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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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, 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 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 &...

  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...

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....

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...

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...

Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s...

Join an introduction to the First World War, the people involved in it, and how the War impacted their lives. This tour will examine the all-encompassing nature of the First...

Dublinia, located at the heart of Viking and Medieval Dublin, is a step back in time and a journey through the city as it was back then. Experience what life...

Join an introduction to the First World War, the people involved in it, and how the War impacted their lives. This tour will examine the all-encompassing nature of the First...

Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s...