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Turtle Bunbury has penned a new book celebrating the Naas venue’s 100th anniversary in 2024.

<p>By Richard McElligott On the 11 September, 1921 the Dublin and Kilkenny hurlers meet in that year’s Leinster final. It was a match more notable for the iconic photographs of a beaming Michael Collins being introduced to the players than Dublin’s eight points victory. Accompanied by his old friend and</p>

Armed troops patrolling the streets of Naas … Civic Guards stationed at twenty-yard intervals … aircraft observing from above … not the nor...

Since the lack of representation in media, here are five Irish transgender figures from Irish history you probably didn't know.

Local historian Liam Kenny on how a Ballycane crash marked the introduction of the Irish Air Force

Local History: Clashes between army and anti-treaty forces

Historian James Durney examines the evacuation of the British army from Kildare on May 16, 1922

Local historian and author Liam Kenny on the bicentenary in 2021 of St John’s Church of Ireland, Kill, whose spire is a well-known landmark on the N7

Pioneering guards to be remembered