Kilcullen Heritage Office to be opened

KILCULLEN, 2 September 2002: by Brian Byrne. Kilcullen Heritage Group are holding an Evening Programme at 8pm on Wednesday night, 4 September, in the Heritage Centre (above) at the Town Hall to celebrate the return of the exiled Kauffmann Portrait of John La Touche.

La Touche was a member of a prominent local landowning family in the 19th century.

The evening will also mark the official launch of the Kilcullen Heritage Group's office and the presentation of the James Pender Collection to the Heritage Group by the Pender family.

The event is Kilcullen's contribution to National Heritage Week.

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