The Dublin/Monaghan Bombings – Fifty Years On

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

A talk looking back, 50 years on, on the worst day for fatalities of the Troubles, 17 May 1974, when three bombs exploded in Dublin City Centre and one in...

The Battle of Cabra Baths and other 20th century histories

Cabra Library Navan Rd, Dublin 7, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Dublin City Historian in Residence, Mary Muldowney will talk about the outdoor Cabra Baths that was opened by the City Council in the 1940s and other fascinating...

Football in Dublin: The makings of the people’s game

The Orchard Community Centre Cherry Orchard Grove, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10

The Library in the Community will host a talk by Bohemian FC's club historian and independent sports historian Gerard Farrell. Initially emerging as a minority pursuit in the city's elite...

Kate Mosse – Map of Bones

St Ann's Church Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

Historical novelist Kate Mosse will discuss Map of Bones the 4th and final novel in her Joubert Family Chronicles. Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from...

A City of Voices, How Dublin 4 Shaped Irish Radio

Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre Thorncastle Street, Dublin, Dublin

For the first time, a lecture on the role of Dublin 4 in the history of Irish radio broadcasting. Radio historian and chairperson of the Ringsend and District Historical Society,...

A Dublin Day – Monday July 6th 1925

Cabra Parkside Community Sports Centre John Paul II Park Ratoath Road, Cabra, Dublin 7, Dublin

The Library in the Community section will host a talk by James Scannell, current President of the Old Dublin Society. On July 6th 1925, the Dublin United Tramways Company launched...

The port of Dublin in time of famine

The Substation Alexandra Road, Dublin, Dublin

Join David Dickson (Trinity College Dublin Fellow Emeritus) for an enlightening lecture on the Port of Dublin during the famines of 1740-41 and 1846-48. Explore how maritime trade and port...

Bodysnatchers, Surgeons and Insurgents: the History of RCSI

Albert Lecture Theatre Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 123 Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Dublin

In 1784, a small group of Irish surgeons broke ranks with the Guild of Barber-Surgeons to form the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Ever since, RCSI has been at...

25th Medieval Dublin Symposium

Neill Hoey lecture theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts and Humanities Research Institute of Trinity College Dublin Neill Hoey lecture theatre Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts and Humanities Research Institute of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Dublin

The 25th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised by the Friends of Medieval Dublin with support from the Department of History of Trinity College Dublin, will showcase new research in the history...

Who should pay for the Water: Malahide Water Supply Controversy

Carnegie Free Library Swords North Street, Townparks, Swords, Dublin, Ireland

Research on local government records in Fingal for the period 1870-1910 repeatedly highlighted issues with the water supply in Malahide. This ongoing issue is a case study of how nationalists...

Lord Charlemont’s Life after the Grand Tour

Casino Marino Malahide Road Marino, Dublin 3, Dublin 3

Our experienced guide Paul, will delve into the life of Lord Charlemont after his return from the Grand Tour, including his involvement with Arts and Culture, Politics, Irish Volunteers and...

Gerald Boland biography launch. Revolutionary Women. Fenian History.

Glasnevin Cemetery Visitor Centre Glasnevin Cemetery Finglas Road, Dublin 11, Dublin

Former Taoiseach Bertie Aherne will launch Professor Stephen Kelly's book, Gerald Boland: A Life. Professor Stephen Kelly will present his paper, 'Poacher turned gamekeeper: Gerald Boland, the IRA and Nazi...

Richmond Barracks: Creating a Timeline

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

Justine Murphy created a physical and digital timeline of Dublin’s Richmond Barracks and this has offered an opportunity to illustrate it’s long footprint using drawings, newspapers, prints, photographs, audio and maps. This talk explores the challenge of telling that story in visual form while at the same time bringing you through the history of the...

Dublin locations associated with AE Russell and PL Travers

United Arts Club 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

Although (AE) George Russell was born in Lurgan, he spent most of his life in Dublin. Of all the major figures, including Joyce, Yeats and Shaw who spent their lives...

Surprising Survivals: The Fire of 1922

Irish Manuscripts Commission 45 Merrion Square Dublin 2, Dublin, Dublin

The Irish Manuscripts Commission (IMC) was founded in 1928 after the catastrophic fire at the Four Courts in 1922 which destroyed 700 years of Ireland’s documentary heritage. IMC marked the...

‘Dismissed – to the general joy of ye family’

Carnegie Free Library Swords North Street, Townparks, Swords, Dublin, Ireland

The historical narrative around the Irish country house has long recognised its place as the epicentre of a community; economically, socially, and culturally. Particularly in Ireland where Industry was less...

Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

Marking fifty years of the founding of an LGBTQ rights movement in Ireland, Reeling in the Queers explores the lesser-known stories of the fight for LGBTQ rights since 1974, beyond...

Aspects of the History of Kenure House and Estate

Carnegie Free Library Swords North Street, Townparks, Swords, Dublin, Ireland

This talk is about the rise and fall of Kenure House and its estate and the trials and tribulations of the families who lived there. In the mid-17th century the...