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Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Societies
Blessington History Society The Coimin Centre Main Street Blessington, Co. Wicklow Email: [mailto:mageehugo0@gmail.com mageehugo0@gmail.com] Website: Blessington History Society Website #2: Blessington History Society


 * The society has always been concerned for the preservation of the heritage of the local area. Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen, is a town on the River Liffey in Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with Kildare.

Kildare Societies
Athy Local History Group Athy Heritage Centre Town Hall Emily Square Athy Telephone: 059 8638181 Email: [mailto:franktaaffe@gmail.com franktaaffe@gmail.com] Website: Athy Local History Group

Ballymore Eustace History Society Resource Centre Ballymore Eustace Telephone: 045 864802/087 7916993 Email: [mailto:cjdarby04@yahoo.com cjdarby04@yahoo.com] Email: [mailto:magpearse63@eircom.net magpearse63@eircom.net] Website: Ballymore Eustace History Society

Caragh Local History Group Caragh Parish Centre Caragh, Gingerstown Website: Caragh Local History Group

Castledermot Historical Society Castledermot Community Centre Abbeyview Website: Castledermot Historical Society Website #2: Castledermot History


 * Castledermot Historical Society was founded in October 2010 when a group of local history enthusiasts came together with a view to establishing a local history group.

Castleisland Culture and Heritage Society Cordal West, Castleisland Telephone: 0 86 0527166 Email: [mailto:maggieprendiville@castleislandcultureandheritage.com maggieprendiville@castleislandcultureandheritage.com] Website: Castleisland Culture and Heritage Society


 * The Castleisland and District Culture and Heritage Society was established in 2006 with the aim of collecting, preserving, and promoting an interest in the history of Castleisland and its hinterland. The primary objectives of the Society are to investigate and research any matters, books, or other material likely to contain historical information, to collect and preserve material of local interest to its members and the public in general, and to encourage a wider knowledge and appreciation of the history of this area and beyond by staging lectures and field trips for both its members and the public alike.

Celbridge Historical Society Celbridge Library St Patricks Park Donaghcumper Celbridge W23 VA47 Telephone: 087 2844279 Email: [mailto:celbridgelocalhistory@gmail.com celbridgelocalhistory@gmail.com] Website: Celbridge Historical Society


 * Members of the group have been proactive in representing the society in the broader history field, on the Federation of Kildare Federation of Local History Groups, at national level on the Federation of Local History Societies, on National Library of Ireland projects, and on the Oral History Network of Ireland, among others.

Cill Dara Historical Society Áras Bhríde Parish Centre Kildare Town Telephone: 086 168 6236 Email: [mailto:nurkilcep@eircom.net nurkilcep@eircom.net] Website: Cill Dara Historical Society Website #2: Cill Dara Historical Society

Clane Local History Group Clane GAA Centre Prosperous Road Clane Email: [mailto:bcullen1234@yahoo.com bcullen1234@yahoo.com] Website: Clane Local History Group Website #2: Clane Local History Group


 * Founded in the late 1990s Clane Local History Group aims to research, record, and conserve the history of Clane and its environs and to promote the heritage, culture, and social history of the area and its community.

County Kildare Archaeological Society Kilcullen Heritage Centre Lower Main St Kilcullenbridge Telephone: 01 6272306 Email: [mailto:secretary@kildarearchsoc.ie secretary@kildarearchsoc.ie] Website: County Kildare Archaeological Society


 * The aims of the society are to collect and to preserve the records and traditions of these memorials of the past, and to present them to all who love archaeology, in a Journal which it is hoped may yet prove a rich storehouse, whence some learned historian may draw his materials for that great desideratum – a complete history of the County Kildare – such is the object – the ambition of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.

The Curragh Local History Group Old Band Hall Curragh Camp Email: [mailto:clhg@curragh.info clhg@curragh.info] Website: Curragh Local History Group


 * The Curragh Local History Group was founded in 1993 and has a number of notable achievements to its credit. In 1995 they were involved in the restoration of the Clock Tower; they organized the Curragh Speed Festival in 1999 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the famous International Wakefield car races held in the Curragh between 1949 and 1954 and to further mark the occasion they unveiled a monument which names the winners of each event and also a tribute to the three men who sadly lost their lives during the last race to be held at the Curragh in 1954.