The Irish Tourist Association (ITA) was established in January 1925 as a result of a Conference held in Government Buildings in Dublin, under the Presidency of the Minister for Industry and Commerce of the new Irish State. The ITA was Ireland’s first official National Tourism Body and would go on to lay the foundation for...
**Apologies, registration full** EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum will host UCD PhD candidate, Fiona Slevin, as she explores the post-famine economic and social landscape of rural Ireland. By using examples of letters home and other primary sources, this talk will assess the monetary and social value of emigrant remittances back to Ireland and their impact...
The National University of Ireland in collaboration with Dublin City Council and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ireland, each year organise an International Viking Event as part of the Dublin Festival of History. We are used to reading and hearing about the wars fought by the fleets and armies of Dublin against their Irish neighbours...
This talk is part of the Marino 100 series of talks, celebrating the centenary of the development of the Marino estate, the first estate built in the Free State after...
One hundred years ago, in March 1924, about 50 officers of the National Army who were facing demobilization in the post-Civil War reduction of the army, seized weapons, and absconded from their posts. Could it have been a prelude to the renewed Civil War or was it a farce, characterised by the arrest of many...
A Celebration of Franco-Irish Heritage and Francophile Community at Alliance Française Dublin We invite you to join us for a full day of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Alliance Française Dublin’s iconic home at 1 Kildare Street, formerly the Kildare Street Club, inaugurated in 1974 by then French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac. The day will start...
*Apologies, registration full* From independence in 1922 until the abolition of the death penalty in 1990, 25 women were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Only one ultimately met the hangman. This talk explores their lives, crimes, and punishments. Although extraordinarily rare, women’s lethal violence in this period can reveal much about Irish women’s...
Art historian Kathryn Milligan discusses the life and work of Estella Solomons. A graduate of Dublin’s Metropolitan School of Art, Solomons became one of the leading artists of her generation in the Irish capital active within Cumann na mBan in the Irish revolution. From her beautiful illustrations in The Glamour of Dublin (1926) to her...
How well do you know Victorian Dublin? In this special meetup of the Children’s History Book Club, we will be joined by author and illustrator Alan Nolan as we learn about Dublin’s lost landmarks and creepiest crypts – as featured in his new historical book series, starring the young Molly Malone and Bram Stoker! Test...
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe will host a talk given by Helen O’Donohoe on the rich and interesting history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland. Helen is a Patchwork and Quilting teacher who has been interested in textiles craft and stitch from a young age. She is a member of the Irish...
Join Lorcan Collins of the Revolutionary Ireland podcast, as he explores the importance of Tom and Kathleen Clarke to the story of the revolutionary period in Ireland. The eldest signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, Tom Clarke was a veteran Fenian before the Easter Rising, while Kathleen would go on to become Dublin’s first female Lord...
Join Colm Molloy, Creative and Cultural Lead, Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride for a look at the history of queer Ireland, covering a wide research from prehistory to marriage equality. This is an in-person event at the Pride Hub.
Bígí linn d’oíche speisialta ag ceiliúradh spiorad an ghníomhaíochais Ghaeilge i measc na bpríosúnach. Ar an oíche beidh painéil agus léacht ag plé le diongbháilteacht na ngníomhaithe seo a cuireadh faoi chois. Ina dhiaidh sin, tumfaimid i seisiún amhránaíochta oscailte ina mbeidh amhráin nuachumtha á gcasadh den chéad uair. Bainigí sult as meascán na staire,...
**Apologies, registration full** Railway Historian Michael J Walsh, of the Irish Railway Record Society will host a lecture on the history of the DART to celebrate 40 years. He will...
