Forgotten footballers of Drumcondra (Online)
Two stars of the 1920s and 30s and among the most famous and successful footballers of their day, both Alex Stevenson and Tom Farquharson were born around Drumcondra and went...
Forgotten footballers of Drumcondra with Gerard Farrell
Two stars of the 1920s and 30s and among the most famous and successful footballers of their day, both Alex Stevenson and Tom Farquharson were born around Drumcondra and went...
From the Bloody Oakwood to the Iron Mountain in the footsteps of giants
‘From the Bloody Oakwood to the Iron Mountain in the Footsteps of Giants’, is a walker’s guide, following the epic journey of Donal Cam O’Sullivan Beare, as he and his...
Illustrating Icons – Collins and Dev
1916 Portraits and Lives is a project of the Royal Irish Academy that aims to highlight the lives a variety of people - men and women, British and Irish, belligerents...
The Civil War Centenary Tour – BOOKED OUT
Come to the GPO Museum and explore the events of the Irish Civil War. Using artefacts and photographs in the exhibition and pieces of testimony this tour examines the events...
You Will Dye at Midnight (Online)
Victorian Ireland was global champion of threatening letters. Donal McCracken's recent book reveals the murky world where tens of thousands of these letters and notices were nailed to barn doors...
Humour in the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven with Melanie Brown
It is often believed that Ludvig van Beethoven's huge compositional output is underscored solely with the anger and frustration which followed him through his tempestuous life and career. For this...
‘Thomas Earley, manufacturer of ecclesiastical furniture and stained-glass windows, Upper Camden Street, Dublin’ presented by Max Cannon.
Thomas Earley's company had an outstanding reputation as decorators, manufacturers of stained-glass windows and ecclesiastical furniture, religious sculptures and stone masonry. During the late nineteenth century Early left a lasting...
A Fish for a Sword? The Triumphant Return of Zōga Shōnin with Dr. Mary Redfern
How do museums look after the artworks in their care? The return of an important pair of Japanese handscrolls to the Chester Beatty after extended conservation treatment overseas gives us...
A Fish for a Sword? The Triumphant Return of Zōga Shōnin with Dr. Mary Redfern (online)
How do museums look after the artworks in their care? The return of an important pair of Japanese handscrolls to the Chester Beatty after extended conservation treatment overseas gives us...
Trials and tribulations in the vehicle assembly industry in Dublin 1970 – 1987
In 1987, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) was subdivided into three separate companies, which were to be wholly owned subsidiaries of the original entity. This move followed a period of upheaval...
Frederick Douglass in Ireland with Cecelia Hartsell
Frederick Douglass, an African American abolitionist and former slave, visited Ireland in 1845. His trip was shaped by a number of experiences, including meeting Daniel O’Connell and achieving a level...
Dublin Bricks & Brickmakers with Susan Roundtree (online)
Dublin City Council, in association with the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland, present a lecture on the production and usage of bricks in our capital city entitled Dublin Bricks &...
Wrecks and Rescues off Balbriggan’s Shores
While many might associate the rough Atlantic waves off Ireland’s south and west coast as being most hazardous to seafarers over thelast few centuries, it is, in fact, our...
Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive presented by the Digital Repository Of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland is delighted to be running a one-day symposium ‘Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive’ sponsored by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council....
Aldrovandi: Natural History at the Edward Worth Library
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 History of Irish Coinage
A member of the Numismatic Society and a specialist in Numismatics at the National Museum of Ireland will be speaking at our event. Currently the presentations will surround the history...