It's getting very hard to keep up with the proliferation of displays in Kilcullen for
Kilcullen 700/National Heritage Week, so this piece looks at three of the latest ones on Main Street,
writes Brian Byrne.
Very appropriate for an optometrist's heritage window, the centrepiece of
Nichola Kennedy's display is this old Zeiss Ikon Nettar camera. For the photography buffs, it was sold from the early 1930s, used 120 film, and was described by the maker as being 'especially suitable for keeping a week-by-week picture diary of family, home, friends, trips, vacations, etc'.
The window was dressed by Karen Donnelly, and also features a couple of books from the Purnell publishing house established in the 18th century which was at its height in the mid-1960s and in its wide range produced very popular juvenile literature classics. The veteran pair of reading glasses suit that period, and the photograph of the building when it was Dowling's petrol station is also from around that time.
Down the street in the
Final Furlong, Ruth O'Neill shows a family history project undertaken by her two boys, Jan and Sean, in CPC. They represent the eighth generation to live on their family farm at Killinane.
With pictures ranging from their great, great grandparents John and Bridget O'Neill right up to the mid 2000s, it's an extraordinary record of local agricultural heritage.
At the bottom of the street, in the
An Tearmann cafe beside the bridge, there are photographs from the early days of the Bridge Camphill Community in Kilcullen, with representations of the sewing and weaving skills which are an integral part of the life of those in Community.
They have already prompted many conversations of memory of living 'in the old days' in Kilcullen.
Heritage Week 2019 runs from this weekend all through next week, and a number of businesses and organisations have signed up to provide a display for the
Kilcullen 700 competition, the prizes for which are sponsored by
Bank of Ireland, Kilcullen. The links below are to some of the other entries so far covered on the
Diary. We are almost hourly becoming aware of other presentations, and we'll try and get around to them.
A steamer trunk's story in Secret Kloset.
Music, games and books in Woodbine's Heritage Week window.
More beautiful memory pieces in Sharon's Perfect Image.
Ger's Fruit and Veg brings memories back.
Julie's tableau of 50s home memory.
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