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Help! Historic An Post Letter Box Stolen From Killoughternane, Co Carlow.An Post, Carlow County Museum and local historians are upset by the recent theft of an out-of-service post box from a wall at Killoughternane in south County Carlow. – the An Post letterbox, stolen from Killoughternane, Co Carlow. The historic box, has not been in regular use […]
Primary School Artists celebrate St Willibrord’s life
In celebration of the Feast of St Willibrord, Patron Saint of Luxembourg and his Co Carlow connection the Right Reverend Michael Burrows, Bishop of Ossory, Cashel, Ferns, Lismore, Waterford and Leighlin along with the Most Reverend Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin invited 5th and 6th class pupils in primary schools in Co. Carlow to take […]
Gallery dedication in honour of the O’Hanrahan Family from Tullow Street
On Saturday 11th March 2017 the Carlow County Museum temporary exhibition gallery has been dedicated in honour of the O’Hanrahan Family/ Uí Annracháin for their contribution to Irish independence. They lived at 90 and 91 Tullow Street in the late 19th and early 20th century. The dedication and plaque unveiling was performed by Pearse O’Hanrahan, great grand nephew of the Richard and Mary […]
St Brigid of Kildare 451-524
– St Brigid as carved in the 20 foot high pulpit on display in Carlow County Museum Debate over realty There is debate over whether St Brigid is a real person or not, since St Brigid shares the name of the Pagan Irish goddess associated with Spring, healing and blacksmithing. The goddess Brigid[i] is celebrated […]
Thompsons Engineering
The original company was established in 1878 by Thomas Thompson[i]. The business now has over 120 years of experience and has traded through many economic cycles producing engineering products which have been specified by their customers. Those have included farm machinery, turbines, haulage wagons, hydroelectric installations, ammunitions, aeroplane parts, peat processing machinery and much more. […]
Celebrating The Feast Of St Willibrord, Patron Saint Of Luxembourg & His Carlow Connection
On Monday the 7th of November at 7.00pm in St Laserian’s Cathedral, Old Leighlin the Feast of St Willibrord, Patron Saint of Luxembourg and his Co Carlow connection will be celebrated with an ecumenical service led by the Right Reverend Michael Burrows, Bishop of Ossory, Cashel, Ferns, Lismore, Waterford and Leighlin along with the Most Reverend Denis Nulty, […]
The RIC in Carlow
In 1825, a bill was introduced to reorganise the police system in Ireland. Its purpose was to create one force for the country – outside of Dublin, and replace the Peace Preservation Force established in 1814. In 1836, on the 20th of May the bill became law and was known as the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1936.1 […]
Printing Press Research
– An Albion Printing Press, 1856, currently on display in Carlow County Museum. It was used for decades by local newspapers The Nationalist and the Leinster Times. HOW PRINTING STARTED Printing was not invented by Johannes Gensfleisch Alias Gutenberg instead, it was actually in China that, about 600 years after Christ, the first one sided […]
Recently Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland visited the holy wells at Cranavane near Kildavin, Co. Carlow. Here is their blog:
Carnavane/Crann a Bhán (white tree) holy well, is located near the village of Kildavin in Co Carlow a short distance from the Wexford/Carlow border. The well has no patron but it was likely at one time dedicated to St Finian who was born at nearby Myshall. A stone beside the lower holy well is said […] […]
The Pilgrim sites of Myshall Co Carlow
Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland Carlow is a wonderful county full of amazing archaeology and historic sites. I recently visited the village of Myshall located at the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains a short distance from the Carlow/Wexford Border. Myshall is traditionally held to be the birthplace of the great Irish saint St Finian, founder of […]
