This lecture by Dr Joan Kavanagh, will highlight the transportation narrative of the Grangegorman Female Penitentiary from 1840 to 1852. Its development, the policies that were put in place for...
This talk is aimed at those who are considering or have researched some topic of local history and would now like to make their findings available to the public. It...
**Apologies, registration full** Nicola Pierce, author of The Spirit of the Titanic and Chasing Ghosts, an Arctic Adventure, discusses her latest novel of historical fiction, In Between Worlds, the Journey...
Díreoidh an chaint seo ar oidhreacht ailtireachta agus luathstair na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta. Bainfidh sé leas as meascán de ghrianghraif stairiúla ón gCartlann Náisiúnta Ghrianghrafadóireachta, léaráidí ailtireachta agus íomhánna níos nua-aimseartha chun scéal bunaithe na Leabharlainne, agus na daoine a chruthaigh í, a insint. This talk will focus on the architectural heritage and early history of...
In the context of the current wider debate over public monuments, this lunchtime talk will take a fresh look at the monuments of Christ Church Cathedral, informed by Dr Greg...
Pembroke Library will host a lecture by Dublin City Historian in Residence Cormac Moore, on the life of Pembroke Library's first Librarian, Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O' Donovan) who,...
A Bird in the House, God Bless Her was recorded by Michael Fortune of folklore.ie, with the Southside Travellers Action Group (STAG). Telling of rare customs in Ireland, it includes...
You are invited to join us at the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition for an exploration on the influence of the classics on the works of Seamus Heaney. While...
The appointment of the first women on the frontline of Dublin Corporation’s public health service at the turn of the 20th century, when Dublin was widely considered one of Great...
Bígí i dteannta Niamh Ní Riain ó Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann le haghaidh na cainte trí Ghaeilge, 30 nóiméad ar líne, faoi shaol agus saothar William Butler Yeats. Tá an chaint oiriúnach dóibh siúd atá díreach ag tosnú amach ag foghlaim na Gaeilge agus dóibh siúd a bhfuil níos mó taithí acu uirthi. Join Niamh...
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe, will give a talk about O’Connell Street based on people's memories and historical records so this will be an eclectic mix about the...
In her talk – entitled ‘Sacraments and Suburbs: Building Catholic Dublin, 1960-80– Dr Ellen Rowley will share some ongoing research into the relationship between the Irish Catholic Church (namely the...
In July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O’Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin. A reviled figure for anti-Treaty republicans, O’Higgins became the...
ONLINE TALK Sa léacht seo, pléann an Dr Ian Malcolm ról na bProtastúnach i stair na Gaeilge in Éirinn. Amharcfaidh sé orthu siúd a choinnigh coinneal na teanga beo nuair a bhí sí i mbéal a báis, mar aon le daoine amhail William Bedell agus William Daniel a d’aistrigh an Bhíobla go Gaeilge. Múinteoir Gaeilge...
Dr. Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian of the Edward Worth Library, Dublin, will provide an insight into the various illnesses and diseases occurring in Dublin of the 1700s, and how and where...
**CANCELLED** The choral setting of the Requiem Mass is a centuries-old tradition. Its formal structure has brought consolation to generations in its comforting predictability. How then has the choral Requiem...
*Apologies, this event has now been CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances* In the 1970s, the Janelle clothing factory was a significant employer in North-West Dublin. It offered employment to many...
Ringsend Library presents 'The 1924 Free State Army Mutiny' with Dublin City Historian in Residence Cormac Moore. The Army Mutiny of March 1924 was the biggest threat to the Irish...
