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Punchestown 100 years ago: Harry Beasley the hero as Ireland emerges rom the War

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Kildare Local History: Air crash near Naas at start of Civil War in July 1922

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Kildare Local History: A witness to war and peace... Kill church marks its bicen...

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A trip around the environs of Punchestown

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Are you right there, Michael, are you right? Percy French’s links to Kildare

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80 years ago: Nazi warplanes over Newbridge as bombs hit Ballymany

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Kildare history: St David’s Castle has long been at the heart ‘Naas of the Kings...

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Kildare history: Court raided as Kildare defies the British during War of Indepe...

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Remembering Kildare’s daughter on the banks of the River Rhine

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The Kildare sailor who lost his life at sea after his ship was torpedoed during ...

Liam Kenny recalls the tragic case of a merchant seaman from Donadea

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Pope Francis may nod to sainthood of Kildare priest Blessed Fr John Sullivan

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Controversial Rathangan author Maura Laverty's trailblazing life laid bare in ne...

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LOOKING BACK: A night with the stars of history - a tour de force in Staplestown

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LOOKING BACK: Nazi warplanes over Newbridge - bombs dropped on Ballymany

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LOOKING BACK: A Joycean Odyssey through the flatlands of Kildare

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LOOKING BACK: Kildare's longest serving TD never lived here

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LOOKING BACK: Clane's Fr John Sullivan declared 'blessed' by Pope Francis

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St Brigid and the bachelors of Kildare

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There are NO secret tunnels under Naas

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Punchestown in 1916: quiet festival took place before Easter Rising

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