Series of events in Ballybough and North Strand
The Ballybough and North Strand area of Dublin is a vibrant community rich in history. We are showcasing a small series of free events for all in the community. Sean...
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Interwar Ireland: State-Building and Peace-Making
The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin**Apologies, registration full** The Irish Research Council (IRC) will showcase some of the most exciting research in Ireland today. IRC-supported researchers will share insights on their latest projects and join...
Turas Siúlóide Dhátheangach ar Streachailt do Shaoirse (1912-23), le hamhráin/ Bilingual Walking Tour on the Fight for Irish Freedom (1912-23), with songs
**Apologies, registration full** Bígí linn ar thuras siúlóide staire chun foghlaim faoin troid ar son shaoirse na hÉireann i mBaile Átha Cliath ag tús an fichiú haois. Déanfaidh an turas...
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Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, Dublin**Apologies, registration full** In 1904, Roger Casement became internationally celebrated for unearthing the grotesque violence of the Belgian Congo. Soon after, he won even greater renown and a knighthood for...
“Clouded Reveries” Film Screening
Chester Beatty Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Dublin 2, Dublin, DublinIs scannán faisnéise é Clouded Reveries faoi shaol agus shaothar an fhile agus an scríbhneoir aistí beo Éireannaigh Doireann Ní Ghríofa, a bhí i mbéal an phobail go tobann sa...
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From Prejudice to Punk to Pride
The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, DublinAs former lead singer with Dublin punk band Chant! Chant! Chant! and founding member of Muted Cupid, Ireland's first LGBT theatre group, Eoin Freeney reflects on the post-punk era of...
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Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism and the Early Modern World
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, DublinIreland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and...
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Paula Meehan in Conversation
The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Dublin**Apologies, registration full** Paula Meehan is one of Ireland's best-known contemporary poets. In this discussion with historian Donal Fallon, she will read and discuss a number of recent works with...
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Land Is All That Matters
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, Dublin**Apologies, registration full** In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well....
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Songs of History
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, DublinSongs have told the story of Ireland and Irish history for centuries. In this special event, musicians and singers Mike Hanrahan and Eleanor Shanley, working with historian Liz Gillis will...
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The Trouble with Recent History
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, Dublin**Apologies, registrations full** The last 50 years in Ireland present a very turbulent and troubled history. The country has seen terrible violence in Northern Ireland, the collapse of the economy...
Turas Treoraithe ar Chaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath
Déanfaidh Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí ceiliúradh ar ár stair agus ár dteanga le chéile ag Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath mar chuid de Fhéile na Staire Bhaile Átha Cliath. Bígí linn...
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The outbreak of the Troubles, 1969-73: ‘Documents on Irish Foreign Policy volume fourteen’
The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, DublinSince 1998 the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series has been publishing archival documents on Ireland's foreign relations since 1919, to make them more accessible. Now, with the fourteenth...
Old Liffey Ferry Historic Liffey Boat Tour
**Apologies, registration full** Step aboard the Old Liffey Ferry and explore Dublin's rich history. Our 1-hour voyage takes you along the River Liffey, passing iconic landmarks and historic sites. Discover...
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Queer Femininities of the late 19th and 20th Century Ireland
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, DublinMary McAuliffe will lead discussion on this nascent and very vibrant area of study in the histories of Irish sexualities. She’ll be talking about Irish female revolutionaries and same-sex relationships....
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Gaeil agus Géibheann agus Éamonn Mac Thomáis (1927-2002)
The Poddle Room Printworks Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, DublinNótáil gur eachtra dhá pháirt é seo a bheidh 90 nóiméad in fhad. Gaeil agus Géibheann Eoghan Mac Cormaic Ina leabhar nua fhoilsithe Gaeil agus Géibheann tharraing Eoghan Mac Cormaic...
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Heroines of the Wars: Talk by Clare Mulley and Rick Stroud
Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre Dublin Castle Dame St, Dublin 2, DublinClare Mulley tells the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. She was the only woman to reach London from Warsaw...
History Ireland Hedge School: Is Irish history ‘sea blind’?
The Substation Alexandra Road, Dublin, DublinIn 1986, the maritime historian, John de Courcey Ireland, wrote: ‘The lives of island peoples like Ireland’s been dominated by the seas encircling them. Yet this fact has been largely...