Lecture on recent excavations at Brusselstown
We were pleased to host Dr. Dirk Brandherm of Queen’s University, Belfast at the Lalor Centre on Friday 27 March 2026. The event attracted huge...
A guided walk to Brusselstown Hillfort
Robert Hanbidge, Archaeologist and WWHS Committee member kindly brought a small group of the society’s members on a guided walk up to Brusselstown...
The Little History of Wicklow
Congratulations to Chris Lawlor, our friend, prolific author and treasurer of the West Wicklow Historical Society on his new book entitled The...
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...