Towns in Medieval Ireland Seminar

by | Apr 19, 2017 | KAS News

Details of next week’s seminar at Maynooth University on Towns in Medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations. This is a two-day seminar hosted by the Department of History, Maynooth University, in association with the Irish Walled Towns...

“The Somme – 1916”

by | Apr 18, 2017 | KAS News

Just a reminder that our next outing is on SATURDAY 22nd April and is a talk on “The Somme – 1916” The speaker is Brig. General John Martin (Rtd) who is a member of CKAS and a distinguished military historian. The talk will be held at the Kilcullen Heritage Centre...

Solved – Carved Images on Round Tower??

by | Apr 3, 2017 | KAS News

A previous post posed the intriguing question are there  “Carved Stones on Kildare Round Tower?” . The answer is a definite NO. Thanks to the work of Paul Brerton in taking very detailed videos and still photographs there is no doubt that the carved stones...