by Love Hacketstown | Feb 10, 2023 | History, news
There is a new children’s book that inspires young readers with the trailblazing life of Mary O’Toole (MOT). From Irish immigrant working as a babysitter and seamstress to becoming the first woman judge of a municipal court in the United States, Mary O’Toole’s life is...
by Love Hacketstown | Nov 3, 2022 | History, news
A CONCISE but comprehensive book about the history of Hacketstown was launched recently to much acclaim and excitement. Retired teacher and Hacketstown native Jim Shannon spent 15 years researching and writing the book, which covers his home town from the Neolithic...
by Love Hacketstown | Oct 19, 2022 | History, news
A FASCINATING new book about the history of Hacketstown will be launched tomorrow, Thursday 20 October, in Carlow Library. Written by historian and retired teacher Jim Shannon, Hacketstown: a history covers life in the Co Carlow town throughout the ages, from the...
by Love Hacketstown | Feb 6, 2021 | History, Uncategorized
Another blast from the past for the parish. The 1986 Eagle Views. Birthday celebrations, speedy recovery messages, metro city 183 for sale. Click on the image below for the full newsletter.
by Love Hacketstown | Feb 6, 2021 | History
A look at the new settlement of English Protestants in Hacketstown in the seventeenth century and how it survived the Gaelic Irish rebellion of 1641. A mixed population of Protestants and Catholics emerged from the penal laws of the eighteenth century. Tenant farmers,...
by Love Hacketstown | Nov 19, 2020 | History
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