Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’

The Edward Worth Library The Edward Worth Library Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin, Dublin

The Edward Worth Library will be holding a number of Open Days during Dublin Festival of History. Come see our beautiful early eighteenth-century Library and enjoy our latest exhibition: 'The...

Irish Women in Russia in the age of the Tsars

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Angela Byrne explores the rich and varied connections between Ireland and Russia in the pre-revolutionary period, focusing on the Irish women who went in search of adventure or employment, for...

Building New Ireland: First Decade of the Irish Free State

Ballyroan Library Orchardstown Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin

Emerging from centuries of oppression and a bitter civil war, the government of the Irish Free State faced huge challenges to ensure democracy would succeed and Ireland would take her...

Service Terminated: The Last Tram from Dartry

Terenure Library Templeogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W, Dublin, Dublin

In 1937 the Dublin United Tramways Company (1896) embarked on a programme of replacing its trams with buses but the onset of the 'Emergency' paused this. By 1948 CIÉ had...

The 1924 Tailteann Games

Rathmines Library 157 Rathmines Road Lwr Rathmines, Dublin, Dublin

The Tailteann Games, a sporting and cultural festival, were re-imagined and modernised from the ancient games of the same name and held for the first time in 1924 as Ireland's...

From Sackville to O’Connell

Phibsboro Library Phibsboro Library Blacquiere Bridge, Phibsboro, Co.Dublin

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...

FAI Amateur XI vs Gold Coast August 1951

Mono’s Bar Dalymount Park Phibsboro, Dublin 7, Dublin

In August 1951, the Gold Coast National football team came to Ireland, playing matches in Belfast and Dublin.  The match in Dublin took place in Dalymount Park on Wednesday, 22nd...

Tours of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Blink and you’ll miss it... Tucked in-between St Ann’s Church, and the Mansion House on Dublin’s Dawson Street, how many times have you walked past the Royal...

History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive

Irish Architectural Archive 45 Merrion Square, Dublin, Dublin

Take a tour of the largest terraced house on Merrion Square, learn about its history, see the latest exhibitions and discover the work of the Irish Architectural Archive. No booking...

One Photograph, Many Stories

Inchicore Library Richmond Barracks, Dublin, Dublin

Our history often hides in plain sight. We travel roads, pass laneways and street-signs without appreciating the events that may have happened here in the past. A photograph found in an archive illustrated just this, as Dublin City Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil, investigated the background to the image, taken in the Crumlin area of...

Print History for all the family

National Print Museum Beggars Bush Barracks Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Dublin

Travel back in time at the National Print Museum to experience what it was like to be a young apprentice printer. Learn about Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing...

Musical Memories at 14 Henrietta Street

14 Henrietta Street Dublin 1, Dublin

14 Henrietta Street is a social history museum of Dublin life, from one building’s Georgian beginnings to its tenement times. Uncover the 300-year history of 14 Henrietta Street and the...

The Aran Sweater – Stitches in Time

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

*Apologies, this event has now been CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances* Join Vawn Corrigan for a slide show presentation exploring the fascinating history of the Aran Sweater. From its rocky...