• The Fascinating History Of Furze In Ireland

    The Fascinating History Of Furze In Ireland

    If you pass through the Curragh early in the morning, perhaps on your way to work, you might just happen upon horses and riders fresh from their exertions on the gallops. You will struggle to find a more evocative scene: the smoky blue Wicklow Mountains sharp on the horizon, spry jockey and frothing horse, both […]

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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

Resources Available in Library Branches

Irish Newspaper Archive
Radical Newspapers Archive