Listen: Know Your County - Take A Virtual Tour Of Johnstown.

Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:09

Today's tour has been designed and guided by Brian McCabe

Kfm's Know Your County Kildare: Take a Virtual History Walk Through Your Town/Village has continued today with a guided tour of Johnstown.

Kfm’s Kildare Today programme has engaged 20 local history experts from towns and villages across Kildare for this innovative feature, which will be of 15 minutes duration each Tuesday and Thursday for 12 weeks

“Know Your County: Take A Virtual History Walk”

Join @kfmradio Tuesdays and Thursday on the Kildare Today programme, 9am-11am, in association with Kildare County Council.

This Week➡️Week 9: May 4th TBC and May 6th Maynooth Friday, Liam Kenny pic.twitter.com/nSGeWfzl31
— Kildare County Council (@KildareCoCo) May 4, 2021

Each historian will conduct a virtual “History Walk” of their area, “pausing” at various landmarks and offering listeners a brief outline history of each landmark feature.

Today's tour of Johnstown has been designed and guided by Brian McCabe

On Tuesday's edition of Kildare Today Mary Coyle will bring listeners on a virtual tour of Kill

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