County Carlow, highlighted.
Choose from topics below for stories of people, families, events and places connected to County Carlow’s past.
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Carlow Family Histories
- Becher of Bagenalstown House
- Browne Clayton of Browne’s Hill & Viewmount
- Butler of Ballintemple
- Butler of Tullow and Butler’s Grange
- Crosbie of Viewmount
- Doyne of St Austin’s, Tullow
- Doyle of Lackabeg
- Durdin-Robertson of Huntington, Clonegal
- Finn of Drummond, St Mullins (Drumin)
- Germaine of Lisnavagh & Tobinstown
- Halligan of Lisnavagh, Rathvilly & Straboe
- Halpin – Carlow connections
- Kane-Smith Family of Moyle and Rathmore
- Malone of Lisnavagh and Rathmore
- McClintock Bunbury (Rathdonnell) of Lisnavagh
- McClintock of Rathvinden (Leighlinbridge)
- Mulhallen of Malcomville (Holloden)
- Murphy of Kill House, near Tullow
- O’Gorman – Knocknagan and Tobinstown links here.
- Vigors of Burgage, Old Leighlin, Erindale & Holloden
- Wall (Du Valle) of County Carlow
Carlow Pubs
Carlow Places
- Acaun – Monastic Townland
- Bagenalstown
- Ballybit
- Ballyhacket, Straboe & the Ridelesford Connection
- Ballintemple: Dark Knights, Blue Bells
- Butler’s Grange, Tullow
- Villages at a Crossroads – Borris
- Carlow County – Historical Snapshots
- Carlow Castle: Rise & Fall
- Castlemore – A Vanished Town, a Solitary Motte
- Clonmore Castle
- Denny’s Turn, Lisnavagh
- D’Israeli School, Bough by Rathvilly
- Dr Comerford’s Memorial Pulpit, Carlow
- Hacketstown
- Haroldstown – Of Dolmens, Evictions and Eccentric Historians
- Huntington Castle – Ghostly Tales & Worthy Fellowships
- Killerrig, Grange, Straboe and Friarstown
- Knocknagan
- Lisnavagh 1: Neolithic to the Bronze Age
- Lisnavagh 2: Of Rings, Raths & the Kings of Leinster
- Palatine
- Rathvilly Railway Station
- Rathvilly – A Historical Excursion to Rathvilly and Neighbourhood, 1930
- Rathvilly School, Birmingham
- Rathvilly – A Journey Through Time
- St Columba’s National School, Tullow
- St Columba’s Church, Tullow
- Tankardstown
- Tobinstown
- Tullow
- Viewmount House
Vanishing Ireland (Carlow)
- Bill Burgess (1902-2007) – Ireland’s Oldest Farmer – Tobinstown
- Gretta Carter (1921-2018), lacemaker, Borris
- John Coady (1927-2017), sheep farmer, Rahanna
- Paddy Delaney (1929-2023), philosopher, Tobinstown
- Cathy Dowling (1917-2017), farmer, Castledermot
- Atty Dowling (1916-2005), farm labourer, Tobinstown
- Helen Fegan-Joyce (1927-2023) – A Vanishing Ireland podcast
- George Hawkins (1914-2013), farmer, Ballyhacket
- Edward Hayes (1924-2012) – Houseman & Butler
- Johnny Hutchinson (1931-2021), horse coper, Borris
- Dinny Hyland (1929-2015) – Pole Vaulter & Gaelic Footballer
- Michael Johnson, tailor, Tullow
- Mick Lawlor (1927–2004), trap driver, Borris
- Seamus McGrath (1921-2014), farmer & actor, Killerig
- Paddy Mullins, racehorse trainer
- Bob Murphy (1909-2002), gardener, Ballybit – The End of an Era
- Simon Murphy (1929-2015) & Jimmy Murphy (1934-2015), Cattle and Sheep Farmers, Ballymurphy
- Nellie O’Toole (1908-2010) – Nurse & Housekeeper of Rathvilly
- Betty Scott (1923-2013) – The Inspiration for the Vanishing Ireland project
Carlow People
- St Columbanus
- Senator Pierce Butler (1744-1822)
- Judith Wogan-Browne (1750-1848) – The Brigidines & Bishop Delaney
- Benjamin Disraeli (1766-1814) of Bough
- Rev. Alick McClintock (1775-1836) & the Tithe War
- William Presley of Eagle Hill, Hacketstown
- Daniel Robertson, an American Architect in Ireland
- John Sadlier (1813-1856)
- Father John Phelan, parish priest, Rathvilly – 1903 obituary.
- The Incredible Arthur Kavanagh
- Sir Benjamin Baker (1840–1907)
- Charlie Butler (1860-1932) – Agent at Lisnavagh
- Arthur Thomas Bruen (1873-1957) – Agent at Lisnavagh
- Abraham Watchorn (1894-1916) & the Easter Rising
- Captain Murphy (Tullow) and Tom Kettle – Death at Ginchy
- Michael Fay (1899-1921)
- The Life & Death of Kevin Barry (1902-1920)
- Priscilla Middleton (1910-92) of Altamont
- “The Major” – Hugh Caruthers Massy (1914-1987)
- Michael Keogh – The Tullow man who Saved Hitler
- William Desmond Taylor – A Hollywood Murder Story
- Herbie Brennan (1940-2024) – Master of the Universe
- Willie Mullins – Commander of the Turf
- Niall Power: Timing is Everything
Carlow Podcasts
- County Carlow – A Journey Through Time
- Rathvilly – A Journey Through Time
- The Incredible Mr Kavanagh
- The Barrow Interview – John O’Neill of Slyguff
- Boating on the Barrow with Cliff Reid
- Michael Johnston, tailor, Tullow
County Carlow Archives
Burials in Rathvilly Church, County Carlow, 1884- Catholic Converts from Carlow (1741-1812)
- Richard Corrigan Papers – General Notes (County Carlow)
- Headstone Inscriptions for Clonmelsh Church (Church of Ireland)
- Rathdonnell Rental Account Books for Rathvilly, Celbridge, Swords etc 1929-1973
- Tullow Marriages (Church of Ireland) from the Richard Corrigan Papers
- Ten men to be Hanged!!! Carlow Morning Post – Address by Lord Norbury – Thursday July 25th 1822
- Clergy who have Served in Rathvilly and Kiltegan by Monsignor John McEvoy
Carlow Bunburys
- Bunbury of Ardnahue
- Bunbury of Cloghna & Cranavonane
- Bunbury of Johnstown House
- Bunbury of Killerig
- Bunbury of Russellstown and Bunbury Lodge
- Bunbury Isaac Family
- The Pre-Bunbury History of Lisnavagh
- Benjamin Bunbury (1642-1707) of Killerig, Lisnavagh & Tobinstown
- William Bunbury (c. 1674-1710) of Lisnavagh
- William Bunbury II (1704-1755) of Lisnavagh
- Thomas Bunbury (1705-1774) of Kill
- The Diary of Thomas Bunbury of Kill (1754 – 1774)
- William Bunbury III of Lisnavagh (1744-1778)
- George Bunbury of Moyle & Rathmore (1747-1820)
- Thomas Bunbury II (1775-1846), MP for Carlow
- John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell (1798-1879)
- Captain William McClintock Bunbury, MP for Carlow
- Benjamin Bunbury (1751-1823) of Moyle & Killerig
- Colonel Kane Bunbury (1777-1874)
- Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell
- Hon. Jack Bunbury (1851-1893)
- Billy Bunbury, aka 2nd Lieutenant William McClintock Bunbury (1878-1900)
- Tim McClintock Bunbury (1881-1937), 3rd Baron Rathdonnell
- William Robert Bunbury, 4th Baron Rathdonnell, M.C. (1914-1959)
- Rosie Rathdonnell (1948-2016) – A Sculptress at Home
Articles relating to County Carlow
- All Aboard the Rathwood Santa Train
- Notes on the N81
- Dr Myddelton & the Destruction of Carlow Castle, 1814
- A Rare 19th Century Stick Grenade – Oak Park, County Carlow
- Walt Disney’s Leprechaun Hunt
- Lisnavagh – The War Horse
- The Lisnavagh Oak
- The Rathdonnell Papers (PRONI)
- The History Festival of Ireland 2012-2014
- Maxol – The History of an Irish Family Company
- The Forgotten Cult of St John the Baptist
- Garden of Ireland: A Tour of Carlow, Wicklow & Kildare (2000, Archive)
- The Palatines in Ireland
- Waterways Through Time
- Notes on the M9
- Rambling Night in Rathvilly, 2024
- Book Launch: ‘Tullow Through the Ages’ (2025) by Christopher McQuinn
- Launch of Carloviana 2026