Patrick Quigley will explore how Stanislaw (Stasko) Markiewicz, son of Casimir and stepson of Countess Markievicz, stayed in Dublin at three critical stages of his life. He had a happy...
Tailte Éireann is the state body with responsibility for the property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Tailte Éireann is custodian of an extensive archive of unique records, which includes the Registry of Deeds records. The Registry of Deeds hold property records from 1708 to date which...
The Irish State came into existence on 6 December 1922. At this time the creation of a new system of courts remained unfinished business. In January 1923 a Judiciary Committee was appointed to advise the Irish government on the establishment of a new court system. Its report was followed by the enactment of the Courts...
Dr Paul G. Smith (Independent Scholar and former Bríd McGrath Research Fellow) will present a lecture on 'Forfeited estates of 1688 in Ireland: an account of the late proprietors and the purchasers; 1702-1703.' This is the Brendan Prendiville Memorial Lecture. Note: Booking required, email info@edwardworthlibrary.ie
**Apologies, registration full** Visit the very beating heart of modern Ireland with a tour of Busáras, Ireland’s first purpose-built bus station officially opened on 19 October 1953. Designed by renowned architect Michael Scott and officially named Áras Mhic Dhiarmada after Seán Mac Diarmada, a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Hailed as “Europe’s first postwar...
From the award-winning filmmakers of 406 Days – The Debenhams Picket Line comes the story of the Dublin Monaghan Bombings. On the 17th May 1974 three no warning bombs detonated in Dublin City Centre within three minutes of each other killing 27 people. Later, a no warning bomb in Monaghan Town killed seven more innocent...
The story of Henrietta Street is the story not only of architectural and political history, but the arts. When campaigner Uinseann MacEoin saved a number of Henrietta Street homes in the 1960s and ‘70s, it began a process of revitalisation that drew artists to the street. Mick O’Dea, past president of the Royal Hibernian Academy,...
ONLINE TALK Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city’s many qualities are all too frequently overlooked,...
Join the Gallery's Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at highlights from the Gallery’s An Túr Gloine exhibition as well as key stained glass works from the permanent...
This lecture marks the centenary of the closure of the Freeman’s Journal which appeared for the last time on 19 December 1924. Founded in 1763 as the organ of the so-called ‘patriot’ opposition in the Irish parliament, it was the principal Irish nationalist daily paper in the nineteenth century. For 50 years, from 1841 to...
Approximately 210,000 Irishmen volunteered for the British Forces between 1914 and 1918; of these, around 35,000 died, with over 6,000 of these from Dublin. This talk will tell the story of Fingal natives who died during the Great War and illustrate the complex relationship between Ireland and the British military. Dr. Bernard Kelly completed his...
**Apologies, registration full** In the mid-1940s Marlborough House was set up by the Department of Education as a place of detention for young boys. It was the only centre of its type managed directly by the Department of Education, but it was also registered by the Minister for Justice as a Place of Detention. In...
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe will be giving a talk about O’Connell Street based on people's memories and historical records so this will be an eclectic mix about the capital’s main street. This year marks the 100th year anniversary of the naming of this iconic street. Note: Limited spaces, booking essential.
Let historian Juliana Adelman and geographer Ann Marie Durkan show you a different side to Dublin as they tell stories of Dublin’s animal past. Covering approximately 100 years of history, they will follow the once prevalent pigs, cattle and horses through city streets revealing a history full of forgotten sights, smells and sounds. Juliana Adelman...
**Apologies, registration full** Join Dublin City Historian in Residence, Katie Blackwood, for an illustrated talk on the history of Dublin cinemas that takes the audience through the early days of makeshift venues, the golden age of cinema building, and right up to the emergence of the multiplexes of the 1990s. Incorporating architecture, censorship, queuing, courting...
**Apologies, registration full** This year marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cathal Brugha. Brugha was a tireless and devoted activist for Irish republicanism across various spheres including: as an Irish language activist in the Gaelic League, a key organiser for both the Irish Volunteers and Sinn Féin, Minister for Defence in the underground...
**Apologies, registration full** Join us at Dunsink Observatory for a night-long celebration of space and history — from Ireland’s rich and colourful history of exploring the universe, to our role in making future discoveries beyond our atmosphere. Throughout the night we’ll have talks, conversation and, weather permitting, some stargazing — all in the historic surroundings...
*Apologies, registration is now full for this event* This event will be a lecture by Paul Maher, on the Dublin Metropolitan Police Occurrence Book 1922/23 covering the Kevin Street Division. Entries include robberies, Free State manoeuvre, Anti-Treaty ambushes, sudden deaths etc. The Occurrence Book details Police, community, businesses and Oriel House activities. Expect the everyday...
