Presented by The Pearse Museum. Over Lockdown, the Pearse Museum embarked on a project to create a transcription of the manuscript of Patrick Pearse's unfinished autobiography which has never been published in its entirety. Pearse never managed to get beyond describing his very early years, and yet even this offers a fascinating insight into the...
Presented by Irish Lights. In late 1913, the Commissioners of Irish Lights received word from the Admiralty that, in the event of war, it would be necessary to dim or even extinguish certain navigational lights around the coast. Even with that warning, there was little to indicate the scale of the challenges presented to Irish...
Presented by Irish Historic Towns Atlas Rathmines is the second of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin Suburbs series to be published. In this online lecture, author Seamas O Maitiu will guide attendees through the history of Rathmines with numerous historic and modern illustrations of the township. BOOK TICKETS
Presented by the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History. To celebrate the Dublin Festival of History, why not join a mini tour of Collins Barracks! Join a mini introductory onsite tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks, taking in some of the highlights from the Museum's military history and decorative...
Presented by The Edward Worth Library. Enjoy a tour of the beautiful Edward Worth Library and its newest exhibition 'Anatomy at the Edward Worth Library'. The new exhibition looks at Worth's wonderful collection of books on anatomy. Find out more about anatomy in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries! All welcome. To register your interest,...
Presented by The Irish Manuscripts Commission. Speaking in the Seanad on 4 June 1924, popular historian and senator Alice Stopford-Green urged the new government: ‘there must be the most generous effort made to give us our history and to give it to us on lines of full and adequate knowledge’. Since 1928 the Irish Manuscripts...
Presented by The Edward Worth Library. Enjoy a tour of the beautiful Edward Worth Library and its newest exhibition 'Anatomy at the Edward Worth Library'. The new exhibition looks at Worth's wonderful collection of books on anatomy. Find out more about anatomy in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries! All welcome. To register your interest,...
Presented by Chester Beatty Usama Gad, Ain Shams University Dr Gad is a classicist, papyrologist, digital humanist, and the Assistant Professor of Papyrology and Classics at Ain Shams University. He is also a columnist in several Cairo- and London-based newspapers, active twitterist and blogger at Everyday Orientalism and Classics in Arabic. His writings, in English...
Presented by Acadamh na Lianna. I. Radharc Anuas agus Díriú Isteach Rinne dochtúirí na linne seo a gcion neamhspleáchas na tíre a bhaint amach, agus mórpháirt acu i ngach uile ghné. Tabharfaidh an dochtúir teaghlaigh Colm Ó Sé radharc anuas orthu agus ansin gearrchuntas ar chúpla acu. II. Séamas Ó Ceallaigh – Fear Léinn, Fear...
Presented by Dublinia. Dublinia, located at the heart of Viking and Medieval Dublin, is a step back in time and a journey through the city as it was back then. Experience what life was like onboard a Viking warship, visit a Viking house, take a trip down a Viking street, and learn of the myths...