The National Archives presents 'Days in the Life: Reading the Michael Collins Diaries, 1918–1922'. A talk by authors Dr Anne Dolan (Associate Professor in Modern Irish History, Trinity College Dublin) and Dr William Murphy (Associate Professor, School of History and Geography, Dublin City University). The talk will be accompanied by an official launch of the...
To mark the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali's fight at Croke Park, the GAA Museum presents an evening of conversation and talks about this memorable sporting occasion. Dublin Historian in Residence James Curry will speak about Ali's earlier career and set the scene for the fight in Dublin. Our second speaker is author, journalist and...
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 &...
Seamus Heaney grew up in Northern Ireland and his emergence as a successful young poet coincided with the outbreak of ‘The Troubles’. In his lecture, Dr Michael Keyes looks at how Seamus Heaney’s work was influenced by the Northern Ireland troubles and how in turn his voice became an influential one as the troubles inched...
On 14 April 1922, members of the anti-Treaty IRA Executive directed their forces to seize the Four Courts complex and other buildings across Dublin city centre in a direct challenge to the authority of the Provisional Government. Rory O’Connor, the IRA’s onetime Director-of-Engineering, would emerge as their nominal spokesperson and a symbol of Irish republican...
The 23rd Medieval Dublin symposium, presented as part of the Dublin Festival of History, will showcase new research in the history and archaeology of medieval Dublin. The purpose of the annual Medieval Dublin symposium is to provide a way through which teachers, students, specialists, amateurs, historians, archaeologists, and everyone whose talents and interests are required...
Join in this tour and discover what life was like from Stone Age to Medieval Ireland. Learn about striking ground stone axes from the Neolithic, gold objects from the Bronze Age and iconic Early Medieval treasures of the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No booking required, places allocated on a first come first served...
On the GPO Museum Young Historians Tour children will learn the skills and concepts needed to be a great historian. Using artefacts and photographs in the exhibition and pieces of testimony children will be shown how to use evidence and imagination to reconstruct the past just like a historian. Included in the tour is a...
On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) was obliterated in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War. The destruction of the PROI burnt through a significant part of the Irish historical record stretching back to the 12th century. One hundred years after this disaster an all-island and international collaborative research...
Join in this tour and discover what life was like from Stone Age to Medieval Ireland. Learn about striking ground stone axes from the Neolithic, gold objects from the Bronze Age and iconic Early Medieval treasures of the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No booking required, places allocated on a first come first served...
History Ireland editor Tommy Graham discusses the history (and future) of Ireland's popular history magazine with Donal Fallon. Where did History Ireland emerge from, and what has shaped the magazine? Tommy Graham is editor of History Ireland magazine. Donal Fallon is the presenter of the Three Castles Burning Podcast.
We have all heard of people bringing tea bags on holidays abroad, or know people who are not themselves until their first coffee of the day. These two beverages are so part and parcel of our daily life that it is hard to think of a time when people did not drink them. This talk...
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 World War and explore artefacts from the National Museum’s collection that tell some of the stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war and ordinary soldiers...
Walkinstown Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop, children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals, people and symbols found on buildings, before creating their very own history-inspired sculptures and drawings. The Historian-in-Residence for Children is part of the...
A talk on the life and career of Adam Loftus (d.1605), who commissioned Rathfarnham Castle as a private residence for himself in 1583. Covering his origins in Yorkshire, his arrival to Ireland in 1560 and rise to some of the most important positions in the kingdom (he would ultimately become the Archbishop of Armagh, the...
Join a family tour of the National Museum of Ireland’s ‘Eileen Gray’ exhibition, which shall examine the life and works of the famous Irish born designer Eileen Gray. Admission is free, places are allocated on a first-come basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. Wheelchair Accessible
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 until the late 1900s, as well as the transition from Barracks to Museum. This tour will also introduce you to some of the highlights from...
Historian James Curry will discuss the work of artist Mina Carney (1892 - 1974) whose portrait bust of James Larkin is part of the Hugh Lane Gallery's collection. Mina Carney was an American sculptor. She received part of her training in Vienna and Rome and travelled to Mexico to work in sculptors’ studios there. Like...