This RTE news video from 1962 features Coill Dubh village and Allenwood Power Station. No sound but still great footage. Watch from RTE’s website: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0403/864784-turf-cutting-in-timahoe/?fbclid=IwAR0AwszvGkXha9scRHcTksWc0i6JejJG-04jB13I67HM_z6XjOqosYTsGiw
Tag: Local History
I was very sad to hear about the death of John Larkin of Coill Dubh this week. John was passionate about his community and he knew the importance of recording local history. Indeed we had a good long chat about the history of the village last year when I was out canvassing for the local…
Thanks to the Local Studies department of Kildare County Library for digitising a 1966 booklet that was produced by the ESB about Allenwood Power Station. I was lucky enough as a schoolchild to get a free guided tour of the power station by Jim ‘Screw’ Cross, when myself and my friend arrived unannounced at the…
Kildare County Library Service have made the archives of the Kildare Archaeological Society available for free online. In the archives, I found a very interesting article that suggests that one of the ancient kings of Ireland, King Laoghaire, could have died at the old village of Shanavoola near Lullymore, having chased the locals along the banks…