Outing to Clomantagh Castle

Own car Outing to Clomantagh Castle and the nearby Cavalry Barracks. Meet at the Clomantagh Castle (GPS 52.72415,-7.48550) at 2.30, carpooling recommended. BYO Picnic Clomantagh Castle View Larger Map RIC Barracks View Larger Map

Member’s Annual Garden Party

Rothe House Garden 16 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

In the splendidly restored, Mediaeval Garden of Rothe House. Music, re-enactment, convivial conversation and strawberries and cream. Theme: John Rothe family

Coach outing to Carlow

Prebooking required. Depart from Dean Street at 10.00am. Visiting Lasaerian’s Cathedral and Adelaide Church, Lunch Lord Bagenal Restaurant. View Larger Map

Own car outing to Borris House

Borris House Borris, Ireland

Government of Ireland, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Own car picnic outing (BYO) meet in the extensive grounds. Tour of Borris House at 3.00pm, admission charge €10.00 per person.  View Larger Map

Coach outing to France

based in St Brieuc on the Brittany Coast; visiting Dinard, Quimper, Lorient, Carnac and Mont St-Michel among many other attractive venues and centres. Programme details available during May 2022

Lecture: Kilkenny Women Artists

from Mildred Anne Butler and her peers to the present day. By Catherine Marshall   Watch the lecture on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zGl_NdK-__4

Lecture: Borris House, County Carlow; an architectural palimpsest 400 years of MacMurrough Kavanagh occupation

By Edmund Joyce Borris House has been in constant occupation since the MacMurrough Kavanaghs moved their principal seat from Poulmounty (near St Mullins) to Borris in the mid sixteenth century. For the most part, Borris is presented as an early 19th century neo-gothic pile and is considered one of Sir Richard Morrison’s most successful re-workings […]

John Bradley Memorial Conference lecture: “John Bradley: from Osraige to Kilkenny”

Kilkenny Castle The Parade, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

keynote speech by by Ben Murtagh Reception at Kilkenny Castle 6.00 pm, Conference Supper, Club House, Kilkenny, 8.15pm (Optional) Lecture and Reception €15.00   Conference Supper €25.00. Tickets available in Rothe House Tue-Sun 10:00-17:30 Event link on Facebook The lecture will not be recorded and will thus not be available on YouTube later.

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