Tag: Kilkenny Heritage

Heritage Week
Generations Exploring Heritage Together
Heritage Week 23rd – 31st August
The theme of this year’s Heritage Week which runs from Saturday 23rd – Sun 31st August is “Generations Exploring Heritage Together”. Local heritage groups have compiled a fabulous programme of events. Our military heritage is very well represented in the programme, and includes guided walks and talks about the contribution that Kilkenny men and women made to both World War I and the War of Independence.
According to Dearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Officer, “This is the most diverse and comprehensive Heritage Week programme to date. It’s a great opportunity for people to experience and enjoy the wonderful heritage we have on our doorstep in County Kilkenny”. Click here for a recent press release relating to Heritage Week.
The Kilkenny Heritage Office has compiled a free County Kilkenny ‘Heritage Week’ Event Guide which outlines over 70 ‘Heritage Week’ events taking place in the County. s happening in your area and to request a free copy of the Kilkenny Heritage Week brochure, contact Dearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Officer, Kilkenny County Council. Tel: 056 7794925. dearbhala.ledwidge@kilkennycoco.ie or click here to download a copy.
Heritage Week is co-ordinated in County Kilkenny by the Heritage Office of Kilkenny County Council, and nationally by the Heritage Council, in conjunction with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and is part of European Heritage Days, which is celebrated in 40 countries across Europe.
For further information, contact:
Dearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Officer, Kilkenny County Council
Email: dearbhala.ledwidge@kilkennycoco.ie Phone: 056 7794925
August 18, 2014
Heritage Week Military Events
This year’s Heritage Week runs from 23rd August to 31st August; this year’s programme includes a number of events focusing on various aspects of our military heritage. See the Kilkenny Event Guide 2014 for details of military events organised throughout the county:
- Exploring Gowran’s Contribution to the Great War (event no. 16)
- We Will Remember Them (event no. 20)
- Exploring Our Military Heritage (event no. 24)
- Kilkenny and the Great War (event no. 25)
- Kilkenny’s Independence Story (event no. 26)
- Kilkenny on the Eve of the Great War (event no. 27)
- An Evening of Military Heritage (event no. 28)
July 22, 2014
Heritage Week Event – Exploring Gowran’s Contribution to the Great War
Heritage Week Event – Exploring Gowran’s Contribution to the Great War
Padraig Yeates will outline the situation which existed in Ireland during the War years. This will be followed by Alyson Gavin who will speak about her quest for Aubry White, the soldier who is commemorated in the beautiful stained glass window in St Mary’s Church. Military historian Gordon Power will hold a talk and workshop on associated memorabilia. A questions and answers session will follow. The National Library of Ireland exhibition Gallant Sons will be in the church on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th August. If you have any medals or photographs of ancestors who served that you would like to know more about why not send your query to us in advance? To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website www.heritageweek.ie.

July 13, 2014
Kilkenny and the Great War – Heritage Week Event
The decade of commemorations recalls some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and the modern world. Visit a photographic exhibition at Kilkenny Castle commemorating Kilkenny Families in the Great War. To find out more about this event visit the Hertiage Week website at www.heritageweek.ie.

July 12, 2014
An Evening of Military Heritage – Heritage Week Event
An Evening of Military Heritage – Heritage Week Event
The decade of commemorations recalls some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and the modern world. Join Larry Scallan at the James Stephens Barracks for ‘An Evening of Military Heritage’. There will be two talks given this year. The topics are ‘World War I – The Kilkenny Missing’, and a second talk on ‘Civil War Executions in Kilkenny’. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website at www.hertiageweek.ie.

July 11, 2014
From Strongbow to the I.R.A. – Heritage Week Event
The coming years see the centenary anniversaries of some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and of the United Kingdom, and equally importantly in the history of the modern world. The decade saw the emergence both of an independent Irish State and of Northern Ireland with a devolved government within the UK. Patrick Mannix, historian and author, will give a talk on the siege of Kilkenny Castle in May 1922 by the anti-treaty forces. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website at www.hertiageweek.ie.

July 10, 2014
Heritage Week Event – A look at some Kilkenny Families in the Great War
The coming years see the centenary anniversaries of some of the most significant events in the history of modern Ireland and of the United Kingdom, and equally importantly in the history of the modern world. Join John Kirwan, author of Kilkenny Families and the Great War for an illustrated look at some Kilkenny families and the contribution they made towards the war effort. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website at www.heritageweek.ie.

July 9, 2014
Kilkenny on the Eve of the Great War – Heritage Week Event
Kilkenny County Library Service invites you to the launch and distribution of a commemorative brochure detailing Kilkenny City in the early years of the 20th Century up to the outbreak of the Great War. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website at www.hertiageweek.ie.

July 8, 2014
We Will Remember Them – Heritage Week Event
We Will Remember Them – Heritage Week Event
As we enter a decade of commemoration in Irish and European history we remember those who served in action during 1913-1923. Johnstown Heritage Group will hold an evening of remembrance for the local men who fought in World War I. John Kirwan, archivist & author, will speak on the subject. There will be an exhibition of memorabilia from the Great War. To find out more about this event visit the Heritage Week website at www.hertiageweek.ie.
July 8, 2014