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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A long, exciting walk around the old city of Dublin’s Medieval walls, with discussion of the layered and violent history they witnessed, including war, invasions, fire, plague, and bloody rebellions....
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...
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...