Carlow – Decade Of Centenaries

11 November 2018: Memorial event to mark centenary of 1918 armistice, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow

By Editor | 16/11/2018 |

On Sunday November 11 2018 a special memorial event marking the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War took place in the Memorial Garden, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow. The event focused on the hundreds of Carlow men and women who died in the conflict and who are remembered by name on the All-County Memorial in…

28 November 2016: Public lecture on ‘Kevin Barry and his world’, Carlow County Museum, Carlow

By Editor | 21/11/2016 |

On Monday 28 November 2016 Prof. Eunan O’Halpin (TCD) gave a public lecture entitled ‘Kevin Barry and his world’ in Carlow County Museum. Barry was born Fleet St, Dublin 2, on 20 January 1902. He was the son of a dairyman and was a student in University College Dublin; he joined the Dublin Brigade of…