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“Literary Grandmothers” literary conversations with Julie Morrissy and Darina Sikmashvili

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Join us for a conversation and literary event with Irish poet Julie Morrissy and Ukrainian writer Darina Sikmashvili as they delve into their projects about grandmothers. Morrissy will discuss her award-winning project “Certain Individual Women”, which explores womanhood in Ireland over the past 100 years. Sikmashvili will share her novel-in-progress Mariya Petrovna, which spans Georgia,...

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New Perspectives on the Irish Civil War

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

**Apologies, registration full** This event will centre on the new Atlas of the Irish Civil War, the latest volume in the award-winning Atlas Series. It presents fresh perspectives on, and...

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The Last Disco: The Story of the Stardust Tragedy

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

In conversation with authors and journalists Christine Bohan, Sean Murray and Nicky Ryan. A tragic fire at the Stardust nightclub on Valentine’s Day, 1981 in a working-class suburb of Dublin...

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The Boundary Commission

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

The Irish Boundary Commission was set up to determine the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. It met for the first time on 6 November 1924. Its...

Dochtúirí agus Conradh na Gaeilge ag tús an Chéid Dheireanaigh

Teacher's Club - Club na Múinteoirí 36 Parnell Square W Rotunda, Dublin 1, Dublin

Ag tús an Chéid dheireanaigh bhí dlúthpháirt ag an-chuid dochtúirí i gConradh na Gaeilge, agus i saol na Gaeilge go ginearálta. Sa chomhdháil seo, pléifear Beirt Dochtúirí Muighe Seóla (an...

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Niall McCullough: Architect and Historian

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin

When Niall McCullough died in 2021, Ireland lost not just one of its pre-eminent architects but also one of the great historians of Dublin. His fascination and love of the city was exemplified in two of his books, Dublin: An Urban History and Dublin - Creation, Occupation, Destruction. This historical work shares the care, study...

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The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

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

  Kate Summerscale London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching...

Series of events in Ballybough and North Strand

The Ballybough and North Strand area of Dublin is a vibrant community rich in history. We are showcasing a small series of free events for all in the community. Sean Deegan of In The Shadow of Croker Walking Tour and Tenement Museum will do a series of talks on the history of Jones Road Whiskey...

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Interwar Ireland: State-Building and Peace-Making

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** The Irish Research Council (IRC) will showcase some of the most exciting research in Ireland today. IRC-supported researchers will share insights on their latest projects and join in conversation to outline an Interwar Ireland, of state-building and peace-making. Dr Dolan will present her research on the phenomenon of restraint; exploring how Ireland...

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Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

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

**Apologies, registration full** In 1904, Roger Casement became internationally celebrated for unearthing the grotesque violence of the Belgian Congo. Soon after, he won even greater renown and a knighthood for...

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From Prejudice to Punk to Pride

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin

As former lead singer with Dublin punk band Chant! Chant! Chant! and founding member of Muted Cupid, Ireland's first LGBT theatre group, Eoin Freeney reflects on the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early ’80s and how renegades such as Phil Chevron, Bob Geldof and others inspired him and many of his generation to,...

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Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism and the Early Modern World

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

Ireland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and...

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Paula Meehan in Conversation

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Paula Meehan is one of Ireland's best-known contemporary poets. In this discussion with historian Donal Fallon, she will read and discuss a number of recent works with historical themes, including a tribute to Tommie Potts and work written as part of the Decade of Centenaries. Note: Limited spaces, booking essential.

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Land Is All That Matters

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

**Apologies, registration full** In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well....

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Songs of History

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

Songs have told the story of Ireland and Irish history for centuries. In this special event, musicians and singers Mike Hanrahan and Eleanor Shanley, working with historian Liz Gillis will...

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The Trouble with Recent History

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

**Apologies, registrations full** The last 50 years in Ireland present a very turbulent and troubled history. The country has seen terrible violence in Northern Ireland, the collapse of the economy...

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The outbreak of the Troubles, 1969-73: ‘Documents on Irish Foreign Policy volume fourteen’

The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin

Since 1998 the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series has been publishing archival documents on Ireland's foreign relations since 1919, to make them more accessible. Now, with the fourteenth volume in the series due out before the end of the year, covering the period 1969 to 1973, DIFP will be publishing primary sources on...

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Queer Femininities of the late 19th and 20th Century Ireland

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

Mary McAuliffe will lead discussion on this nascent and very vibrant area of study in the histories of Irish sexualities. She’ll be talking about Irish female revolutionaries and same-sex relationships....