History

The history of our Museum in Kiltimagh is inextricably bound up with the change in the town’s fortunes. For generations Kiltimagh was associated with poverty and depression. With no employment locally family ties were ruptured as our young people...

1916 Rising… The Easter Rising(Irish:Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as The Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish...

In September, 1897, six Sisters of the St. Louis Order, arrived from their Convent in Monaghan to Kiltimagh, on the invitation of the Parish Priest Fr. Denis O’Hara. They set up a technical school for the children of the Parish, followed by a...

I suppose you could say that my association with fire fighting in Kiltimagh began when I wasn’t yet two years of age. You see I was, as my late mother always told me, born on the same day as Patrick Ruane, the youngest child of the Ruane...

In September, 1897, six Sisters of the St. Louis Order, arrived from their Convent in Monaghan to Kiltimagh, on the invitation of the Parish Priest Fr. Denis O’Hara. They set up a technical school for the children of...