The Library in the Community service will host a talk by historian and author Liz Gillis titled Easter Week Repeats Itself: The Battle For Dublin June-July 1922. On the morning of the 28th June 1922, Dubliners woke to the sound of the National Army shelling the Four Courts, Headquarters of the anti-Treaty IRA Executive. Three...
Grangegorman Histories will launch ‘Instituting Grangegorman’ a podcast sharing the history of the 'Richmond Lunatic Asylum', now the recently restored TU Dublin Lower House at Grangegorman. This podcast is now available online. The architect of the original asylum building was Francis Johnston, most notable as the architect of the General Post Office on O’Connell Street....
By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: A celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganisation of the Volunteers and Sinn Féin; speaker at the first sitting of Dáil Éireann and president pro tempore; minister for defence in the underground government during the War of...
Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of Her Keys to the City lies in wanting, in some way, to address this very obvious gender imbalance and to showcase a variety of the very...
Phibsboro Library will host Historian in Residence for the Central Area Dr Mary Muldowney for a talk on "Phibsborough in 1922" which will cover everyday life and also the impact of the Civil War.
Dr Bernard Kelly Between 1940 and 1945 a total of 269 Axis and 45 Allied service personnel were interned in the Curragh military camp in County Kildare. Their presence caused the de Valera government a series of challenging problems, as it sought to balance its duties as a neutral country with its continual tendency to...
The Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard telescope (ADH) was the first major international project undertaken by Dunsink Observatory following the observatory’s re-opening as part of DIAS’ School of Cosmic Physics (founded in 1947). The ADH was an opportunity to develop an international collaboration with Harvard and to build closer links between Northern Ireland and the Republic during a difficult...
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 present an exhibition which focuses on Edward Worth’s wonderful collection of Aldrovandi’s texts. Come explore the world of Renaissance natural history! Tour times: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 &...
Monto: Madams, Murder and Black Coddle chronicles the history and reminiscences in a part of Dublin rich in the memories of its people. Recently republished, this history of the Monto district from Terry Fagan of the North Inner-City Folklore Project draws on rich oral history collections from the area, explaining how Dublin's Monto came to...
Join the staff of the Reading Room as they guide you around the newly refurbished space and reveal some of the treasures of the collections - from valuable first editions by famous Irish writers to centuries old volumes from the library of Sir John T. Gilbert. You can also see Nelson's Head - from the...
On 17 August 1922, the last remaining members of the Royal Irish Constabulary left Dublin Castle and were replaced by the new Civic Guard (later An Garda Síochána). This marked the end of a process of disbanding the force that had begun in April, as stipulated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The impact of the disbandment...
Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Blanchardstown. There was much talk about what needed to be done but little happened until the latter years of the 1980s. When change came it was dramatic and both the social geography...
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 to star in the highest echelons of English football, winning leagues and FA Cups. Today Stevenson and Farquharson are unknown to many but during their...
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 to star in the highest echelons of English football, winning leagues and FA Cups. Today Stevenson and Farquharson are unknown to many but during their...
‘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 followers battled against a ruthless enemy, intolerable weather conditions, hunger and betrayal, as they traversed an Ireland ravaged and wasted by English armies in the...
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 and pacifists - involved in the events of Easter week. Artist David Rooney was commissioned to create 42 new and original scraperboard portraits, and the...
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 of 100 years ago and how they still impact Ireland today. *This event is now FULLY BOOKED Call 01 872 1916 or email info@gpowitnesshistory.ie
