Kilrush & District Historical Society

Kilrush & District Historical Society. Documenting & presenting the history of Kilrush, Co. Clare. Founded in 2012. Officers listed on our website.

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

We are pleased to announce our genealogy conference 2026 featuring expert speakers and a whole host of ancillary events. #Kilrush #genealogy #CoClare #Irishdiaspora #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland

[Dr Paul O'Brien @FearStairLmk]

Delighted my research on No.11 Parnell Sq East now features in Poetry Ireland’s & Irish Heritage Trust’s beautifully restored Dublin HQ. No.11 is one of the most important Georgian townhouses in Dublin.

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

Welcome Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833: Worse than War by Síle McGuckian 👏

📘 Available NOW in all good local bookshops and on the Four Courts Press website: https://t.co/vLJxkWci1i

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

Blue books to take you out of your blue mood this blue Monday 🔵📘

All books available to buy in good local bookshops and on our website.

#BlueMonday #Publishing #IrishPublisher #AcademicPublisher #IrishBooks

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

Save the date.

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

KDHS lecture 8pm Tue 25 Nov 2025: "The Ballads of Ireland and their History", by Morgan Roughan - https://t.co/JA3knRnTYA

[Dr Paul O'Brien @FearStairLmk]

My most recent column for @Limerick_Leader tells the story of the remarkable Lady Ernestine Hunt. #Limerick

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

KILRUSH GENEALOGY CONFERENCE 2026: FROM THE GREAT FAMINE TO THE 1926 CENSUS - SAVE THE DATES!!! 9-11 OCTOBER 2026 - https://t.co/OsNXkZ9HPv

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

KDHS Lecture 8pm Tue 28 Oct 2025: The life and works of John Jackson (1809-1857), by Paul O'Brien and Paddy Waldron - https://t.co/zI3pmPgOlg

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

KDHS AGM/Lecture 7:30/8pm Tue 30 Sep 2025: Forgotten Lives: uncovering the story of the County Clare Mother and Baby Home, by Rita McCarthy - https://t.co/NYFzPojF0m

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

It’s a Four Courts Press morning on @nearfm with Ken Kilbride tomorrow🤭

⏱️ 8:20am: Frances Nolan will be talking about National Hunt and Point-To-Point Racing

⏱️ 8:40am: David Caron will be talking about Dublin’s Stained Glass

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

A great new article!

Pick up a copy of Susan Marie Martin's new book, Dublin’s women street traders, 1882-1932

https://t.co/nOmQDEEKRN

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

This talk by Paddy Waldron @pjmwaldron takes place tomorrow Saturday 16th at 3pm in the Teach Ceoil, #Kilrush, Co. Clare. #heritageweek2025 @ClareFM @clarelibrary @ClareChampion @wildatlanticway

[Bernie Mullins @bernie_mullins]

#Kilrush

[Haulie Malo. @HaulieMalo]

Church of Ireland, #Kilrush now Teach Ceoil (music house) built on the ruins of the Church in the Woods (Cill Rois) Vandaleur tomb & turret House to Vandeleur Walled Garden & Visitor Centre. https://t.co/ieDjWQOgg8

[Dr Paul O'Brien @FearStairLmk]

Is this one of the first ever holiday home developments along the @wildatlanticway in #Kilrush, Co. Clare? Clare Journal, 12 July 1828.

[Bernie Mullins @bernie_mullins]

#Kilrush #Clare #Ireland

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

Another plaque added to the walls of our lovely town. #Kilrush

[Dr Paul O'Brien @FearStairLmk]

Cissie Roughan holds a significant place in the history of Kilrush as she was the first female member and first female chairperson of what was then known as Kilrush Urban District Council, on which she represented the Labour Party. @labour @ivanabacik @ConorSheehan93

[Kilrush & District Historical Society @HistoryKilrush]

KDHS remembers Councillor Cissie Roughan (1916-1992): 7:15pm Sat 26 Jul 2025 - https://t.co/96cJGMOd2w