Number 58. 2009. €15.00
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Winter Lecture Series 3
Heritage Week 2009 4
Former President - Honoured by County 7
Carlow 1890-93: Trade Unions, the I.R.B. and Parnellism by Padraig G Lane 8
Carlow County Surveyors by Brendan O 'Donoghue 11
The Barrow Navigation Company by Seamus Murphy 17
Lewis's Carlow 22
Hacketstown in the 1880s by James P. Shannon 26
Hymnist and Poet with a Carlow connection - Mrs Frances Alexander by Martin Nevin 38
The Law and Mrs. Murphy by James P. Shannon 41
Carlow's Volcano by Dr. Peadar McArdle 45
Maurice Manning by Professor Donal McCartney 48
The McDonnells of Dublin Gaeldom & Old Leighlin Connection by Martin Nevin 50
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Tour to County Carlow 52
St. Patrick's Missionary Society (The Kiltegan Fathers) by Peadar C. O'Cuilinn 53
Website 55
St. Dympna's Church, Carlow by Thomas Conroy 56
The Early Grez Days of Carlow Artist Frank O'Meara 1853-1888 by Mary Stratton Ryan 58
Carlow Family in Canada by Tom LaPorte 65
Outings 69
Landlords, Politicians, Entrepreneurs. The Alexanders Milford, Co. Carlow in the 19th Century by Shay Kinsella 70
‘The War in the Snow’ The Sisters of Mercy - Carlow/Croke/Crimea 1854 - 1856 by Martin J Lynch 94
Early Carlow Car Registrations by Jimmy O Toole 104
History of RTC & ITC (Part 5) Beyond the Timetable IT Carlow Part II edited by Norman McMillan & Martin Nevin 107
Carlow History & Society by Maurice Manning 137
Carlow Town Heritage Trail by Dermot Mulligan 139
Carlow GAA 125th Anniversary Exhibition by Dermot Mulligan 140
Chairmen & Secretaries of Carlow County GAA Board 1888 – 2009 by John F Scott 142
PD Vigors Man of Action, Man of Learning by Siobhán de hÓir 152
Carlow's First G.A.A. Football Championship by Pat O'Neill 155
The Parents, Siblings & Early Life of William Dargan by Brian Gilmore 159
2009 Officers and Members of Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society 162