Bishop William Kinsella of Ossary who initiated the building of St Mary’s and St Kierans College died aged 51 in 1845 On This Day
Month: December 2013
10 December 2012
Zoltan Zinn Collis visited schools in Carlow to tell students about the horrors he endured in the holocaust He died in Athy 2012 On This Day
9 December 1831
Sarah Ponsonby lived at Woodstock in Kilkenny and with Eleanor Butler of Kilkenny became known as The Ladies of Llangollen died 1831 On This day
2 December 1967
Cardinal Spellman whose grandmother was from Clonegal Carlow and after whom Spellman Park Kildavin is named died New York 1967 On This Day
1 December 1833
Cathredral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary was dedicated as Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin 1833 On This Day