{"id":4224,"date":"2020-04-01T11:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/ehistory\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2024-07-23T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:35:09","slug":"postcards-quiet-streets-in-kildare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/postcards-quiet-streets-in-kildare\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Streets in County Kildare (Postcards)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Quiet Streets in Kildare (Postcards)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Many have commented on the relative absence of car traffic and people on the streets of Kildare as people adhere to the appeal to stay at home during the current Covid-19 crisis. For some, this reminds them of days gone by when there was a lot less traffic on the streets and roads of Kildare! Here are some examples from the historic postcards collection held in the Local Studies &amp; Archives Collections of Kildare Library Service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4224 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/main-street-s-naas\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Main-Street-S.-Naas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4227\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4227'>\n\t\t\t\tNaas\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/main-street-naas-quiet\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Main-Street-Naas-Quiet--150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4228\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4228'>\n\t\t\t\tNaas\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/quiet-street-newbridge\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quiet-street-Newbridge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4229\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4229'>\n\t\t\t\tNewbridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/rathangan-quiet-street\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rathangan-quiet-street-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4230\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4230'>\n\t\t\t\tRathangan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/quiet-street-monasterevan\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quiet-Street-Monasterevan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4231\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4231'>\n\t\t\t\tMonasterevan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/newbridge-bridge-quiet-street\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Newbridge-Bridge-Quiet-street-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4232\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4232'>\n\t\t\t\tNewbridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/maynooth-main-street\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Maynooth-Main-Street-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4233\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4233'>\n\t\t\t\tMaynooth\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quiet Streets in Kildare (Postcards) Many have commented on the relative absence of car traffic and people on the streets of Kildare as people adhere to the appeal to stay at home during the current Covid-19 crisis. 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