A talk by Dr Ida Milne, author of ‘Stacking the Coffins: Influenza, War and Revolution in Ireland, 1918–19’, and the primary expert on the impact of Spanish flu on the Irish population during the Revolutionary Years. Booking: Call Baldoyle Library at 01 890 6793 or email baldoylelibrary@fingal.ie.
Creating textiles has always been at the heart of Irish culture. Weaving goes back to ancient times and Ireland enjoyed a thriving wool trade up until the late 17th century, from the 19th century onwards lacemaking, weaving and the Aran knit threw a lifeline to struggling rural communities. Today, the heritage continues to inspire. Using...
In September 1923, Ireland joined the League of Nations: the global organisation created after World War One to oversee international security and disarmament. What was the League of Nations? Who was involved in it and how did Ireland’s membership impact the League? Chaired by former diplomat Rory Montgomery, this panel discussion with Dr John Gibney,...
Rugadh Breandán Ó Beacháin/Brendan Behan céad bliain ó shin in 1923. Is fearr aithne air as a chuid saothar Borstal Boy agus The Quare Fellow, ba chainteoir líofa na Gaeilge é Behan a scríobh drámaí, filíocht agus tuilleadh i nGaeilge. Sa mionscrúdú dátheangach seo de Behan, pléifidh Alan Titley (an té a d’aistrigh Cré na...
**Booked out** Intrepid traveller and intimate of kings, emperors and despots, the range and diversity of Lord Sligo’s life is breathtaking. From a youth of hedonistic self-indulgence in Regency England to a reforming, responsible legislator and landlord, Sligo became enshrined in the history of Jamaica as ‘Emancipator of the Slaves’ and in Ireland as ‘The...
The Irish Architectural Archive will host a lunchtime lecture by Vincent Delany entitled 'Knocksinna, an unusual road for unusual people’. Vincent will take you on an architectural journey through the International Style houses of Fahanmura, Glencroe and Ardveen amongst others on Knocksinna Road in Foxrock, Co.Dublin. No booking required.
Professor Frank Barry will reveal that Dublin was still an industrial city when Ireland joined the European Economic Community in 1973 with almost half of the largest manufacturing establishments in the state. The Guinness brewery at St James’s Gate employed 3,500. Jacob’s biscuit factory employed around 1,500 and was predominantly female. Twenty-five or so of...
Women’s football started to develop at a rapid pace across the island of Ireland from the late 1960s. This talk by Helena Byrne will focus on the foundation of governing bodies for the sport in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the early 1970s. Helena Byrne is a librarian who works in...
The Liberties of Dublin has historically been home to an industrial working class. Much of this history related to brewing and distilling, and the associated businesses and trades that came with these industries. However, another industry, which has all but disappeared has left a lasting legacy in terms of place names and also in the...
The years 1919-1923 were a dangerous time for Irish journalists. In this talk, which is the basis of an RTÉ Radio series, historian Ian Kenneally discusses propaganda, censorship, fake news, and violence against newspapers. Ian Kenneally is Historian in Residence with Westmeath County Council. His books include The Paper Wall: Newspapers and Propaganda in Ireland,...
Bilingual poet, essayist and third generation Dubliner, Dr Declan Collinge discusses his recently published literary anthology of Dublin which features literary extracts through the centuries, up to the present day. From Fenian Cycle poems to Swift and Stoker, from Joyce to Keyes and Howard, it also includes such famous Dublin characters as Billy in the...
June 2023 marked the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The trip was a personal defining moment for him, in a summer of defining moments for his presidency. The talk by U.S. historian Cecelia Hartsell will discuss President Kennedy's trip to Ireland that summer and will feature the video of the...
Ireland has the remains of about 400 army barracks built between 1690 and 1921. While a few remain in military use in the twenty-first century in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, the story of this built heritage is largely unknown or at times simply avoided because of its association with British rule. These sites...
Join Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence, as she unravels the story behind the Dolphin's Barn Brick Company and the people associated with it. The company was located on the Crumlin Road from the 1890s until 1944 with the clay pits extending from Kimmage to the grand canal at Goldenbridge. The brickworks were...
Apologies, this event has been postponed. Dublin City Council presents this illustrated talk by Professor Joseph Brady, who will look at the provision of housing for ex-servicemen in Dublin and how the Killester garden suburb influenced the work of the Irish Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Land Trust after 1926. Joe’s research is part of a Dublin...
Apologies, this event is fully booked. Talk by Dr Ruth McManus, Associate Professor in Geography and Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU. Her most recent books are the second edition of 'Dublin 1910-1940, Shaping the city and suburbs' (2021), and 'Building Healthy Homes, Dublin Corporation’s first...
Fingal County Council’s Research Historian, Dr Bernard Kelly, discusses the effect that war and revolution had on the lives of Fingallians during the tumultuous period from the turn of the century to the end of the civil war. Booking: Call Balbriggan Library at 01 870 4401 or email balbrigganlibrary@fingal.ie.
Apologies, this event is fully booked. Dublin in 1911 was a city facing into a decade of local, national and international importance, but citizens lived out their daily lives with no idea of the historic times in their immediate futures. Whilst much has been documented of life in the city tenements at this time, especially...
