County Kildare History and Heritage
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Online Resources
Research Aids
What's On...
Vanishing Ireland exhibition 1 Apr-30 Sep
Gordon Bennett Classic Car Run 2013 2 Jun
Fatima Pilgrimage 6-13 Jun
Kildare County Show 16 Jun
IMVG Military Vehicle and Re-enactors Show 22-23 Jun
Big House Festival 3-5 Aug
St. Brigid of Kildare Gathering 15-21 Sep
Culture Night 2013 in Athy 20 Sep
Maynooth Harvest Festival 26-29 Sep
Harvest Fleadh 28 Sep
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