**Apologies, registration full** In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well. Agriculture was the only economic resource for the vast majority of the population outside the north-east of the country. But most land was owned by...

Songs have told the story of Ireland and Irish history for centuries. In this special event, musicians and singers Mike Hanrahan and Eleanor Shanley, working with historian Liz Gillis will present and perform a series of songs that tell stories, describe people, landscape and culture. There will be great conversation, music, songs and a chance...

**Apologies, registrations full** The last 50 years in Ireland present a very turbulent and troubled history. The country has seen terrible violence in Northern Ireland, the collapse of the economy and bailout of the banks, the exposure of shocking abuse perpetrated by the Catholic Church and numerous referenda which have changed Irish society. When do...

Mary McAuliffe will lead discussion on this nascent and very vibrant area of study in the histories of Irish sexualities. She’ll be talking about Irish female revolutionaries and same-sex relationships. Other panellists are Sonja Tiernan, looking at queer, suffrage and activist couple Eva Gore Booth and Esther Roper; Maurice Casey on the queer women and...

Clare Mulley tells the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. She was the only woman to reach London from Warsaw during the Second World War as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command, and then in Britain she became the only woman to join...

Sam Leith and Sarah Carey Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? Maybe you tumbled down a rabbit hole, flew out of your bedroom window, or found the key to a secret garden. The stories we read as children are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods,...