Children’s History Workshop: Barracks Escape Room

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

Join Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche for this free, interactive workshop for children aged 9-12. Solve the puzzles inspired by the history of Richmond Barracks, and see...

Museums: Constructing History Tour

GPO Museum The GPO O'Connell Street, Dublin, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Join us at the GPO Museum on this tour showcasing the ways in which museums encourage people of all ages to engage with the past. Museums are...

Lockout to Independence walking tour

Meeting Points - Outside Clonliffe House Pub 43 Ballybough Rd, Dublin 3, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Join local guide Sean Deegan for this historically relevant walk pointing out some of the sites during this significant period in our recent past. From the Howth...

The Camac in Inchicore-Kilmainham – Small Stream, Mighty River

Meeting point: Lansdowne Valley Park opposite Blackhorse Luas stop Lansdowne Valley Park, Dublin 12, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** A three kilometre, guided walk provided by Kilmainham Inchicore Heritage Group following the route of the River Camac from Lansdowne Valley Park to what was once the...

Walking Tour of Marino

Casino Marino Malahide Road Marino, Dublin 3, Dublin 3

**Apologies, registration full** Casino Marino’s experienced tour guide Conal, will provide a historic guided tour of Marino and environs. The tour will include a walking tour commencing in the Casino...

Walking Tour – Port to Gallery

The Substation Alexandra Road, Dublin, Dublin

Explore Dublin Port's vibrant history on an immersive walking tour. Discover the restored substation and original east wall, while tracing the evolution of the city, its communities, and industries. The...

Balbriggan & District Historical Society Pop Up Museum

Pop Up Museum, beside The Central - Mrs. O’s, Bridge Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 VK57 Bridge Street, Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland

Balbriggan & District Historical Society will open their Pop Up Museum from 12 - 5pm on 12 October and 13 October 2024 as part of the Fingal Festival of History. The museum will include exhibitions of the people, places, events providing an insight into life in Balbriggan in times gone by. There will also be...

Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin

Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour which will give visitors a flavour of the wealth of artefacts on display in the Museum that show the continuity and change of...

Print, Painting and Politics: Estella Solomons and Dublin

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

Art historian Kathryn Milligan discusses the life and work of Estella Solomons. A graduate of Dublin’s Metropolitan School of Art, Solomons became one of the leading artists of her generation...

Devil and the Knock-Down: Social History of the Printing Trade

National Print Museum Beggars Bush Barracks Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Dublin

On this bespoke social history tour at the National Print Museum, explore the ordinary (and extraordinary) lives and customs of the printing trade. The tour will cover topics such as...

Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink

National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin

Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour will gives visitors a flavour of the wealth of artefacts on display in the Museum that show the continuity and change of food...

Holy Wells of North Dublin

Coolock Library Barryscourt Road, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Join Dublin City Historian in Residence Katie Blackwood for a family-friendly workshop on the holy wells of North Dublin, followed by a walk to the site of St Brendan's holy...

Exploring the archives: Create a historical comic with Clare Foley

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Explore the collections of Dublin City Library & Archives to create your own historical comic! Clare Foley (illustrator of the recent historical comic Fear and Fever: 14 Days of Typhoid...

The history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland

Charleville Mall Library Charleville Mall off North Strand, Dublin 1, Dublin

Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe will host a talk given by Helen O’Donohoe on the rich and interesting history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland. Helen is...

Hands on History: From Barracks to Museum

Phibsboro Library Phibsboro Library Blacquiere Bridge, Phibsboro, Co.Dublin

Join Museum Educators from the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks for a drop-in handling session at Phibsboro Library. Hands-on History: From Barracks to Museum, is an interactive handling session with objects from the Museum’s handling collection that explore the history of the 300-year old Barracks, and the vast collections...

A Revolutionary Couple: The Lives of Tom and Kathleen Clarke

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

Join Lorcan Collins of the Revolutionary Ireland podcast, as he explores the importance of Tom and Kathleen Clarke to the story of the revolutionary period in Ireland. The eldest signatory...