Subscribe for Unlimited Access to Turtle’s History Quarter.
Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.
Naas – Chapter 6 – The 1960s
Back to Naas 100 Contents Television On 26 March 1960, the Naas Race Company hosted a live screening of the first-ever televised Aintree Grand National, as millions of BBC viewers tuned in to watch Merryman II win the mighty race. The following year, the launch of Telefís Éireann, Ireland’s first national television station, […]