County Kildare History and Heritage
Heritage Menu
Online Resources
Research Aids
What's On...
Leixlip History Club Lecture 17 May
Triuir * Tair * Triugh * Three 18 May
Knock Shrine Pilgrimage from Athy 20 May
Dawn Chorus Walk 20 May
Athy Museum Society- Visit to Killeen Cormac 20 May
Family Date with Nature 20 May
Castletown Country Market & Craft Fair 27 May
Classic Car & Motorcycle Live Show 17 Jun
Kildare County Show 2012 17 Jun
IMVG 5th Annual Military Vehicle & Reenactment Show 23-24 Jun
Church at Castledermot, from "Grose's Antiquities"
Many of the historical resources in this section of Kildare Community Network are provided by County Kildare Library and Arts Service's Local Studies, Genealogy and Archives Dept., Kildare's premier source of local history, genealogy and archive materials.
Local Studies, Genealogy & Archives, Kildare Co. Library & Arts Service, incorporates:
Genealogy
The Genealogy Department provides a professional research service to members of the public both at home and abroad. Click here to go to the Genealogy section of the library website.
Local History
The Local Studies Department Kildare Co. Library
and Arts Service
As well as containing a wonderful collection
of secondary source material the Local Studies Department
includes many original gems. Also of interest, EHistory - Kildare Online Electronic History Journal.
Click here to go to the Local Studies section of the library website
Archives
The County Archives: Archives are records of continuing
value. They are the raw material of history from which we
can study and understand the development of past organisations,
communities and individuals.
Click here to go to the Archives section of the library website