May @ 8pm Lalor Centre (near St. Joseph’s Church), Baltinglass Lecture by Oliver Whelan Subject: Evolution from Landlords to Tenant Proprietors: the story of Hacketstown’s new English settlement over 250...
by wwhs | Apr 10, 2022 | Glendalough, Joan Kavanagh
WEST WICKLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S FIRST LECTURE OF 2022 Tues. 12 April @ 8pm Lalor Centre (near St. Joseph’s Church), Baltinglass Lecture by Joan Kavanagh: ‘Glendalough – An Age Old Attraction’. Joan Kavanagh has been active in local history for many...
by wwhs | Apr 3, 2022 | History Award
On Saturday 9 April the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains / Clans of Ireland Prize in History awards for 2020 and 2021 will be given to Declan Keenan and Daniel Curley. We wish to congratulate Declan Keenan on receiving the 2020 Prize. Declan, who lives...
by wwhs | Mar 4, 2022 | AGM
The WEST WICKLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s Annual General Meeting takes place on Wednesday 9 March at 8pm in Baltinglass Golf Club. Current and new members are welcome. 2022 annual membership subscriptions [€20 single; €30 family] will be accepted by the Hon. Treasurer on...
by wwhs | Feb 5, 2022 | Cora Crampton, Jennie Wyse Power, Ulysses
WWHS member Cora Crampton is one of the contributors on SUNDAY MISCELLANY on RTE Radio 1 at 9.10am tomorrow (Sunday 6 Feb.). It’s a James Joyce special to mark the centenary of the publication of ‘Ulysses’. Cora’s contribution is ‘The...
