This exhibition aims to showcase the historical significance of Dublin Port and its impact on the city’s development over time. Through a carefully curated selection of maps from the Dublin...
Through Dublin Festival of History, join tour guides at the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks on a variety of engaging family tours exploring the...
Through Dublin Festival of History, join tour guides at the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks on a variety of engaging family tours exploring the...
Made by 12 people in Dublin with artists Claire Halpin and Colm Keegan. This exhibition of personal objects, stories and poems asks what do we choose to remember, and why?...
To celebrate Dublin Festival of History, drop into the Learning Resource Room at the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology to learn all about Viking Dublin! Discover the homes made...
Míneoidh ár dtreoraí stair pholaitiúil, shóisialta agus mhíleata Éireann an lae inniu ina teanga dhúchais le béim leagtha ar Éirí Amach na Cásca. Tabharfar comhthéacs maidir leis na cúinsí ba...
Tá an tsiúlóid ó Dhún Richmond go Cill Mhaighneann fréamhaithe i dtírdhreach saibhir stairiúil agus polaitiúil Bhaile Átha Cliath. Maireann gach turas timpeall uair an chloig agus 15 nóiméad. Tosaíonn...
**Booked out** Join Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children, Dervilia Roche, and professional LEGO® brick artist Jessica Farrell for this free, interactive workshop at Pearse Street Library for families with...
Your local guide Sean Deegan, who was born and reared locally in Croke Villas, a street literally “in the shadow of Croke Park”, will bring you on this tour. Our...
More than 600 female political prisoners were interned by the Free State government over the course of the Irish Civil War. To mark the centenary of this event, a special...
Join us for a free guided tour looking into aspects of Irish history through a selection of artworks in the Gallery’s permanent collection. Meet your tour guide in the Courtyard,...
A talk by broadcaster and author Dr David McCullagh. De Valera began 1922 as President of the Irish Free State. By early 1923 he was a hunted man, in danger...
**Booked out** All free festival tours on the Old Liffey Ferry have now booked out, however the Old Liffey Ferry would like to offer a 25% discount code on their...
The Irish Manuscripts Commission, established in 1928 after the burning of the Four Courts, publishes primary sources for Irish history. IMC’s publications show history through the eyes of the people...
A four-part filmed presentation of ANU Productions re-staging of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Debates (1921–1922) based on adaptation of original transcripts by Theo Dorgan. The site-specific performance by some of Ireland’s...
Join Dr Charles Ivar McGrath and Dr Suzanne Forbes for this talk exploring the ‘Our Shared Built Military Heritage’ project, a HEA funded North-South Research Programme project mapping and inventorying...
Flor MacCarthy will discuss her best-selling book, The Presidents’ Letters, which was shortlisted for Best Irish-Published Book 2021. Eighty-five years of signatures are contained in the huge leather-bound Visitors' Books,...
Join Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence as she unravels the story behind this company and the people associated with it. The iconic yellow Dolphin’s Barn bricks are...
**Booked out** A guided walk in the Inchicore/Kilmainham area, from the Grand Canal to Old Kilmainham, the Royal Hospital and the Camac, ending near Kilmainham Mill. Local historian Francis Thackaberry...
Join author Marita Conlon-McKenna for this children’s event at Pearse Street Library. Marita has written several acclaimed books for children but is perhaps best known for her famine trilogy Under...
John O’Brien, author of Securing the Irish State: A century of policing 1922 – 2022, outlines the evolution of An Garda Síochána and how this new and unarmed police force...