Come see the beautiful early eighteenth-century of Edward Worth (1676-1733), a Dublin physician who bequeathed a magnificent collection of books to Dr Steevens' Hospital. Tours at noon on each Open...
This photographic exhibition about the recent excavations in St Canice's abbey and churchyard will open on Tuesday 26 September and run for the remainder of the festival. It will be...
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...
**Please note the change of date on this walk due to an unforeseen weather warning in place for the original date of 27 September. Tickets are still valid for the...
A lecture by Dr Michael O’Neill FSA (Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries) author of ‘An Architectural History of the Church of Ireland’ (Church of Ireland Publishing 2023). No booking...
In April 1998 the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement was signed, largely bringing an end to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The author, journalist and BBC NI’s former Political Editor...
This talk by Dr Murat Şiviloğlu (Near & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin) will introduce the often-overlooked relationship between the Ottoman Empire and Ireland. Though they seem to exist...
**Waitlist only** 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of the writer Brendan Behan. Raised in Dublin’s north inner city and with strong connections to Dublin’s tenements, Behan is regarded...
Joe Brady and Paul Ferguson will reveal that maps are huge repositories of information and tell much about the times in which they were created. This lecture explores some lesser-known...
Dublin City Council and Four Courts Press present Spectral Mansions, an illustrated talk by Dr Timothy Murtagh which charts the transformation of Henrietta Street and the surrounding area from an...
Who was Seamus Ennis? When was the Seamus Ennis Road in Finglas given its name? And what other events took place in the area at the time commemorating a local...
A historic or antique map is an object of beauty, nostalgia, and importance. It can help to create links between the physical and conceptual places in which we live, both...
**Booked out** On 31 October 1973 a hijacked helicopter landed in the prison yard at Mountjoy. It stayed there very briefly and when it took off again, it had three...
June 2023 marked the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The trip was a personal defining moment for him, in a summer of defining moments for...
Our history often hides in plain sight. We travel roads, pass laneways and street-signs without appreciating the events that may have happened here in the past. A photograph found in...
Join History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, for a lively and interactive discussion on how the Irish Civil War was depicted on film, both at the time in newsreels, and subsequently...
The ‘Big House’, the country mansion of the Anglo-Irish landed class, was a target of republicans throughout the Irish revolution 1919-23, with a total of 275 burned down or destroyed....