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Hidden Histories Self-Guided Treasure Hunt for Children

Kevin Street Library 18 Lower Kevin Street, Dublin 8

Are your children curious about the architecture and history of Dublin’s buildings, streets and bridges? If so, and if they like to be active, this is a great activity for...

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Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Guided Tour of Freemasons’ Hall

Freemasons' Hall 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin

Visitors will be welcomed to Freemasons’ Hall, the headquarters of Irish Freemasonry since 1869. They will have the opportunity to explore the museum and will be guided around the Masonic...

History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive

Irish Architectural Archive 45 Merrion Square, Dublin

Take a tour of the largest terraced house on Merrion Square, learn about its history, see the latest exhibitions and discover the work of the Irish Architectural Archive. Tuesdays and...

Open Day tours of the Edward Worth Library

The Edward Worth Library The Edward Worth Library Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin

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...

Buttresses, Bridges and Bones: Conserving Christ Church

Christ Church Cathedral Music Room Christ Church Cathedral Christchurch Place, Dublin 8

To mark the publication of a new Conservation Management Plan, Christ Church will host a series of talks discussing the past, present and future of this iconic Dublin building. Tuesday...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Guided Tour of Freemasons’ Hall

Freemasons' Hall 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin

Visitors will be welcomed to Freemasons’ Hall, the headquarters of Irish Freemasonry since 1869. They will have the opportunity to explore the museum and will be guided around the Masonic...

Open Day tours of the Edward Worth Library

The Edward Worth Library The Edward Worth Library Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin

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...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive

Irish Architectural Archive 45 Merrion Square, Dublin

Take a tour of the largest terraced house on Merrion Square, learn about its history, see the latest exhibitions and discover the work of the Irish Architectural Archive. Tuesdays and...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Guided Tour of Freemasons’ Hall

Freemasons' Hall 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin

Visitors will be welcomed to Freemasons’ Hall, the headquarters of Irish Freemasonry since 1869. They will have the opportunity to explore the museum and will be guided around the Masonic...

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On an equal footing with all: Ireland at the League of Nations 1923-1946

Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2

Marking Ireland’s membership of the League of Nations, the National Archives, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Irish Academy, has created an exhibition featuring records...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Ongoing

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter

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...

Old Liffey Ferry Dublin Port and River Liffey Tour

Old Liffey Ferry Unit 16, North Wall Quay Beside MV Cill Airne, Dublin

**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...

Walking Tour Grangegorman Millitary Cemetery

Meeting point for the walking tour - Grangegorman Millitary Cemetary Blackhorse Ave Cabra West, Dublin 7

**Booked out** Tour of the old British military cemetery at Blackhorse Avenue, by the Phoenix Park. Through the cemetery we will see the span of the British Empire and the...

Dublinia Family Tour

Dublinia St Michael's Hill Christ Church, Dublin 8

Come celebrate the Dublin Festival of History at Dublinia and join a special interactive family tour. Try on a Viking costume, and even get a chance to hold a Viking...

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The Irish Land Border

Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2

Panel discussion with Cormac Moore, Diarmaid Ferriter and Síobhra Aiken The Land Border between Northern and Southern Ireland was originally intended as an administrative boundary between two devolved parts of...

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Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin

**Waitlist only** Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, creators of the celebrated Bad Bridget podcast, join Anna Carey to discuss the Bad Bridget project. Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth...

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The Holocaust: An Unfinished History

Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2

Dan Stone in conversation with Robert Gerwarth. The Holocaust is much-discussed, much-memorialised and much-portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked. Spanning the entirety of...

Drawing Historical Costumes

Chester Beatty Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Dublin 2, Dublin

Learn drawing techniques, including line drawing, shading, perspective, and decoration during these relaxed and informal sessions with Roxana Manouchehri. This workshop will focus on drawing historical costumes inspired by the...

1798 in Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham Caste OPW Rathfarnham, Dublin 14

Join us for a talk on the the events of this momentous year in Rathfarnham, where we will be sketching out the background of the owners of Rathfarnham Castle at...

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Pádraig Mac Piarais, Fear Eagair an Chlaidheamh

Seomra an Phoitéil Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath, Baile Átha Cliath

Conradh na Gaeilge ag léiriú Painéal de thriúr + óstach 120 bliain ó ceapadh an Baile Átha Cliathach Pádraig Mac Piarais mar Eagarthóir ar An Claidheamh Soluis, nuachtán Chonradh na...

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Dúshlán na hAthbheochana sna Stáit Nua

Seomra an Phoitéil Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath, Baile Átha Cliath

100 bliain tar éis deireadh Chogadh na gCarad, pléfear na dúshláin agus na deacrachtaí a bhí ag pobal na Gaeilge agus na heagraíochtaí athbheochana sna 1920í. An raibh ról ann...

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1923 – A Defining Year for Germany

Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2

Mark Jones in conversation with Jennifer Wellington. 1923 was one of the most remarkable years of modern European history. In January, France and Belgium militarily occupied Germany’s economic heartland, the...

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Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean

Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2

A talk by Katherine Pangonis. Of the many cities that dot the Mediterranean coastline, Tyre, Carthage, Syracuse, Ravenna and Antioch are among the oldest and most intriguing. All are beautifully...

Old Liffey Ferry Dublin Port and River Liffey Tour

Old Liffey Ferry Unit 16, North Wall Quay Beside MV Cill Airne, Dublin

**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...