This event remembers the revolutionary and poet Dr William Drennan (1754-1820). Dr Drennan, a onetime elder of the Dublin Unitarian Church congregation, was born the son of a unitarian minister...
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...
To celebrate the Dublin Festival of History, Experience Glasnevin is delighted to host a series of highlight tours of Glasnevin, visiting the crypt of the cemetery’s founder Daniel O’Connell, 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...
Visitors will be welcomed to Freemasons’ Hall, the headquarters of Irish Freemasonry since 1869. They will have the opportunity to explore the museum and will be guided around the Masonic...
Marking Ireland’s membership of the League of Nations, the National Archives, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Irish Academy, has created an exhibition featuring records...
**Booked out** NO LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with...
Frank McDonough in conversation with Paul McGann. Established in 1918-19, in the wake of Germany's catastrophic defeat in the First World War and the revolution that followed swiftly on its...
Major turning points in Irish history and great shifts in societal attitudes are often associated with progress but can also be mired in violence. Here, historian and creator of the...
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...
Marking Ireland’s membership of the League of Nations, the National Archives, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Irish Academy, has created an exhibition featuring records...
To celebrate Dublin Festival of History, the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology will be hosting a selection of tours where you can discover and engage with the Museum’s collection....
**Booked out** A walking tour of the veterans houses on Quarry Rd, Cabra built in 1920's specifically for soldiers from WW1 and their families. The houses were administered by the...
Join Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children, Dervilia Roche, for a free, interactive workshop for children aged 9 – 12. Explore the history of Richmond Barracks in puzzle form and...
** Booked out** An OPW Farmleigh House Guide will present and explore Irish artist Michael Angelo Hayes’ Installation of the Prince of Wales as Knight of St. Patrick, in St....
Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe and Sinead McCoole in conversation with Margaret Ward. The Irish Government launched the Decade of Centenaries in 2012 to celebrate and re-examine the major historical events...
**Booked out** Helena Murphy is a tour guide of Dublin with Original Dublin. On this unique walking tour, she will explore the LGBTQ+ history of Dublin city centre, in a...
The National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, is pleased to present Get to the Point by Irish artist Brian Duggan. During the 1970s oil crisis, Ireland planned...