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Agricultural methods c. 1803 (at Saundersgrove & other local demesnes). Vol. 2, 64
Aldborough, Earl of : a listing of some people living on the Baltinglass estate of the Earl of Aldborough, 1767-1794. Vol. 10, 192
Alexander, Cecil Frances: her connection to County Wicklow, Vol. 10, 80
Archaeological excavations on Baltinglass hill: an update. Vol. 10, 11
Bacon curing in Baltinglass in the early twentieth century. Vol. 3, 59
Ballybeg House, Ballinglen, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow – Gentry, Brides and Lions, Vol. 12,
40
Balfe the Robber (of Ballyknockan), Vol. 12, 125
Ballylow tenants: eviction on the Blessington Estate in 1852. Vol. 4, 45
Ballymore Eustace: historical notes. Vol. 3, 61
Baltinglass: the Tullow Railway Line. Vol. 1, 7
Baltinglass Cistercian Abbey. Vol. 5, 52
Baltinglass Convent. Vol. 1, 19.
Baltinglass: St. Mary’s Church and Rectory. Vol. 1, 48
Baltinglass: burial-ground, Chapel Hill. Vol. 1, 45
Baltinglass, 1st Viscount Baltinglass, Thomas Eustace. (a Wicklow biography no. 7).
Vol. 2, 45
Baltinglass Main Street (south side): compiled from Land Valuation Office Revision
books and Slater’s Directory of Ireland 1894. Vol. 2, 8
Baltinglass: miscellaneous biographical notices relating to Baltinglass, appearing in
newspapers, 1748-1904. Vol. 6, 32
‘Baltinglass of Yesteryear’ a poem. Vol. 3, 41
Baltinglass: the Winnett family. Vol. 4, 68
Baltinglass: John Thomond O’Brien Day: the unveiling of a plaque and the launching of
a book on 16 September 2006. Vol. 4, 83
Baltinglass cattle fairs. Vol. 4, 86
Baltinglass : a poem entitled ‘A Tribute to Baltinglass’. Vol. 4, 93
Baltinglass Bridewell and Courthouse (part 1 of 2), Vol. 10, 286
Baltinglass Bridewell and Courthouse (part 2 of 2), Vol. 11, 151
Ballymore Eustace parish. Vol. 1, 53
Ballymore Eustace: a famous row between two publicans in Ballymore Eustace in 1886.
Vol. 8, 101
Ballymore Eustace Woollen Mills. Vol. 10, 72
‘Bass War’ of 1933 – The man who wore a blue shirt in 1933: the ‘Bass War’ in West
Wicklow and Kildare, Vol. 12, 51
Belan Lordship, Co. Kildare – A 1792 Rental . Vol. 12, 67
Blackhall Castle, Calverstown, County Kildare and theories as to the possible functions
of its Sheelagh na Gig, Vol. 6, 18
Blessington: a cemetery cairn at Carrig. Vol. 2, 15
Blessington: memories of Rhoda Byrne’s 35 years in West Wicklow. Vol. 2, 80
Blessington Estate: eviction of the Ballylow tenants in 1852. Vol. 4, 45
Blessington Lake: shops around. Vol. 10, 103
Blessington – Death from a Flat-Nosed Bullet – August 1922. Vol. 12, 77
Blessington, The Manor , created by Michael Boyle. Vol. 12, 100
Blessington – The castles of Oldcourt and Three Castles, Vol. 12, 158
Boynestowne Lordship: Baltyboys, Tulfarris & Humphreystown 1650-1850 (part one).
Vol. 9, 47
Boynestown Lordship: Baltyboys, Tulfarris & Humphreystown 1650-1850 (part two).
Vol. 10, 132
Brandubh (a Wicklow biography no. 1). Vol. 1, 22
Burgage: collapse of the Church. Vol. 10, 170
Burgage: a geophysical survey. Vol.11, 127
Burial-ground at Chapel Hill, Baltinglass. Vol. 1, 45
Byrne, Andrew: a Wicklow man in India. Vol. 11, 49
Byrne, Martin, 1815-1892. Vol. 6, 42
BOOKS REVIEWED (by publication date)
Geraldine Carville’s Baltinglass: Abbey of the Three Rivers (1984), reviewed by Joseph Rattigan. Vol. 2, 86 |
Donal F. Begley ed., Handbook of Irish Genealogy (6th ed) (1984) reviewed by Paul Gorry. Vol. 2, 87 |
Jimmy O’Toole’s Grange, Co. Carlow: The Path to the Present (1987) reviewed by Joseph Rattigan. Vol. 3, 87 |
Roger Stalley’s The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland (1987) reviewed by Joseph Rattigan. Vol. 3, 86 |
Kieran Sheedy’s Upon the Mercy of Government: the story of the Surrender, Transportation and Imprisonment of Michael Dwyer and his Wicklow Comrades (1988) reviewed by Joseph Rattigan. Vol. 3, 87 |
Some books relevant to West Wicklow history (and environs) published since 1990. Vol. 4, 91 |
Books of West Wicklow interest. ‘Not the usual suspects: some lesser-known books of West Wicklow interest’ contributed by Richard B. Lennon. Vol. 4, 6 |
Brendan Corrigan’s The History of Hollywood, County Wicklow (2015) reviewed by John Glennon. Vol. 9, 153 |
John Hussey’s The Quakers of Baltyboys, County Wicklow (2017) reviewed by Jim Corley. Vol. 10, 111 |
Chris Lawlor’s ‘With much Quiet Fervour’: A brief history of Dunlavin Roman Catholic Parish and St. Nicholas of Myra Church (2018) reviewed by Cróna Cassidy, Vol. 10, 311 |
Cairn at Carrig, Blessington. Vol. 2, 15
Carrig Cemetery Cairn, Blessington. Vol. 2, 15
Cattle fairs in Baltinglass. Vol. 4, 86
Chaloner, Robert: a man of integrity? The varying roles of Robert Chaloner, Earl Fitzwilliam’s land-agent during Black 47. Vol. 7, 8
Claytons of New South Wales: from crime to wine. Vol. 8, 49
Civil War: raid, robberies and attacks: West Wicklow during the Civil War. Vol. 7, 118
Civil War: raids, requisitions and recompense: the Civil War’s impact on West Wicklow, 1922-3. Vol. 9, 133
Civil War: divided loyalties in Kildare: truce, treaty and drift to Civil War. Vol. 11, 144
Coolattin Estate Emigration Records Index 1847-56 part 1 (A to C). Vol. 1, 78
Coolattin Estate Emigration Records Index 1847-56 part 2 (D to F). Vol. 2, 76
Coolattin Estate Emigration Records Index 1847-56 part 3 (G to K). Vol. 3, 91
Coolattin Estate: nineteenth – century emigration from South Wicklow: from Coollattin to Canada. Vol. 10, 206
Cott Family of Baltinglass and Ballymore (The Railway Children). Vol. 2, 52
Cresset-stones: A light into medieval Ireland: some thoughts on cresset-stones and a previously undocumented example from Newry townland, southwest Wicklow. Vol. 9, 81
Crampton, Thomas: extracts from his diary of 1869 – a Wicklow man returns for his bride. Vol. 3, 9
Crosbie, Richard: Ireland’s first aviator – a Baltinglass man? Vol. 2, 4
Cullen, James: memoirs of the Poulaphouca Dam, 1930. Vol. 1, 11
Cunningham, Constable James Stephen, and his family. Vol. 7, 73
Curragh Internment Camps: Guests of the Crown – Wicklow men in the Curragh Internment Camps, 1921. Vol. 10, 17
Cycling mishaps at Donard and Blessington in August 1911. Vol. 8, 139
Dairy farming in West Wicklow: from the horse-driven dash churn to creamery milk collection. Vol. 5, 81
Dance bands: did you ever dance to these bands in Blessington or Manor Kilbride 1971-1973?. Vol. 10, 236
Dargan, William and the Dublin and Wicklow Railway. Vol. 10, 151
De Riddelesford, Walter ( a Wicklow biography no. 4) Vol. 1, 27
De Valois, Dame Ninette (Edris Stannus). Vol. 12, 57
Dodd, Mr. Reuben J: the Dunlavin Solicitor (not so doddery). Vol. 8, 88
Donard: memories including photographs of saws and sawpits. Vol. 5, 70
Donard’s new church: an article from the ‘Leinster Leader’ Saturday 18 July 1925. Vol. 7, 99
Drury, Charles Maule (1848-1939) – collector of folklore. Vol. 12, 152
Dublin & Blessington Tramway line: a dangerous line. Vol. 5, 103
Dublin & Blessington Tramway: the timetable on Christmas Day 1910. Vol. 6, 100
Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway: annual inspections 1912 & 1913. Vol. 7, 91
Dublin & Blessington Tram Lane: a fatal accident in 1912. Vol. 9, 116
Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway Company: trouble with the points. Vol. 9, 128
Dunlavin Massacre: two ballads of 1798. Vol. 8, 140
Dunlavin: Merginstown School. Vol. 2, 35
Dunlavin per Slater’s directory 1881. Vol. 3, 13
Dunlavin Roman Catholic Parish: a brief statistical analysis from 1881-1901. Vol. 4, 48
Dunlavin – Revisiting the 1798 massacre for its 225th anniversary. Vol. 12, 103
Dunne, Margaret Miss: ‘Death on a Country Road’. Vol. 8, 123
Dwyer, John: son of rebel leader Michael Dwyer – a photo from the past. Vol. 5, 59
Dwyer, Michael: the family of. Vol. 1, 30
Dwyer, Michael: in captivity. Vol. 2, 18
Michael Dwyer and Bridget Brown of Cummock. Vol. 6, 24
Emergency, The: aspects of life in County Wicklow during the Emergency. Vol. 10, 161
Emigration Records Index for Coolattin Estate 1847-56, part 1 (A to C). Vol. 1, 78
Emigration Records Index for Coolattin Estate 1847-56, part 2 (D to F). Vol. 2, 76
Eustace, Thomas: 1st Viscount Baltinglass (a Wicklow biography no. 7). Vol. 2, 45
Eustace, James: 3rd Viscount Baltinglass (a Wicklow biography no. 9). Vol. 3, 16
Eviction of the Ballylow tenants on the Blessington Estate in 1852. Vol. 4, 45
Famine in Wicklow, 1846-7: extracts from British Parliamentary papers. Vol. 3, 17
Famine in County Wicklow c1845-1850 – some observations. Vol. 12, 34
Farm labourers of Wicklow : a facet of the 1880s Land War. Vol. 7, 52
Field Gun: farewell to the 25-pounder field gun. Vol. 6, 50
Fishing for pearl in the King’s River. Vol. 2, 47
Flax growing and linen weaving in Imaal in the 1820s. Vol. 10, 107
Fortgranite: goodbye to Fortgranite, a much-loved family home. Vol. 10, 239
Forstall Mark: some facts about his activities in Croatia 1650s to 1672. Vol. 7, 86
Freney, Captain James: the Hollywood highwayman. Vol. 3, 56
GAA: sons of the soil: aspects of the GAA in Wicklow in the early 1890s. Vol. 4, 27
Gavin, Denis and Ellen Murphy: early Queensland pioneers. Vol. 9, 97
Glen of Imaal 1941 memorial. Vol. 4, 94
God’s Acre: burial-ground at Chapel Hill, Baltinglass. Vol. 1, 45
Glen of Imaal: ‘When Britannia’s sons with their long-range guns rang out in the Glen of Imaal’ – the British Army in West Wicklow. Vol. 5, 57
Glen of Imaal explosion: ‘Death in the Glen of Imaal’ – 16 September 1941. Vol. 9, 26
Fort and the Saunders family: notes. Vol. 1, 15
Graney: a short history. Vol. 2, 69
Graney: a horse tale: details of a horse kidnapping near Graney. Vol.5, 68
Grangecon: memories of Lil Moore. Vol. 3, 79
Greenes of Kilranelagh house. Vol. 2, 48
Gun: farewell to the 25-pounder field gun. Vol. 6, 50
High Park house, Kiltegan and the Westbys. Vol. 6, 82
Hillfort construction at Baltinglass: building Ireland’s hillfort capital. Vol. 8, 23
Hillfort Capital – exploring Hughstown and Tinoran Hillforts: a sociological interpretation (part 1 of 3). Vol. 12, 135
Holt, Joseph: in the shadow of. Vol. 8, 120
Hollywood: an historic village. Vol. 6, 55
Hollywood highwayman, Captain James Freney. Vol. 3, 56
Hollywood in the early twentieth century : a farming community. Vol. 12, 81
‘Home Rule is throwing many a shadow just now’: Wicklow women, Unionism and the Women’s Declaration of 1912. Vol. 11, 33
Horses: their role in farm life in the 1920s. Vol. 6, 28
Humewood: a brief note. Vol. 4, 102
The Hillside Farm or how we Lived in the 1880s: an extract entitled ‘All the year round’. Vol. 5, 8
The Hillside Farm: an extract entitled ‘Pastimes’. Vol. 6, 69
The Hillside Farm: an extract entitled ‘Poor men and poor women’. Vol. 8, 126
The Hillside Farm: an extract entitled ‘The land for the people’. Vol. 10, 113
‘Imaal: the homes’ of – a poem. Vol. 2, 68
Index to Coolattin Estate Emigration records 1847-56, part 1 (A to C). Vol. 1, 78
Index to Coolattin Estate Emigration Records 1847-56, part 2 (D to F). Vol. 2, 76
Index to Coolattin Estate Emigration Records 1847-56, part 2 (G to K). Vol. 3, 91
Jones, Edward: murder most foul: the murder of Edward Jones of Kilranelagh in 1916. Vol. 11, 111
Kane, V. Rev. Dr. Denis, PP., V.G. (1822-1883). Vol. 1, 51
Keating, Jack: memories of fishing for pearl in the King’s River. Vol. 2, 47
Kilamoate; the chapel at. Vol. 1, 75
Kilcommon Church of Ireland school, Tinahely. Vol. 2, 12
‘Kilranelagh’: a poem. Vol. 2, 20
Kilranelagh house and the Greenes. Vol. 2, 48
Kings River: fishing for pearl. Vol. 2, 47
Knocklishen, County Carlow: ‘Billy’s Country’ – a childhood memory of holidays. Vol. 5, 50
Knockpatrick Hill: a visit. Vol. 1, 41
Knockpatrick Hill legend: a dress fastener for a chieftain’s cloak. Vol. 6, 23
Ladies’ Day at Punchestown: 150 years of festival fashion. Vol. 11, 7
Land War at local level including at Rathvilly, County Carlow. Vol. 2, 57
Lathaleere, Baltinglass: the evolution of a place-name. Vol. 9, 11
Linen and cotton printing at Stratford-on-Slaney, County Wicklow. Vol. 1, 37
Local agricultural methods, circa 1803. Vol. 2, 64
Local Irish historiography: the development and present state of. Vol. 5, 95
Macra na Feirme and the origin of secondary education in West Wicklow. Vol. 10, 203
Mansfields of Morristown Lattin. ‘He regarded their interests and his own as interwoven’: the impact of the 1903 Wyndham Land Act on the Mansfields of Morristown Lattin, 1903-1929. Vol. 10, 174
Manuscripts, Turtle extracts from. Vol. 1, 88
Marriage in Ireland before the Famine: a case study of Rathvilly Parish. Vol. 3, 33
Merginstown school, Dunlavin. Vol. 2, 35
Mitchell, William: a Black and Tan executed. Vol. 8, 93
Molyneux, Ernest of the Decoy, near Tynte Park, Dunlavin. Vol. 9, 120
Moore, Lil: her memories of Grangecon. Vol. 3, 79
Moore, The Rev. Ogle of Manor Kilbride. Vol. 11, 81
Mullaghmast: early monuments and mythologies. Vol. 10, 245
Murphy Ellen and Denis Gavin: early Queensland pioneers. Vol. 9, 97
Oatmeal biscuits. Vol. 11, 140
O’Boyle, Neil ‘Plunkett’: the killing of, (Death in the Valley). Vol 6, 8
O’Brien, John Thomond Day in Baltinglass. Vol. 4, 83
O’Byrne, Fiach Mac Hugh (a Wicklow biography no. 8) Vol. 3, 15
O’Byrne, Feagh Mac Hugh: contextualising a chieftain’s career: the case of Feagh Mac Hugh O’Byrne. Vol. 7, 25
O’Byrne, Sadhbh: glimpses of a Gaelic woman of sixteenth-century Ireland. Vol.12, 92
O’Connor, Rev. T.C., Rector of Donoughmore and Donard: ‘I say it as I think it’ – his controversial life. Vol. 12, 182
O’Mahony, Pierce (Politician and Philanthropist 1850-1930): a little bit of Bulgaria in Ireland. Vol. 12, 54
O’ Molloy, Albina (a Wicklow biography no. 6) Vol. 2, 45
O’Toole, Mór (a Wicklow biography no. 5) Vol. 2, 42
O’Tooles of Imail in the Sixteenth Century. Vol. 11, 15
O’Tooles; Mapping the clan’s devolved Gaelic territories and districts. Vol.12, 9
O’Toole, Rose: the beautiful woman in the long red cloak. Vol. 11, 88
Parnell, Charles Stewart: the Wicklow landlord who held sway over the British Empire: Parnell, and his times. Vol. 7, 108
Passage tombs in West Wicklow. Vol. 6, 65
Pipho, Robert and the Baltinglass Rebellion. Vol. 8, 65
Place-name lore: the importance of the Irish language. Vol. 10, 95
Place-names: the Irish language influence in West Wicklow place-names. Vol. 11,135
Plymouth Brethren and the Baltinglass connection. Vol. 9, 33
Poem ‘Kilranelagh’. Vol. 2, 20
Poem ‘The Homes of Imaal’. Vol. 2, 68
Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers’ Directory through Ireland: extracts. Vol. 5, 87
Poulaphouca Dam in the 1930s: memoirs of James Cullen. Vol. 1, 11
Poulaphouca Dam: Odd fish. Vol. 9, 106
Irish-French Quaker connections during the Eighteenth Century. Vol. 3, 30
Irish language: its importance in local place-name lore. Vol. 10, 95
Raid, robberies and attacks in West Wicklow during the Civil War. Vol. 7, 118
Railway: the Tullow Line. Vol. 1, 7
Railway children: the Cott family of Baltinglass & Ballymore Eustace. Vol. 2, 52
Railway history in County Wicklow: some aspects of. Vol. 11, 118
Railway station at Harristown on the Sallins-Tullow branch line 1883-1951; Migrant railway workers and local communities. Vol. 12, 21
Rathdangan and Killamoate: my native area. Vol. 8, 116
Rathvilly Branch of the Land League etc. Vol. 2, 57
Rathvilly Parish: a case study of marriage in Ireland before the Famine. Vol.3, 33
Rathvilly: the ancient parish of. Vol. 4, 64
Rebellion of 1641 in West Wicklow. Vol. 4, 18
Rectory: St. Mary’s Church and Rectory Baltinglass. Vol. 1, 48
RIC and the IRA in Wicklow’s War of Independence. Vol. 7, 62
Rifle Competition: the 1941 LDF West Wicklow District Shield. Vol.4, 88
Rutherford, Jack of Rustyduff Bridge, near Knockanarrigan. Vol. 2, 11
Saunders family and Golden Fort: notes. Vol. 1, 15
Saunders elopement. Vol. 1, 17.
Saunders grove: local agriculture methods c.1803. Vol. 2, 64
Savage-Armstrong, George Francis: recovery as a poet of Wicklow. Vol. 8, 75
Saws and sawpits: photos at Donard. Vol. 5, 70
Scurlock’s Graveyard, near Blessington reservoir. Vol. 7, 88
Sheelagh na Gig of Blackhall Castle, Calverstown and theories as to its possible functions. Vol. 6, 18
Sheep wash-holes in West Wicklow. Vol. 9, 109
Silk manufacturing in Rathmore, County Kildare (1784-1786). Vol. 10, 27
Smith, Elizabeth comes to Baltiboys. Vol. 5, 72
Stratford-on-Slaney: linen and cotton printing. Vol. 1, 37
Stratford : a late-eighteenth-century map of thirty-one holdings. Vol. 5, 6
St. Kevin (a Wicklow biography no. 2). Vol.1, 23
St. Laurence O’Toole (a Wicklow biography no. 3). Vol. 1, 23
St. Nicholas’s holy well, Tournant, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Vol. 6, 88
St. Patrick’s Missionary Society: S.P.S. (The Kiltegan Fathers). Vol. 5, 23
Suffrage: Preaching the suffrage gospel in County Wicklow: a local perspective on the women’s suffrage campaign, 1908-1918. Vol. 10, 47
‘Tales from a Drowned land’ (Poulaphouca). Vol. 1, 11
Tinahely: Kilcommon Church of Ireland school. Vol. 2, 12
Tinahely over the centuries: a brief history. Vol. 3, 42
Tinahely over the centuries: a brief history continued. Vol. 4, 74
Tithe, protest and criminality around Dunlavin (1823-1845). Vol.5, 28
Toomey, Joe: memoirs of turf cutting, stone-cutting etc. Vol. 1, 70
Tournant, Dunlavin :St. Nicholas’s holy well. Vol. 6, 8
Transhumance routes between the Wicklow Mountains and the surrounding lowlands. Vol. 11, 96
Tubber and the Castle Leslie connection: an overview of Tubber House and Demesne, c. 1764-1824. Vol. 8, 11
Tuckmills in West Wicklow. Vol. 9, 124
Tullow Line: the railway line via Baltinglass. Vol. 1, 7
Turf cutting, flail making, blacksmiths and stone cutting: memoirs of Joe Toomey. Vol. 1, 70.
Turtle Manuscripts, extracts. Vol. 1, 86
Valentine Family: the Valentine family of Donard, (part 1). Vol. 1, 63
Valentine Family: the Valentine family of Donard, (part 2). Vol. 2, 22
War of Independence in Wicklow: the RIC and the IRA. Vol. 7, 62
War of Independence in County Kildare (1919-1921) Vol. 10, 85
Westbys and High Park house, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow. Vol. 6, 82
West Wicklow ‘Ar gCeanntar Dúchas’. Vol.4, 39
West Wicklow memorial inscriptions. Vol. 2, 27
West Wicklow and the 1641 rebellion. Vol. 4, 18
West Wicklow monuments relating to the period 1798-1803 which were restored between 1998-2003. Vol. 4, 94-101
West Wicklow District Shield Rife Competition 1942. Vol. 4, 88
West Wicklow during the Civil War: raids, robberies and attacks. Vol. 7, 118
West Wicklow as described in the Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846. Vol. 5, 62
West Wicklow passage tombs, Vol. 6, 65
West Wicklow: thirty-five years – ‘Going to the Country’. Vol. 2, 80
Wicklow farm labourers: a facet of the 1880s Land War. Vol. 7, 52
Wicklow Grand Jury Presentments, Summer Assizes, 1793. Vol. 9, 66
Winnett family of Baltinglass. Vol. 4, 68
Winter – transhumance routes between the Wicklow Mountains and the surrounding lowlands. Vol. 11, 96
Wool-weaving in the 1820s: the recollections of William Hanbidge. Vol. 9, 74
Wyse Power, Jennie (1858-1941) Vol. 4, 55
Wyse Power, John and Jennie: the real-life couple featured in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Vol. 11, 55
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