At the end of the 19th century there were around 8,000 horses and 4,000 pigs living in Dublin city while nearly 200,000 cattle and 300,000 sheep passed through each year....
Tailte Éireann will host a lecture in the Registry of Deeds by Dr Melanie Hayes, Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate Project Fellow, TCD. The lecture will draw on source material...
The Little Museum of Dublin presents a staged reading of The Minister for Make Believe. The subject of this play, Brendan Bracken, was born in Tipperary but grew up in...
Dublin City Council presents this illustrated talk by Dr Ruth McManus which traces the development of Killester from the Anglo-Norman manor of "Quillestre" to the landed estate of Killester Demesne,...
This talk will examine the famous 1923 FAI Cup final between Shelbourne FC and Alton United, with a discussion of how both sides reached the final stage of a competition...
A talk by Dr Ida Milne, author of ‘Stacking the Coffins: Influenza, War and Revolution in Ireland, 1918–19’, and the primary expert on the impact of Spanish flu on the...
Creating textiles has always been at the heart of Irish culture. Weaving goes back to ancient times and Ireland enjoyed a thriving wool trade up until the late 17th century,...
In September 1923, Ireland joined the League of Nations: the global organisation created after World War One to oversee international security and disarmament. What was the League of Nations? Who...
Come see the beautiful early eighteenth-century of Edward Worth (1676-1733), a Dublin physician who bequeathed a magnificent collection of books to Dr Steevens' Hospital. Tours at noon on each Open...
Rugadh Breandán Ó Beacháin/Brendan Behan céad bliain ó shin in 1923. Is fearr aithne air as a chuid saothar Borstal Boy agus The Quare Fellow, ba chainteoir líofa na Gaeilge...
**Booked out** Intrepid traveller and intimate of kings, emperors and despots, the range and diversity of Lord Sligo’s life is breathtaking. From a youth of hedonistic self-indulgence in Regency England...
This photographic exhibition about the recent excavations in St Canice's abbey and churchyard will open on Tuesday 26 September and run for the remainder of the festival. It will be...
This exhibition aims to showcase the historical significance of Dublin Port and its impact on the city’s development over time. Through a carefully curated selection of maps from the Dublin...
The Irish Architectural Archive will host a lunchtime lecture by Vincent Delany entitled 'Knocksinna, an unusual road for unusual people’. Vincent will take you on an architectural journey through the...
Through Dublin Festival of History, join tour guides at the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks on a variety of engaging family tours exploring the...
Professor Frank Barry will reveal that Dublin was still an industrial city when Ireland joined the European Economic Community in 1973 with almost half of the largest manufacturing establishments in...
Women’s football started to develop at a rapid pace across the island of Ireland from the late 1960s. This talk by Helena Byrne will focus on the foundation of governing...
The Liberties of Dublin has historically been home to an industrial working class. Much of this history related to brewing and distilling, and the associated businesses and trades that came...
