Aspects of the Curragh Seminar

The Garden Room, Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Saturday 16 November 2018

8.50 a.m.  Registration/Tea and Coffee

9.15 a.m.  Welcome & Launch of the Journals of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society Online by Cathaoirleach of Kildare County Council, Cllr. Suzanne Doyle

9.30 a.m.  The Curragh: An Introduction– Hugh Crawford, President of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society

9.45 a.m.  The Curragh Military Camp – Lt. Col. Des Healy, curator of the Curragh Military Museum & The Rath Internment Camp – James Durney, Kildare Library Service

10.30 a.m.  Racing Lodges of the Curragh – Guy Williams, author

11 a.m.      Refreshments

11.30 a.m.   Placenames of the Curragh – Jim Kavanagh, local historian with Bridget Loughlin, Heritage Officer Kildare County Council

12.10 p.m.  The Necessity for Landscape Management Plans (with particular reference to the Phoenix Park) – Dr John McCullen, Author and former Chief Parks Superintendent of Phoenix Park

12.50  p.m.  Under the Short Grass. The Archaeology of the Curragh – Noel Dunne, TII Archaeologist, Kildare County Council, National Roads Office

1.30 p.m.    Lunch

2.20 p.m.   Launch of Cuirreach Life – the Curragh of Kildare (2nd Edition) by Ceann Comhairle

2.30 p.m.  The Curragh: Past, Present and??? - Dr. John Feehan, 

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.