Whet your appetite for Dublin Festival of History with a special event with bestselling author Robert Harris. Robert will discuss his new novel Act of Oblivion with Professor Micheál...

Solo Exhibition by Michelle Malone Curated by Sheena Barrett This first major solo show by recent graduate Michelle Malone will look to consider ideas of embodied identity, social/council housing, including...

Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s...

Presented by Creative Residency @ Richmond Barracks. Are your children curious about the architecture and history of Dublin's buildings, streets and bridges? If so, and if they like to be...

Calling all amateur or novice weavers. Participants will learn how to weave on a card loom as we meander through the history of weaving in the Liberties. All materials will...

Through the history of the city, Dublin has inspired much poetry. Inspired by the recent passing of Dublin poets Thomas Kinsella and Vincent Caprani, this event will see celebrated poet...

2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), one of the most famous naturalists of Renaissance Europe. The Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum of Trinity College Dublin...

The images are black and white. The issues aren't. Learn about the War of Independence through the photographs of W.D. Hogan from the National Library of Ireland's photograph collection in...

A story of politics, art and friendship. Lady Augusta Gregory, née Persse (Roxborough, Galway, 1852 - Coole Park 1932), had a remarkable life, mainly devoted to literary studies and writings...

*This event is now FULLY BOOKED Hosted by Kevin Street Library. Join Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil as she brings us through a period of great change in Ireland. 1922...

Charleville Mall Library will host a talk by Joe Mooney entitled ‘We’ll give every one of them two black eyes’: The East Wall School Boys Strike of 1911. On 13 September 1911...

Marie Bourke delivers a talk on Sir Frederic William Burton (1816-1900) historic pre-Famine painting The Blind Girl at the Holy Well -Scene in the West of Ireland. Marie Bourke is...

The Library in the Community service will host a talk by Dr James Curry which focuses on artist and sculptor Joe Moran, a native of East Wall, who has permanent...

*This event is now FULLY BOOKED The GPO Museum will bring you on a tour focusing on Michael Collins and the role he has played in modern Irish history. Using...

Michael Smith, Tom Crean’s biographer, discusses the Antarctic explorer’s remarkable adventures and the creation of an iconic figure in Irish history. Michael Smith is the best-selling author whose book, An...

  Sarah Cecilia Harrison, 1863-1941, was Dublin's first female councillor, elected in 1912, but failed to be re-elected in 1915, and another attempt to be elected in 1920 was also...

Albrecht Dürer was not only the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance, but he predicted the reach and future of art in our own time. His unerring eye recorded Irish...