Meeting date set for 'Kilcullen 700' initiative
A discussion on the matter at the recent Kilcullen Community Action meeting decided the date for the event, which had originally been considered for an undecided date in March.
The initiative next year would mark 700 years since the first bridge at Kilcullen was built across the Liffey, in 1319. It was constructed by a canon of Kildare Cathedral, Maurice Jakis, and formed the basis of a settlement that became Kilcullen Bridge. The new settlement eventually replaced the original monastic town of Old Kilcullen, which had been in existence since the 4th Century.
It is hoped that all organisations and the business community could take the opportunity to suitably mark the seven centuries of Kilcullen as a distinct entity.
There's an article in the current 'Bridge' magazine on the history or bridges in Kilcullen.
