In July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O’Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin.

A reviled figure for anti-Treaty republicans, O’Higgins became the target of particular venom for his vocal support of the Free State government’s execution policy during the Civil War, which saw seventy-seven IRA men executed, including the best man at his wedding, Rory O’Connor.

His biographer, Arthur Matthews, will discuss O’Higgins with historian John Dorney, author of The Civil War in Dublin.

Note: Limited spaces, booking essential.