In this episode we have moved into the summer of 1920, agrarian protest has expanded and Sinn Féin are trying to put a halter on it with a new system of Dáil courts – supplanting London’s authority while doing so. We’ll have a deep dive into two court cases from near Mountrath – one in...Read More
Laois Heritage Society presents a talk on 'Tourist Glaze: A Story of Irish Souvenir China' by John Stocks Powell on Thursday 18th May at 8 pm in Portarlington LibraryRead More
The May meeting of the Genealogy Club takes place this Wednesday, 17th May at 7 pm in Portlaoise Library. Please note that meetings will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of the month going forward.Read More
Laois County Library service and Decade of Centenaries are seeking expressions of interest from close relatives of those directly impacted by the Civil War from County Laois to attend a national memorial event.Read More
April 1920 – Month of Revolution is episode 2 of Terry Dunne's podcast 'Divided Land.' This episode looks at the 'Land for the People' demonstration that took place Killeshin in April 1920Read More
Cattle Driving under the Tricolour is the first episode in our new podcast series 'Divided Land' with Terry Dunne. This episode examines the impact of the First World War on Irish farms and Irish kitchen tables and looks at the tillage movement of 1918. It highlights a specific incident in the hinterland of Clonaslee in...Read More
Join us for an online discussion with Emmet O’Connor, author of the recently published Rotten Prod: The Unlikely Career of Dongaree Baird, along with Ida Milne and Ian d’Alton co-editors of 2019’s Protestant and Irish: The Minority’s Search for Place in Independent Ireland.Read More
Join Terry Dunne (Laois Historian-in-Residence 2021-2022) in a journey into the hidden history of the Irish revolution as it happened in Laois. In this trailer for the project, we look at cattle driving at the Lamberton Demesne and find out about the first time the tri-colour was flown in Laois in 1917.Read More
Laois Local Studies was established to collect, preserve and make available for reference, material relating to the history and heritage of County Laois.
