Members of Kildare Archaeological Society visited Athy on Saturday last for a guided tour of the medieval and post medieval built heritage o...

One of the pleasures of writing a weekly newspaper column, which is made available on the internet, is the many queries one receives from ar...

Many of you, like myself, got a letter from the HSE a week or so ago informing us of the retirement of Dr. Giles O’Neill from 11th June. Me...

Four generations of the O’Neill family have provided medical care for the people of Athy and South Kildare, as well as patients in the insti...

Patrick Whelan, Ned Gleeson, Liam Langton, John Langton, Keith Langton, Martin Langton, Pascal Lacey, Ger Gibson and Nessa O’Meara Cardiff. ...

One of the interesting magazines published in Ireland in the aftermath of the Act of Union was the Irish Magazine. Edited by the notorious ...

In December 1797 a man who would be responsible for betraying the society of the United Irishmen in south Kildare and Leinster and the impri...

One of the interesting magazines published in Ireland in the aftermath of the Act of Union was the Irish Magazine. Edited by the notorious ...

In Eye on the Past No. 1513 I wrote of the Peoples Park and suggested that the Park provided for the people of Athy by Augustus Frederick Fi...

The Nationalist and Leinster Times of December 17th 1955 under the headline ‘Bord Failte foots the Bill’ reported on that week’s Athy Urban ...

We are about to celebrate the centenary of the founding of our police force, a celebration which would throw up memories good and bad for ev...

Started in 2008 the National Famine Commemoration Day gives the Irish people one dedicated day each year to reflect on one of the most signi...

We are told that history is written by the victors. Not always it seems, as evidenced by the recent publicity surrounding the “tossing of t...

County Longford or more specifically East Longford’s earliest identifiable connection with the Irish Republican movement was the election of...

On St. Patrick’s Day 1922, the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks on Barrack Lane, Athy was taken over by members of the Irish Free State for...

For many years I have been fascinated by the drama and the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic, partly inspired by a personal family conne...

Last week’s release of local uilleann piper Joe Byrne’s CD ‘Uilleann Piping from County Kildare’ prompted me to look back over notes I wrote...

We welcomed the newly appointed Norwegian Ambassador to Ireland on a day long visit to the Shackleton Museum and Athy last Tuesday. Her Exc...

The recent closure of Chapters book shop in Dublin adds to the growing list of second hand book shops which have shut their doors in recent ...

Throughout the greater part of the 19th century the dark clouds of unemployment hung over Athy. The closure of the tanyards and the winding...

The Leinster Express of the 12th February 1853 carried the following report ‘Mrs. Walsh, Athy drowned on the sinking of the steamer Queen Vi...

This week’s Eye is given over to a pocket watch story of the Carbery family written by Dan Carbery, formerly of St. John’s, Athy. I am a po...