history

‘Fr Jimmy was one of nature’s gentlemen’

  Kildavin football legend Christy O’Neill recalls fond memories of memorable GAA games and his lifelong friendship with the late...

The very first Electric Picnic

The on-off saga surrounding the 2021 staging of Electric Picnic was frustrating for both sponsors and music fans. In the...

Growing up on an ‘island’ in Carlow town

  Retired journalist Margaret O’Rourke looks back to a time when Carlow town was a very different place IT ISN’T...

Saturday, 01/01/22 - 7:00am Read More

The children of Duckett’s Grove

Angela Keogh recalls blissful summer days at Miss Brady’s horse riding school in Burton Hall HAPPINESS is a cloud drifting...

Friday, 31/12/21 - 12:01pm Read More

The country doctor with the exotic name

By Charlie Keegan AROUND 1897 a medical doctor glorying in the name Madison La Touche Fisher came to reside in...

Thursday, 30/12/21 - 3:48pm Read More

Carlow’s complicated RIC history explored in lecture

Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) held their first in-person lecture since the onset of Covid-19. On Wednesday, 20 October,...

Monday, 15/11/21 - 3:08pm Read More

Talk will examine role of RIC in Carlow during War of Independence

An upcoming talk will look at the Royal Irish Constabulary’s (RIC) policing in Carlow during the War of Independence. Historian...

Friday, 08/10/21 - 9:20pm Read More

History and culture talk on the Blackstairs Mountains

THE vibrant history of the Blackstairs Mountain range is the subject of what promises to be a lively talk hosted...

Wednesday, 17/03/21 - 10:02am Read More

More history

Remembering the ambush of the IRA in Ballymurphy, 1921 (Part 2)

Saturday, 20/02/21 - 8:02pm

‘Bloodbath’: remembering the ambush of the IRA in Ballymurphy, 1921

Friday, 12/02/21 - 8:11pm

The burning of Milford RIC Barracks 100 years ago  

Monday, 25/05/20 - 7:11pm

The day Parnell was chased out of Ballon

Saturday, 09/05/20 - 8:00pm