Jan 13, 2025
Homing in some of the icons of Monkstown’s history such as John Travers and James Eustace who occupied Monkstown Castle, the regicide Edmund Ludlow, Owen Guinneas, (ancestor of Arthur Guinness), the Waterloo surgeon Dr. Matthias Kenny, and astrophysicist Lady Margaret...
Jan 10, 2025
Highlighting notable figures from Enniscorthy, including Eileen Gray, a pioneering modernist architect and furniture designer; Martin Cash, an infamous Australian bushranger; acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín, as well as Denys Corbett Wilson, the first aviator to fly...
Jan 3, 2025
Short histories taking in Henry VIII’s creation of the county, Jonathan Swift’s connections, Peg Plunkett’s life as a courtesan, Mary Molesworth’s imprisonment, John Wesley’s Methodist influence, and James Joyce and J.P. Donleavy’s literary contributions, amongst...
Dec 16, 2024
See here for more stories of County Kildare. The Bog of Moods Mouds Bog (also spelled “Moods”), is a large 580-hectare raised bog located 3km northwest Newbridge. Taking in the townlands of Baronstown East, Grangehiggin, Barretstown and Hawkfield, it is one of the...
