Ballymun Library will host a public lecture by Dr. James Curry (DCC Historian in Residence) on the remarkable sporting life of Patrick O'Connell. Born and raised in Drumcondra, O'Connell went...
Dublin City Council Historian in Residence for Dublin Central, Dr. Mary Muldowney is working with Dr. Declan O'Brien on a book about the history of the Dublin Cattle Market. She...
*This event is now FULLY BOOKED Hosted by Inchicore Library.Call all amateur or novice weavers. Participants will learn how to weave on a card loom as we meander through the...
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...
In the 1790s a young English artist decided to create a portrait of Dublin. James Malton's timing was impeccable, as the second city of the British Empire was then among...
On the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Kathleen Clarke, join South Dublin County Historian-in-Residence Liz Gillis for a lecture on the life of this founding member of Cumann na mBan and...
A cachet of letters in the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland reveal the final thoughts of Dunne and O’Sullivan as they await the hangman following...
A Lecture will be held by Glasnevin Cemetery's resident historian Conor Dodd focusing on the dead of the War of Independence and the Civil War on Friday, September 30th at 1 PM — followed by a...
*This event is now FULLY BOOKED A guided walk around Dublin’s medieval walls, learning about the walls, gates and watchtowers, and the history of Dublin’s medieval era - led by Arran Henderson,...
In this thoughtful and unprecedented biographical history, Willem-Jan Verlinden delves into previously unpublished correspondence in the Van Gogh family archives to bring Vincent’s three sisters out from their brother’s shadow, poignantly portraying their dreams, disappointments and grief....
Donaghmede Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals,...
(C) This image is reproduced with the kind permission of the National Museum of Ireland Mná100 in collaboration with Dublin City Historian-in-Residence Programme Historian for the Commemorations Unit and Curator of...
On Every Tide is a wide-ranging and challenging reassessment of the Irish diaspora. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research, and his own career-long engagement with the complexities of Irish identity,...
The Irish Research Council (IRC) is hosting an event as part of the Dublin Festival of History 2022 that will showcase some of the most exciting research in Ireland today....
Ballyfermot Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals,...
A journey through history of the women who built the world, but whom the world forgot. Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries brings together Kate’s rich and detailed knowledge of unheard...
Panel: Dr Leeann Lane (DCU); Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD); Dr Margaret Ward (QUB) and moderated by Dr Fionnuala Walsh (UCD). The civil war in Ireland was not only ‘brother against brother’. Cumann...
The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of Celtic, though remnants of different languages...