Baltinglass Hill and the Holy Year Cross
On the evening of 18 December 2025 our society hosted a very successful event - we marked the 75th anniversary of the erection of the Holy Year...
Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society
We were pleased to launch the 13th issue of the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society at a very well-attended event in the Hollywood Inn,...
Michael Dwyer – a bicentennial evaluation
Chris Lawlor’s lecture on Michael Dwyer and in particular his guerrilla campaign in the Wicklow mountains and its legacy was very well received by a...
Wicklow’s census history 1766 to 1901
On the evening of 8 October 2025 we were pleased to host Dr. Brian Gurrin at the Lalor centre. Brian, who works on the Virtual Record Treasury of...
Three Women of the O’Byrnes – The Phyllis Flanagan Memorial Lecture
The Phyllis Flanagan Memorial Lecture took place on Friday 26 September 2025 at the Lalor Centre, Baltinglass. It was a very sociable and well...
Marking 100 years of the Irish Army in the Glen of Imaal
On 2 September 2025 a large crowd assembled at the Lalor Centre in Baltinglass for Liam Kenny's lecture about the Glen of Imaal's association with...