• Maura Laverty And Never No More

    Maura Laverty And Never No More

    This 1943 reprint of Never No More is in our collections in Local Studies. Originally published in 1942, the book caused somewhat of a stir in Laverty’s hometown of Rathangan. Laverty did change the names of places and characters, but it is easy to see how locals could recognise themselves, or their neighbours, from within […]

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Kildare County Archives & Local Studies

Kildare County Archives holds the records of local government, along with some private papers and manuscript material relating to County Kildare. Kildare Local Studies holds an extensive collection of books, periodicals, maps, photographs and newspapers relating to the history and heritage of County Kildare, as well as Irish archaeology, history and heritage. 

Online Resources

Archives

Grand Jury
Poor Law Unions
Kildare County Council Minutes
Naas Urban District Council Minutes
Burial Grounds

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Local Studies

Kildare Observer Newspaper (1880-1935)
Journals of the County Kildare Archaeological Society (1891-2006)

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Resources Available at County Archives

Find My Past
British Newspaper Archive

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Irish Newspaper Archive
Radical Newspapers Archive