'Catherine McAuley and the Mission of Mercy' exhibition offers visitors a fascinating library of heritage audio recordings, an interactive digital archive, and a unique collection of stories, photos, and artefacts...
Explore Dublin Port's vibrant history on an immersive walking tour. Discover the restored substation and original east wall, while tracing the evolution of the city, its communities, and industries. The...
Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery - "Who were these leaders?". This interactive tour focuses on not what they did but who they were as people, what set them on the...
Dr Elaine Leong (University College London) will give a lecture on ‘Book Cultures and Surgical Training in Early Modern London’. This is the Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture in Medical History....
Take a guided tour of 18 Ormond Quay Upper, a traditional Dublin 1840s merchant shop-house saved and restored by Dublin Civic Trust. This demonstration of best conservation practice secured the...
This free tour, exploring some highlights of the Gallery's An Túr Gloine exhibition as well as key stained glass works from the permanent collection, is for individuals who are hard...
Instead of studying the book as an individual author's work, book historians pay attention to its architecture, and processes of book production. They focus on publication contexts that might impact...
ONLINE TALK Following the return of his Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) aboard SY 'Nimrod', Ernest Shackleton toured Europe delivering lectures to the peoples and learned societies of the great cities. He returned to his native Ireland in December, 1909, and gave a lecture in Dublin to raise funds for the Lady Dudley nurses scheme. This talk...
The long life enjoyed by Dr. T.K. Whitaker parallels the history of the modern Irish state in whose economic, financial, social, constitutional, educational, political and cultural evolution he played a pivotal role. Whitaker’s inspirational blueprint for the regeneration of the Irish economy in the 1960s, guiding Ireland’s path to membership of such bodies as the...
Cornelius Ryan died in November 1974, aged 54. Once a world famous best-selling author, he is today virtually forgotten. Born in Heytesbury Street, educated in Synge Street, altar boy in...
**Apologies, registration full** In this illustrated talk, Ruth McManus will take us on a journey charting the evolution of Drumcondra through time. Drawing on historic maps and images we will...
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...
**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...
The secrets the river Poddle holds are key to understanding the basic foundations of the City of Dublin. This river of many names, mostly flowing underground, out of sight and...
In 1923 the anti-Treaty IRA, in response to the ongoing execution of their prisoners, declared a ban on public entertainments including sports, theatre and cinema during a period of 'national mourning'. This resulted in a concerted campaign which involved stopping sports and burning theatres and cinemas, only ended by the close of the Civil War....
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...
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...
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,...
