Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’

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

The Edward Worth Library will be holding a number of Open Days during Dublin Festival of History. Come see our beautiful early eighteenth-century Library and enjoy our latest exhibition: 'The...

Devil and the Knock-Down: Social History of the Printing Trade

National Print Museum Beggars Bush Barracks Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Dublin

On this bespoke social history tour at the National Print Museum, explore the ordinary (and extraordinary) lives and customs of the printing trade. The tour will cover topics such as...

RDS: 1924-2024, 100 Years at Ballsbridge

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

To celebrate 100 years of the establishment of its headquarters at Ballsbridge, the RDS Library & Archives will host an illustrated talk on the history of the RDS in Dublin...

The Walk of Shame

The Little Museum of Dublin 33 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** Join the Walk of Shame, a new history of Dublin in the rumours, scandals and crimes of one square mile: the Georgian splendour of Fitzwilliam Square. This...

The RHA and its struggle with the modern in art

RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Dublin

The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) is delighted to host a talk by Professor John Turpin HRHA. The RHA in the early 20th century saw itself as modern. This outlook was...

James Connolly’s Dublin, 1889-1910

Richmond Barracks Dublin 8, Dublin

The story of James Connolly is dominated by two locations: Liberty Hall and the GPO. This talk will explore the other aspects of this time in Dublin, in particular the...

A Brief History of O’Connell Street, Dublin

Central Library Ilac Centre Henry St, Dublin 1, Dublin

Writer Nicola Pierce will give an illustrated talk based on her book 'O'Connell Street: The History and Life of Dublin's Iconic Street'. In discussing her research, she will include some...

Down by the River Poddle

Walkinstown Library Percy French Road Walkinstown, Dublin, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** This river of many names, mostly flowing underground, out of sight and often forgotten, has borne witness to all the key events of our shared history. It...

Launch of website about the history of the Poddle River

Walkinstown Library Percy French Road Walkinstown, Dublin, Dublin

**Apologies, registration full** The website on the history of the Poddle River was developed by the Crumlin & Walkinstown History Group to raise awareness of the River and its historic...

Dublin as a Destination: A History of Tourism

Marino LIbrary 14 - 20 Marino Mart, Dublin 3, Dublin

An illustrated talk on the history of tourism in Dublin with Dublin City Historian in Residence, Katie Blackwood. Tourism is an industry that packages and sells culture and national identity...

Growing Old With Shakespeare

Terenure Library Templeogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W, Dublin, Dublin

In Shakespeare's drama ageing is variably described as, 'when age is in, the wit is out' (Much Ado About Nothing) and 'silver hairs/will purchase us good opinion' (Julius Caesar). This...

Dublin Historia Live: War in Fiction

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Sheila O'Flanagan, Jennifer Ryan and Nicola Cassidy will discuss their novels on a theme of War in Fiction, with Hazel Gaynor. The world wars, the Irish civil war and the...

Against All Odds: Resilient Irish Women 1870-1970

Neill Hoey lecture theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts and Humanities Research Institute of Trinity College Dublin Neill Hoey lecture theatre Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts and Humanities Research Institute of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Dublin

Driven by a determined hope or the gritty practicalities of lived experiences the resilience of Irish women has been both situational and generational. This panel discussion will showcase original research...

Beyond the Priory Walls: Tallaght House

Castletymon Library Castletymon Road Castletymon, Dublin 24, Dublin

Join Author, Albert Perris, for a history of Tallaght House, one of the finest 19th century residences in Tallaght village. Built in the 1820s by Major James Palmer, Tallaght House...