here<\/a><\/p>\nSupported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport<\/p>\n
Wednesday, 6 May 6.30pm-8pm – Pike Hill: The Rath Massacre.<\/strong>
\nBook launch with author Martin Malone, followed by a discussion of his new work of historical fiction set amid the highly charged atmosphere of the 1798 Rebellion in Kildare.<\/p>\nThursday, 7 May 6.30pm-8pm – From Crown to Harp: How the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone 1922-1949.<\/strong>
\nDavid McCullagh will recount the remarkable story of the peaceful revolution that took Ireland from part of the Commonwealth to a Republic.<\/p>\nSaturday, 9 May<\/strong>
\n9.15am Registration
\n9.45am\u201310.30am ‘Has History got a future?’ – The challenges facing Local Historians today.<\/strong> Roundtable Discussion with Brian McCabe, Michael Dempsey, Karel Kiely and Celine Rourke, chaired by Mario Corrigan.<\/p>\n10.30am-11.00am Tea\/Coffee Break<\/p>\n
11.00am\u201312.00pm – Siege in Ireland 1641-1653.<\/strong>
\nDr. P\u00e1draig Lenihan will provide a fascinating insight into the brutal Irish Wars of Religion (1641-1653), in which the art of siege warfare played a crucial role. The presentation will reference aspects of these wars in Kildare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6\u00fa-9\u00fa Bealtaine 2026\/6-9 May 2026 i Leabharlann agus Ionad Cult\u00fartha an N\u00e1is\/Naas Library & Cultural Centre Free events but please book here Supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Wednesday, 6 May 6.30pm-8pm – Pike Hill: The Rath Massacre. Book launch with author Martin Malone, followed by a discussion of his new work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-history","category-news-events-2"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMS2026-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMS2026-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Karel Kiely","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/kkiely\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8680,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677\/revisions\/8680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}