Programme of Events for Autumn 2025
‘Wicklow’s census history 1766-1901’
A talk by Brian Gurrin
Venue : Lalor Centre, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, W91 XW57
Date & Time: Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 8pm
Admission: Members €5; Non-Members €8
News and Events
Lecture on the ‘Battle of Baltinglass’
Paul Gorry, genealogist and chairperson of West Wicklow Historical Society provided a very...
Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Co.Carlow
For our July 2024 excursion, members of the West Wicklow Historical Society visited Huntington...
Visits to Valleymount and Ballyknockan
Séamas Ó Maitiú led this summer’s annual evening stroll on Thursday evening the 27 June 2024. We...
Lecture to mark 125th Anniversary of Artillery Range
At 10.20am on the morning of Thursday 23 May 1899 the first artillery shell was fired at the new...
Networking event for local history groups
West Wicklow Historical Society was pleased to organise and host a gathering of eleven local...
Evidence of surnames in townland names in County Wicklow
The final lecture of our 2024 Spring Lecture Series took place on Tuesday 23 April 2024 at the...