Kildare Decade of Commemorations 2013-23

ALT The launch of Rebel Hearts. A biographical list of republican women activists in Co. Kildare 1913-1923 by Karel Kiely will take place on 15 February at 7.00pm in Naas Library and Cultural Centre. Refreshments will be served. This book lists the known women activists of Co. Kildare during the 1913-1923 period with biographical information compiled from pension and medal applications; witness statements; birth, death, and marriage records; census records; arrest reports; newspaper obituaries; family information and photographs. It was funded as part of the Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations programme for 2023 and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2021-2023 initiative.

ALT County Kildare Decade of Commemorations celebrate the end of a successful programme with the ‘Birth of a Nation’ music extravaganza set against the backdrop of Irish history up to the founding of the modern Irish State. Taking place in Riverbank Arts Centre on Thursday 9 November from 7PM, this event will also see the Kildare launch of A Nation is Born: Ireland in Colour 1923-1938 by Rathangan man John O’Byrne. Contact Riverbank Arts Centre to book your free place.

ALT Folks...book the couch for 9 tonight! Our James (Durney) of @KildareCoCo Local History Department fame will be appearing on Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1 at 9pm...do not miss it. "Dev Griffin learns about his Irish & Jamaican ancestry, including tales from Ireland....."