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“Is teanga iasachta í an Ghaeilge, díreach cosúil leis an nGiúdais!”

Leabharlann Shráid an Phiarsaigh Sráid an Phiarsaigh, Baile Átha Cliath 2, Baile Átha Cliath

Constáblaí Éireannacha de chuid CRÉ ag gabhadh Sasanach as Gaeilge a labhairt, Giúdaigh Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Protastúnaigh Bhéal Feirste ag foghlaim Gaeilge, agus an Eaglais Chaitliceach ag diúltú an Ghaeilge a mhúineadh i scoileanna. Faigh amach an stair rúnda faoi na dearcthaí casta i leith na Gaeilge le linn réabhlóid na hÉireann. Sa gcaint...

House for Heroes

Raheny Library Howth Rd Raheny, Dublin, Dublin

Dr Cormac Moore, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence, will give a talk on "House for Heroes" on the historic housing scheme in Killester for the First World War veterans in 1923. Click here to book.

Dublin, A Writer’s City

Ballymun Library Ballymun Road, Dublin 11, Dublin

It takes time to build a literary tradition. In Dublin: A Writer’s City, author Chris Morash sets out to produce a literary map of the city, area by area, looking at the ways in which knowing the literary heritage of our own neighbourhoods enriches our experience of living in the city. In this talk, he’ll...

Women in 19th Century Ireland

Dolphin's Barn Library Parnell Rd, Saint James' (part of Phoenix Park), Dublin, Ireland

Join South Dublin County Council Historian in Residence Liz Gillis as she explores the status of women in Ireland in the 19th century and the women who dared to dream of change. Click here to book.

Trigger warnings: exhibiting sensitive materials

Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2, Dublin

Museums and exhibitions are usually experienced as places of truth, places we visit to gain knowledge about the past or to come to terms with difficult heritage. But how are sensitive materials, such as hospital archives, patients’ belongings, or medical instruments, selected and tactfully displayed? What decisions lie behind the choice of objects exhibited, the...

St. Canice’s Ecclesiastical Site, Finglas – photographic exhibition and talk

Finglas Library Seamus Ennis Road Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin

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 open to the public during library opening hours: Tuesday 26 September – Saturday 14 October A 15-min talk on the St. Canice’s Photographic Exhibition by...

The Archive Within Us

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

Made by 12 people in Dublin with artists Claire Halpin and Colm Keegan. This exhibition of personal objects, stories and poems asks what do we choose to remember, and why? The Archive Within Us is an exhibition of personal histories, made by a group of people in Dublin in collaboration with visual artist Claire Halpin...

History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive

Irish Architectural Archive 45 Merrion Square, Dublin, Dublin

Take a tour of the largest terraced house on Merrion Square, learn about its history, see the latest exhibitions and discover the work of the Irish Architectural Archive. Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the festival. 26 and 28 September; 3, 5, 10 and 12 October, 10:00 each day. No booking required.

Open Day tours of the Edward Worth Library

The Edward Worth Library The Edward Worth Library Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin, Dublin

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 Day will include the ‘Librarian’s Choice’. Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the festival. 26 and 27 September; 3, 4, 10 and 11 October Tour times 11:00...

Drama, Books and Politics in Dublin’s Medieval Core

Outside the Gutter Bookstore (meet point/ start point for walk) Cow's Lane, Temple Bar,, Dublin 8,, County Dublin

Dublin Theatre is older than Shaw, Wilde or O’Casey. What about writers who lived and worked in Dublin’s historic core, from Johnathan Swift to Lady Morgan? And what of the Irish stage in the centuries before the Abbey Theatre? This walking tour explores theatre, literature, music, and performance as well as themes as diverse as...

Capital witness: photographs of Dublin during the Civil War, 1922-1923 (Online)

National Library of Ireland Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

Join NLI curator, Elizabeth Kirwan for this overview of the National Library’s photographic collections. As Ireland’s capital city, Dublin witnessed many aspects of the Irish Civil War, 1922-1923.  This talk will highlight a selection of original photographs of Dublin taken during 1922-1923 from the NLI’s historic collections. These photographs reflect a turbulent and bitter period...

Mapping Dublin’s Maritime Legacy: A Journey through Time

The Substation Alexandra Road, Dublin, Dublin

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 Port Archive, visitors will embark on a visual journey through the centuries, exploring the growth, transformation, and importance of Dublin Port. The exhibition will be...

Buttresses, Bridges and Bones: Conserving Christ Church

Christ Church Cathedral Music Room Christ Church Cathedral Christchurch Place, Dublin 8, Dublin

To mark the publication of a new Conservation Management Plan, Christ Church will host a series of talks discussing the past, present and future of this iconic Dublin building. Tuesday 26 September, 13:10-14:10 Frank Keohane – An Introduction to conserving Christ Church Linzi Simpson – Excavating the Four Courts at Christ Church Tuesday 3 October,...

Tours at the NMI – Decorative Arts and History

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

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 Museum and its collection. Discover the journey of Collins Barracks in ‘From Barracks to Museum’, learn about Ireland’s military and revolutionary history in ‘Recovered Voices’...

The RDS Drawing Schools and Irish Art: A History

RDS Library & Archives Merrion Road Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin

The RDS Library & Archives will host this event in the RDS Library. The RDS Drawing Schools were founded in 1749 and would eventually go on to become the National College of Art and Design. This event will consist of an illustrated talk from the RDS Archivist and Curator that will explore the history of...

One-way traffic?

Drumcondra Library Millmount Avenue Drumcondra, Dublin, Dublin

The League of Ireland is commonly seen as a development league, one whose best players are signed at an early age, usually by larger, wealthier clubs from Britain, following a pattern established more than a century ago. But in this set of four case studies from the 1920s through to the twenty-first century another narrative...

British military deserters in the Irish Free State, 1922-1932

Rush Library Chapel Green, Rush, Dublin

Dr Bernard Kelly discusses the unique situation caused by deserters from the British military who either fled or found themselves in Ireland between 1922 and 1932, and how the Free State effectively became a safe haven for them. Booking: Call Rush Library at 01 870 8414 or email rushlibrary@fingal.ie.

Dublin: A Writer’s City

Kevin Street Library 18 Lower Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Dublin

If we think of Dublin like the cross-section of a great tree, with rings spreading outwards, the area around St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Dublin Castle is the heartwood, the medieval core. In Dublin: A Writer’s City, author Chris Morash sets out to produce a literary map of the city, area by area, looking at the...