O, To have a little house
Solo Exhibition by Michelle Malone – O, To have little house Curated by Sheena Barrett September to November 2022, The LAB Gallery Dublin This first major solo show by recent...
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He ‘builded his house at Rathfernan’ : Adam Loftus, (d.1605).
A talk on the life and career of Adam Loftus (d.1605), who commissioned Rathfarnham Castle as a private residence for himself in 1583. Covering his origins in Yorkshire, his arrival...
Illustrated talk on the artist Mina Carney by James Curry
Historian James Curry will discuss the work of artist Mina Carney (1892 - 1974) whose portrait bust of James Larkin is part of the Hugh Lane Gallery's collection. Mina Carney...
Grangegorman Histories launches ‘Instituting Grangegorman’ podcast
Grangegorman Histories will launch ‘Instituting Grangegorman’ a podcast sharing the history of the 'Richmond Lunatic Asylum', now the recently restored TU Dublin Lower House at Grangegorman. The architect of the...
Military Internees, Prisoners of War and the Irish State during World War Two
Between 1940 and 1945 a total of 269 Axis and 45 Allied service personnel were interned in the Curragh military camp in County Kildare. Their presence caused the de Valera...
The Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard Telescope: First cross-border agreement between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
The Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard telescope (ADH) was the first major international project undertaken by Dunsink Observatory following the observatory’s re-opening as part of DIAS’ School of Cosmic Physics (founded in 1947). The...
Easter Week Repeats Itself: The Battle For Dublin June-July 1922
The Library in the Community service will host a talk by historian and author Liz Gillis titled Easter Week Repeats Itself: The Battle For Dublin June-July 1922.. On the morning...
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Cathal Brugha: ‘An Indomitable Spirit’
By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganisation of the Volunteers and...
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Her Keys to the City: Honouring the Women who made Dublin
Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of Her...
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Phibsborough in 1922
Phibsboro Library will host Historian in Residence for the Central Area Dr Mary Muldowney for a talk on "Phibsborough in 1922" which will cover everyday life and also the impact...
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