WWHS Journals
Since our foundation in March 1980, we have published several issues of the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society which was revived in 2007, and is currently published on a biennial basis. The Co-Editors of the Journal are Chris Lawlor and Declan Keenan. See below index of all articles by AUTHOR and SUBJECT. With the exception of issues 1, 2 and 7 and 9 (now out of print), all issues of our journal can be purchased from our ONLINE SHOP. Journals nos. 1 and 2 (published in 1983 and 1985) are available as free downloads in PDF format (see below).
Journal Issue no. 13 (2025)
The 13th issue of the Journal is our most recent publication. It contains various articles about our locale, ranging broadly across time and thematic focus. Contents include studies on such diverse topics as Baltinglass in the Medieval period; Diarmuid Ó Muineacháin and Michael Hargadon, two poets with a Baltinglass connection; the transformation of warfare in sixteenth-century Wicklow; the rotten borough of Harristown; Lemonstown Motte; A sociological interpretation of the Hillfort Capital (part 2); The Hollywood Shamrocks; Military Power of mid-sixteenth century Gaelic and Gaelicised magnates; an evaluation of Michael Dwyer’s guerilla campaign and more.
Journal no. 13 is available to purchase from our ONLINE SHOP.
Other publications
We are also pleased to offer for sale copies of General O’Brien: West Wicklow to South America. This book documents the life and times of an almost forgotten son of Baltinglass, County Wicklow, General John Thomond O’Brien (1786-1861). His contribution to the independence movements in many South American countries is immense by any standards. The publication of this book in 2006 coincided with the unveiling in Baltinglass of a special plaque in his honour.
WWHS Journals
Since our foundation in March 1980, we have published several issues of the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society which was revived in 2007, and is currently published on a biennial basis. The Co-Editors of the Journal are Chris Lawlor and Declan Keenan. See below index of all articles by AUTHOR and SUBJECT. With the exception of issues 1, 2 and 7 and 9 (now out of print), all issues of our journal can be purchased from our ONLINE SHOP. Journals nos. 1 and 2 (published in 1983 and 1985) are available as free downloads in PDF format (see below).
Other publications
We are also pleased to offer for sale copies of General O’Brien: West Wicklow to South America. This book documents the life and times of an almost forgotten son of Baltinglass, County Wicklow, General John Thomond O’Brien (1786-1861). His contribution to the independence movements in many South American countries is immense by any standards. The publication of this book in 2006 coincided with the unveiling in Baltinglass of a special plaque in his honour.
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West Wicklow Historical Society Journals 1983 to 2025.
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Journal No.13
CONTENTS INCLUDE: The Baltinglass area in the Medieval Period c.400 to 1580 by Margaret Murphy; Diarmuid Ó Muineacháin and Michael Hargadon: two early-twentieth-century poets with a Baltinglass connection by Richard B. Lennon; ‘The peace of the historic Glen was much disturbed’ by Liam Kenny; The transformation of warfare in sixteenth-century Ireland: the case of the lordship of Feagh McHugh O’Byrne’ by Cora Crampton; The rotten borough of Harristown, 1681-1800 by John O’Brien; What’s in a name? – ‘Lemonstown Motte’ by Brendan Corrigan; A sociological interpretation of the Hillfort Capital: Rathcoran, Rathnagree & Sruhan (part two of three) by Mairéad Kelly; The Hollywood Shamrocks and the early years of the G.A.A in West Wicklow by John Glennon; Rivers of time by Ita Roddy; Military Power of Gaelic and Gaelicised Magnates during the mid-sixteenth century by Declan Keenan.
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Journal No.13
CONTENTS INCLUDE: The Baltinglass area in the Medieval Period c.400 to 1580 by Margaret Murphy; Diarmuid Ó Muineacháin and Michael Hargadon: two early-twentieth-century poets with a Baltinglass connection by Richard B. Lennon; ‘The peace of the historic Glen was much disturbed’ by Liam Kenny; The transformation of warfare in sixteenth-century Ireland: the case of the lordship of Feagh McHugh O’Byrne’ by Cora Crampton; The rotten borough of Harristown, 1681-1800 by John O’Brien; What’s in a name? – ‘Lemonstown Motte’ by Brendan Corrigan; A sociological interpretation of the Hillfort Capital: Rathcoran, Rathnagree & Sruhan (part two of three) by Mairéad Kelly; The Hollywood Shamrocks and the early years of the G.A.A in West Wicklow by John Glennon; Rivers of time by Ita Roddy; Military Power of Gaelic and Gaelicised Magnates during the mid-sixteenth century by Declan Keenan; ‘We’re true United Irishmen; we’ll fight until we die’ : a bicentennial evaluation of Michael Dwyer’s guerrilla campaign in the Wicklow Mountains and its legacy by Chris Lawlor.
