Week of Events
Tours of the Royal Irish Academy
Tours of the Royal Irish Academy
**Apologies, registration full** Blink and you’ll miss it... Tucked in-between St Ann’s Church, and the Mansion House on Dublin’s Dawson Street, how many times have you walked past the Royal...
History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive
History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive
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. No booking...
One Photograph, Many Stories
One Photograph, Many Stories
Our history often hides in plain sight. We travel roads, pass laneways and street-signs without appreciating the events that may have happened here in the past. A photograph found in...
Sketching the city scenery – Harry Kernoff’s love story with Dublin
Sketching the city scenery – Harry Kernoff’s love story with Dublin
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of one of Dublin’s most beloved artists. Harry Kernoff was a devoted lover of Dublin City and expressed his passion in...
Charles Lucas and the Campaign for Reform of Dublin Corporation 1742-60
Charles Lucas and the Campaign for Reform of Dublin Corporation 1742-60
Join historian, Sean J Murphy, for this talk about Charles Lucas. Dr Charles Lucas (1713-1771) was a Protestant or Anglo-Irish Nationalist whose statue stands in Dublin’s City Hall. He was...
Print History for all the family
Print History for all the family
Travel back in time at the National Print Museum to experience what it was like to be a young apprentice printer. Learn about Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing...
Musical Memories at 14 Henrietta Street
Musical Memories at 14 Henrietta Street
14 Henrietta Street is a social history museum of Dublin life, from one building’s Georgian beginnings to its tenement times. Uncover the 300-year history of 14 Henrietta Street and the...
The Aran Sweater – Stitches in Time
The Aran Sweater – Stitches in Time
Join Vawn Corrigan for a slide show presentation exploring the fascinating history of the Aran Sweater. From its rocky island roots it eventually spanned the globe to become a symbol of Irishness. Feted on the catwalk, worn by celebrities yet always homely, the classic Aran design has held its own through generations. It carries the...
Grangegorman – The Transportation Story
Grangegorman – The Transportation Story
This lecture by Dr Joan Kavanagh, will highlight the transportation narrative of the Grangegorman Female Penitentiary from 1840 to 1852. Its development, the policies that were put in place for...
Dublin as Destination: A History of Tourism in the City
Dublin as Destination: A History of Tourism in the City
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Katie Blackwood, will give an illustrated talk on the history of tourism in Dublin. Tourism is an industry that packages and sells culture and national...
Sharing Stories: An Introduction to Oral History
Sharing Stories: An Introduction to Oral History
Oral history helps bring the past to life by recording the voices, experiences, stories and memories of people. In this introductory session members of the Oral History Network of Ireland...
Housing the People, Building the State
Housing the People, Building the State
In this illustrated talk, Ruth McManus discusses the development of housing policy in Ireland from 1922 to 1932. This first decade after independence saw the new government tackling a major...
Getting Started in Local History Research
Getting Started in Local History Research
This talk is aimed at those who are considering or have researched some topic of local history and would now like to make their findings available to the public. It...
The Bossmen: The Many Managers of St Patrick’s Athletic, from Stevenson to Stephen K.
The Bossmen: The Many Managers of St Patrick’s Athletic, from Stevenson to Stephen K.
Join Dermot Looney for this talk, which will explore the history of the men who have managed St Patrick’s Athletic FC, from the early days of selection committees through famed managers such as Alex Stevenson, Jimmy Collins, Jack Burkett, Barry Bridges, Charlie Walker, Brian Kerr, Pat Dolan and Liam Buckley. We’ll have stories new and...
Nicola Pierce
Nicola Pierce
**Apologies, registration full** Nicola Pierce, author of The Spirit of the Titanic and Chasing Ghosts, an Arctic Adventure, discusses her latest novel of historical fiction, In Between Worlds, the Journey of the Famine Girls. The book was inspired by the Earl Grey Scheme: between 1848 and 1850, over four thousand orphaned Irish girls, aged 14...
History Tour of Pearse Lyons Distillery
History Tour of Pearse Lyons Distillery
Pearse Lyons Distillery invites you to explore the rich history and heritage surrounding the former St. James Church, and how it came to be a distillery. Discover the stories of the people who worked in this part of the Liberties that was once known as "The Golden Triangle'' of Irish Whiskey. With burial records dating...
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
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 Practice of Medicine', which explores Edward Worth's wonderful collection of medical texts. Note: Limited spaces. To book, email info@edwardworthlibrary.ie
Stair agus Oidhreacht Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
Stair agus Oidhreacht Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
Díreoidh an chaint seo ar oidhreacht ailtireachta agus luathstair na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta. Bainfidh sé leas as meascán de ghrianghraif stairiúla ón gCartlann Náisiúnta Ghrianghrafadóireachta, léaráidí ailtireachta agus íomhánna níos nua-aimseartha chun scéal bunaithe na Leabharlainne, agus na daoine a chruthaigh í, a insint. This talk will focus on the architectural heritage and early history of...
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
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 Practice of Medicine', which explores Edward Worth's wonderful collection of medical texts. Note: Limited spaces. To book, email info@edwardworthlibrary.ie
Contested Histories: the sculpture of Christ Church Cathedral re-examined
Contested Histories: the sculpture of Christ Church Cathedral re-examined
In the context of the current wider debate over public monuments, this lunchtime talk will take a fresh look at the monuments of Christ Church Cathedral, informed by Dr Greg Sullivan’s work on the ‘Pantheons’ project in St Paul’s Cathedral, London. No booking required.
The Life of Frank O’Connor- Pembroke’s first Librarian
The Life of Frank O’Connor- Pembroke’s first Librarian
Pembroke Library will host a lecture by Dublin City Historian in Residence Cormac Moore, on the life of Pembroke Library's first Librarian, Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O' Donovan) who, among other achievements, went on to become an internationally renowned short story writer. Note: Limited spaces. To book, email pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie
A Bird in the House, God Bless Her
A Bird in the House, God Bless Her
A Bird in the House, God Bless Her was recorded by Michael Fortune of folklore.ie, with the Southside Travellers Action Group (STAG). Telling of rare customs in Ireland, it includes stories of fairies, the banshee, and shape-shifting hares. It won the 2024 Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) Community Archive Scheme and marks the first collection...
Seamus Heaney and the Classics
Seamus Heaney and the Classics
You are invited to join us at the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition for an exploration on the influence of the classics on the works of Seamus Heaney. While Heaney’s poetry tended to be rooted in the sense of place, identity, and memory, the classics were intertwined in much of his most celebrated works...
Dublin Corporation and the first women sanitary inspectors in Ireland
Dublin Corporation and the first women sanitary inspectors in Ireland
The appointment of the first women on the frontline of Dublin Corporation’s public health service at the turn of the 20th century, when Dublin was widely considered one of Great Britain and Ireland’s unhealthiest cities, was controversial in several ways. This talk will illuminate the story of Dublin’s first women sanitary sub-officers, revealing their significant...
Culture Club: Caint ghearr ar William Butler Yeats
Culture Club: Caint ghearr ar William Butler Yeats
Bígí i dteannta Niamh Ní Riain ó Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann le haghaidh na cainte trí Ghaeilge, 30 nóiméad ar líne, faoi shaol agus saothar William Butler Yeats. Tá an chaint oiriúnach dóibh siúd atá díreach ag tosnú amach ag foghlaim na Gaeilge agus dóibh siúd a bhfuil níos mó taithí acu uirthi. Join...
From Sackville to O’Connell
From Sackville to O’Connell
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe, will give a talk about O’Connell Street based on people's memories and historical records so this will be an eclectic mix about the Capital’s main street. This year marks the 100th year anniversary of the naming of this iconic street. No booking required.
The Walk of Shame
The Walk of Shame
**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 hilarious walking tour is a celebration of what Dubliners do best – malicious gossip – on a walk that exposes the secrets of the Square...
Disease and Illness in 18th Century Dublin
Disease and Illness in 18th Century Dublin
Dr. Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian of the Edward Worth Library, Dublin, will provide an insight into the various illnesses and diseases occurring in Dublin of the 1700s, and how and where...
Mavericks, Mother Superiors and Architects Manquees’
Mavericks, Mother Superiors and Architects Manquees’
In her talk - entitled ‘Mavericks, Mother Superiors and Architects Manquees’ – Dr Ellen Rowley will share some ongoing research into the relationship between the Irish Catholic Church (namely the Dublin Archdiocese) and the built environment during the heady decades of expansion, from 1940 to c.1980. Richly illustrated and in some instances, barely cooked, Ellen’s...
Walled In By Hate: Arthur Matthews and John Dorney in Conversation
Walled In By Hate: Arthur Matthews and John Dorney in Conversation
In July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O’Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin. A reviled figure for anti-Treaty republicans, O’Higgins became the target of particular venom for his vocal support of the Free State government’s execution policy during the Civil War, which saw seventy-seven IRA men executed,...
Protastúnaigh agus an Ghaeilge
Protastúnaigh agus an Ghaeilge
ONLINE TALK Sa léacht seo, pléann an Dr Ian Malcolm ról na bProtastúnach i stair na Gaeilge in Éirinn. Amharcfaidh sé orthu siúd a choinnigh coinneal na teanga beo nuair a bhí sí i mbéal a báis, mar aon le daoine amhail William Bedell agus William Daniel a d’aistrigh an Bhíobla go Gaeilge. Múinteoir Gaeilge...
Disappearing workplaces: The Janelle Centre and similar enterprises in Finglas
Disappearing workplaces: The Janelle Centre and similar enterprises in Finglas
In the 1970s, the Janelle clothing factory was a significant employer in North-West Dublin. It offered employment to many residents of the then new estates in Finglas, particularly women. When...
Cathy Scuffil unravels the story of The Dolphin’s Barn Brick Company
Cathy Scuffil unravels the story of The Dolphin’s Barn Brick Company
Join Dublin City Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil, as she unravels the story behind the Dolphin’s Barn Brick Company and the people associated with it. The company was located on...
Libera Me: Freeing the Choral Requiem From its Liturgical Confines
Libera Me: Freeing the Choral Requiem From its Liturgical Confines
The choral setting of the Requiem Mass is a centuries-old tradition. Its formal structure has brought consolation to generations in its comforting predictability. How then has the choral Requiem negotiated the solemn boundaries of its functional liturgical context, and situated itself firmly in the secular concert repertoire? This talk by Dr Melanie Brown, explores the...
The Last Land War
The Last Land War
Myles Dungan is one of Ireland’s best-known and most respected broadcasters on both radio and television for more than two decades. He is the author of a number of popular...
Irish Food History with Three Castles Burning
Irish Food History with Three Castles Burning
**Apologies, registration full** The Royal Irish Academy will host a live recording of Three Castles Burning, a social history podcast created and hosted by Donal Fallon. The episode will feature...
IFI & Dublin Festival of History –Women & Amateur Film in Focus
IFI & Dublin Festival of History –Women & Amateur Film in Focus
The work of women filmmakers has been recognised and celebrated in recent years. However, women’s contribution to the field of nonprofessional filmmaking remains under-explored. As part of a...
The 1924 Free State Army Mutiny
The 1924 Free State Army Mutiny
Ringsend Library presents 'The 1924 Free State Army Mutiny' with Dublin City Historian in Residence Cormac Moore. The Army Mutiny of March 1924 was the biggest threat to the Irish...
‘Past Lives’: The Memorials of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
‘Past Lives’: The Memorials of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
There are some 200 memorials in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. In this talk, based on book of the same name, the biographies of those commemorated are explored. Many of these were...
The records of Dublin’s lost railway companies
The records of Dublin’s lost railway companies
Within the archives of CIÉ are the records of most of the former railway companies of Ireland who operated the railway lines that criss-crossed the country from the 1830s up until the establishment of CIÉ in the 1940s. This talk by the CIÉ Group Archivist will exhibit the records of some of these companies with...
History of Cantonese Diaspora in Ireland
History of Cantonese Diaspora in Ireland
ONLINE TALK Explore the Cantonese diaspora in Ireland. This event will delve into the experiences, challenges, and contributions of the Cantonese-speaking community in Ireland. Hear personal stories, cultural insights, and...
History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive
History tours of the Irish Architectural Archive
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. No booking...
Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Kilmainham – early development of a Dublin Suburb
Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Kilmainham – early development of a Dublin Suburb
Join Francis Thackaberry as he talks about the coming of the Great Southern and Western Railway to Inchicore. This event was often seen as the beginning of the transformation of...
Behind the Scenes of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
Behind the Scenes of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
**Apologies, registration full** Join Clark Brydon, the Head of the Cathedral’s Education Department, for a rare and unique tour, where you will get to see some parts of this historic...
Registry of Deeds Lunch Time Tour
Registry of Deeds Lunch Time Tour
Tailte Éireann is the state body with responsibility for the property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Tailte Éireann is custodian of...
A Polish migrant in 20th Century Dublin: three years in the life of Stasko Markiewicz.
A Polish migrant in 20th Century Dublin: three years in the life of Stasko Markiewicz.
Patrick Quigley will explore how Stanislaw (Stasko) Markiewicz, son of Casimir and stepson of Countess Markievicz, stayed in Dublin at three critical stages of his life. He had a happy...
Centenary of the Irish Courts, 1924-2024
Centenary of the Irish Courts, 1924-2024
The Irish State came into existence on 6 December 1922. At this time the creation of a new system of courts remained unfinished business. In January 1923 a Judiciary Committee...
Forfeited estates of 1688 in Ireland: an account from 1702-1703
Forfeited estates of 1688 in Ireland: an account from 1702-1703
Dr Paul G. Smith (Independent Scholar and former Bríd McGrath Research Fellow) will present a lecture on 'Forfeited estates of 1688 in Ireland: an account of the late proprietors and...
Tour of Busáras & Áras Mhic Dhiarmada
Tour of Busáras & Áras Mhic Dhiarmada
**Apologies, registration full** Visit the very beating heart of modern Ireland with a tour of Busáras, Ireland’s first purpose-built bus station officially opened on 19 October 1953. Designed by renowned...
SCREENING: May-17-74: Anatomy of a Massacre
SCREENING: May-17-74: Anatomy of a Massacre
From the award-winning filmmakers of 406 Days – The Debenhams Picket Line comes the story of the Dublin Monaghan Bombings. On the 17th May 1974 three no warning bombs detonated...
Mick O’Dea in Conversation
Mick O’Dea in Conversation
The story of Henrietta Street is the story not only of architectural and political history, but the arts. When campaigner Uinseann MacEoin saved a number of Henrietta Street homes in...
Belfast: The Story of a City and its People
Belfast: The Story of a City and its People
ONLINE TALK Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city’s many qualities are all too frequently overlooked,...
Irish Sign Lanuage Tour of An Túr Gloine Exhibition
Irish Sign Lanuage Tour of An Túr Gloine Exhibition
Join the Gallery's Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at highlights from the Gallery’s An Túr Gloine exhibition as well as key stained glass works from the permanent...
From Sackville to O’Connell
From Sackville to O’Connell
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe will be giving a talk about O’Connell Street based on people's memories and historical records so this will be an eclectic mix about...
‘A Great Daily Organ’ the Freeman’s Journal, 1763-1924
‘A Great Daily Organ’ the Freeman’s Journal, 1763-1924
This lecture marks the centenary of the closure of the Freeman’s Journal which appeared for the last time on 19 December 1924. Founded in 1763 as the organ of the...
Fingal Deaths during the First World War
Fingal Deaths during the First World War
Approximately 210,000 Irishmen volunteered for the British Forces between 1914 and 1918; of these, around 35,000 died, with over 6,000 of these from Dublin. This talk will tell the story...
Marlborough House – State Collusion With Abuse 1944 to 1972
Marlborough House – State Collusion With Abuse 1944 to 1972
In the mid-1940s Marlborough House was set up by the Department of Education as a place of detention for young boys. It was the only centre of its type managed...
Fleapits, Palaces and Multiplexes: A History of Dublin Cinemas
Fleapits, Palaces and Multiplexes: A History of Dublin Cinemas
**Apologies, registration full** Join Dublin City Historian in Residence, Katie Blackwood, for an illustrated talk on the history of Dublin cinemas that takes the audience through the early days of...
Animal City: Dublin in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Animal City: Dublin in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Let historian Juliana Adelman and geographer Ann Marie Durkan show you a different side to Dublin as they tell stories of Dublin’s animal past. Covering approximately 100 years of history,...
Two talks at the GAA Museum
Two talks at the GAA Museum
Join us at the GAA Museum for two lectures from the vast history of Gaelic Games. Dublin City Historian in Residence, Cormac Moore, will deliver an enthralling account of the...
For the Republic:The life of Cathal Brugha, 1874-1922
For the Republic:The life of Cathal Brugha, 1874-1922
**Apologies, registration full** This year marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cathal Brugha. Brugha was a tireless and devoted activist for Irish republicanism across various spheres including: as...
Festival of History at DIAS Dunsink Observatory
Festival of History at DIAS Dunsink Observatory
Join us at Dunsink Observatory for a night-long celebration of space and history — from Ireland’s rich and colourful history of exploring the universe, to our role in making future...
Talk on Civil War Dublin Metropolitan Police Book 1922/23
Talk on Civil War Dublin Metropolitan Police Book 1922/23
This event will be a lecture by Paul Maher, on the Dublin Metropolitan Police Occurrence Book 1922/23 covering the Kevin Street Division. Entries include robberies, Free State manoeuvre, Anti-Treaty ambushes,...
‘The Work Before Us’ Centenary of the Irish Tourist Association
‘The Work Before Us’ Centenary of the Irish Tourist Association
The Irish Tourist Association (ITA) was established in January 1925 as a result of a Conference held in Government Buildings in Dublin, under the Presidency of the Minister for Industry...
History Tour of Pearse Lyons Distillery
History Tour of Pearse Lyons Distillery
Pearse Lyons Distillery invites you to explore the rich history and heritage surrounding the former St. James Church, and how it came to be a distillery. Discover the stories of...
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
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...
Parnell Square Walking Tour – Dublin’s Finest Square
Parnell Square Walking Tour – Dublin’s Finest Square
**Apologies, registration full** Join Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe, for an eclectic walk around Parnell Square. Elizabeth calls this Dublin’s Finest Square and there will be some of...
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
Tours of our newest exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’
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...
‘May Almighty prosper you . . . these gifts will make me all right’: emigrant remittances and the family in post-Famine Ireland
‘May Almighty prosper you . . . these gifts will make me all right’: emigrant remittances and the family in post-Famine Ireland
**Apologies, registration full** EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum will host UCD PhD candidate, Fiona Slevin, as she explores the post-famine economic and social landscape of rural Ireland. By using examples...
Governing Dublin in the Viking-Age
Governing Dublin in the Viking-Age
The National University of Ireland in collaboration with Dublin City Council and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ireland, each year organise an International Viking Event as part of the Dublin Festival of History. We are used to reading and hearing about the wars fought by the fleets and armies of Dublin against their Irish neighbours...
The Asylum Workshop (Documentary screening)
The Asylum Workshop (Documentary screening)
TU Dublin Conservatoire will screen a documentary exploring the history of St Brendan's Hospital Grangegorman, in relation to the site's new role as a university. The history is seen through...
The Development of the Marino Estate
The Development of the Marino Estate
This talk is part of the Marino 100 series of talks, celebrating the centenary of the development of the Marino estate, the first estate built in the Free State after...
The 1924 Army Mutiny and its consequences
The 1924 Army Mutiny and its consequences
One hundred years ago, in March 1924, about 50 officers of the National Army who were facing demobilization in the post-Civil War reduction of the army, seized weapons, and absconded...
Exploring the archives: Create a historical comic with Clare Foley, workshop for teens
Exploring the archives: Create a historical comic with Clare Foley, workshop for teens
Explore the collections of Dublin City Library & Archives to create your own historical comic! Clare Foley (illustrator of the recent historical comic Fear and Fever: 14 Days of Typhoid...
Remembering Grangegorman: Share and Tell
Remembering Grangegorman: Share and Tell
Remembering Grangegorman is an opportunity for people who have memories of living or working on the Grangegorman site, and have objects relating to the site, to share them with Grangegorman...
1974-2024: 50 years of Alliance Française at 1 Kildare Street
1974-2024: 50 years of Alliance Française at 1 Kildare Street
1974-2024 : 50 Years at 1 Kildare Street The Alliance Française Dublin's building at 1 Kildare Street, formerly Kildare Street Club, was inaugurated in 1974 by the then French Prime...
Old Liffey Ferry Historic Liffey Boat Tour
Old Liffey Ferry Historic Liffey Boat Tour
**Apologies, registration full** Step aboard the Old Liffey Ferry and explore Dublin's rich history. Our 1-hour voyage takes you along the River Liffey, passing iconic landmarks and historic sites. Discover...
Getting Away with It? Women and Murder in Post-Independence Ireland
Getting Away with It? Women and Murder in Post-Independence Ireland
From independence in 1922 until the abolition of the death penalty in 1990, 25 women were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Only one ultimately met the hangman. This talk explores their lives, crimes, and punishments. Although extraordinarily rare, women’s lethal violence in this period can reveal much about Irish women’s hidden, domestic lives,...
Lockout to Independence walking tour
Lockout to Independence walking tour
**Apologies, registration full** Join local guide Sean Deegan for this historically relevant walk pointing out some of the sites during this significant period in our recent past. From the Howth...
Museums: Constructing History Tour
Museums: Constructing History Tour
Join us at the GPO Museum on this tour showcasing the ways in which museums encourage people of all ages to engage with the past. Museums are the most direct...
Children’s History Workshop: Barracks Escape Room
Children’s History Workshop: Barracks Escape Room
Join Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche for this free, interactive workshop for children aged 9-12. Solve the puzzles inspired by the history of Richmond Barracks, and see if your team can be the first to find their escape key. Note: Limited spaces, booking essential. Please book here.
The Camac in Inchicore-Kilmainham – Small Stream, Mighty River
The Camac in Inchicore-Kilmainham – Small Stream, Mighty River
A three kilometre, guided walk provided by Kilmainham Inchicore Heritage Group following the route of the River Camac from Lansdowne Valley Park to what was once the western boundary of Dublin City at Bow Bridge. Though sometimes referred to as a stream, the flowing water of the Camac facilitated settlement and development in Inchicore Kilmainham...
Walking Tour of Marino
Walking Tour of Marino
Casino Marino’s experienced tour guide Conal, will provide a historic guided tour of Marino and environs. The tour will include a walking tour commencing in the Casino Marino, through Saint Vincent`s GAA grounds, The Marino Institute, Marino and Griffith Avenue, Marino Crescent and concluding back at the Casino Marino. Note: Limited spaces, booking essential
Walking Tour – Port to Gallery
Walking Tour – Port to Gallery
Explore Dublin Port's vibrant history on an immersive walking tour. Discover the restored substation and original east wall, while tracing the evolution of the city, its communities, and industries. The...
Balbriggan & District Historical Society Pop Up Museum
Balbriggan & District Historical Society Pop Up Museum
Balbriggan & District Historical Society will open their Pop Up Museum from 12 - 5pm on 12 October and 13 October 2024 as part of the Fingal Festival of History....
Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink
Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink
Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour which will give visitors a flavour of the wealth of artefacts on display in the Museum that show the continuity and change of...
Print, Painting and Politics: Estella Solomons and Dublin
Print, Painting and Politics: Estella Solomons and Dublin
Art historian Kathryn Milligan discusses the life and work of Estella Solomons. A graduate of Dublin’s Metropolitan School of Art, Solomons became one of the leading artists of her generation in the Irish capital active within Cumann na mBan in the Irish revolution. From her beautiful illustrations in The Glamour of Dublin (1926) to her...
Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink
Taste of History – The History of Food and Drink
Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour will gives visitors a flavour of the wealth of artefacts on display in the Museum that show the continuity and change of food preparation over time and the fascinating insights dining can give us into life, society and culture in Ireland. The tour explores the many different ways...
Holy Wells of North Dublin
Holy Wells of North Dublin
Join Dublin City Historian in Residence Katie Blackwood for a family-friendly workshop on the holy wells of North Dublin, followed by a walk to the site of St Brendan's holy well (20 minutes on foot) to see a performance by artist Rónán Ó Raghallaigh. The workshop will cover folklore and cures, the locations of different...
Children’s History Book Club: Dickensian Dublin with Alan Nolan
Children’s History Book Club: Dickensian Dublin with Alan Nolan
How well do you know Victorian Dublin? In this special meetup of the Children’s History Book Club, we will be joined by author and illustrator Alan Nolan as he brings you on a trip around Dublin’s lost landmarks and creepiest crypts - as featured in his new historical book series, starring the young Molly Malone...
Devil and the Knock-Down: Social History of the Printing Trade
Devil and the Knock-Down: Social History of the Printing Trade
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 the role of women in the Irish printing trade, ‘fire eaters’, ‘printer’s devils’ and the pressmen who were brought to court for eating a sausage!...
Exploring the archives: Create a historical comic with Clare Foley
Exploring the archives: Create a historical comic with Clare Foley
Explore the collections of Dublin City Library & Archives to create your own historical comic! Clare Foley (illustrator of the recent historical comic Fear and Fever: 14 Days of Typhoid in Edwardian Dublin, published by Dublin City Council) will show you how to create your own comics using real historical sources through hands-on exercises in...
The history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland
The history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland
Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe will host a talk given by Helen O’Donohoe on the rich and interesting history of patchwork and its introduction to Ireland. Helen is a Patchwork and Quilting teacher who has been interested in textiles craft and stitch from a young age. She is a member of the Irish...
Hands on History: From Barracks to Museum
Hands on History: From Barracks to Museum
Join Museum Educators from the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks for a drop-in handling session at Phibsboro Library. Hands-on History: From Barracks to Museum, is an interactive handling session with objects from the Museum’s handling collection that explore the history of the 300-year old Barracks, and the vast collections...
A Revolutionary Couple: The Lives of Tom and Kathleen Clarke
A Revolutionary Couple: The Lives of Tom and Kathleen Clarke
Join Lorcan Collins of the Revolutionary Ireland podcast, as he explores the importance of Tom and Kathleen Clarke to the story of the revolutionary period in Ireland. The eldest signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, Tom Clarke was a veteran Fenian before the Easter Rising, while Kathleen would go on to become Dublin’s first female Lord...
The Journey of Pride
The Journey of Pride
Join Colm Molloy, Creative and Cultural Lead, Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride for a look at the history of queer Ireland, covering a wide research from prehistory to marriage equality. This is an in-person event at the Pride Hub.
Cearta na bPríosúnach: Oíche Chultúir le Cartlann Chonradh na Gaeilge
Cearta na bPríosúnach: Oíche Chultúir le Cartlann Chonradh na Gaeilge
Bígí linn d’oíche speisialta ag ceiliúradh spiorad an ghníomhaíochais Ghaeilge i measc na bpríosúnach. Ar an oíche beidh painéil agus léacht ag plé le diongbháilteacht na ngníomhaithe seo a cuireadh faoi chois. Ina dhiaidh sin, tumfaimid i seisiún amhránaíochta oscailte ina mbeidh amhráin nuachumtha á gcasadh den chéad uair. Bainigí sult as meascán na staire,...
Dublinia Family Tour
Dublinia Family Tour
**Apologies, registration full** Come celebrate the Dublin Festival of History at Dublinia and join a special interactive family tour. Try on a Viking costume, and even get a chance to hold a Viking sword or shield! Visit the Medieval Fair and learn all about cures for diseases long ago. Take a stroll down a medieval...
Celebrating 40 years of the DART in Dublin
Celebrating 40 years of the DART in Dublin
**Apologies, registration full** Railway Historian Michael J Walsh, of the Irish Railway Record Society will host a lecture on the history of the DART to celebrate 40 years. He will detail its construction and the impact that it has had on communities it serves as well as the social impact it has had. This talk...
Stanford 100: Choral Matins
Stanford 100: Choral Matins
All are welcome to join us for a service of Choral Matins (Morning Prayer) sung by the Cathedral Choir. This service is part of a pattern of daily worship dating...
Balbriggan & District Historical Society Pop Up Museum
Balbriggan & District Historical Society Pop Up Museum
Balbriggan & District Historical Society will open their Pop Up Museum from 12 - 5pm on 12 October and 13 October 2024 as part of the Fingal Festival of History. The museum will include exhibitions of the people, places, events providing an insight into life in Balbriggan in times gone by. There will also be...
Old Liffey Ferry Historic Liffey Boat Tour
Old Liffey Ferry Historic Liffey Boat Tour
**Apologies, registration full** Step aboard the Old Liffey Ferry and explore Dublin's rich history. Our 1-hour voyage takes you along the River Liffey, passing iconic landmarks and historic sites. Discover the city's medieval past, industrial heritage, and maritime legacy. Cruise past bustling Dublin Port, where international trade has shaped the city's economy, and picturesque Poolbeg...
Parnell Square Walking Tour – Dublin’s Finest Square
Parnell Square Walking Tour – Dublin’s Finest Square
**Apologies, registration full** Join Dublin City Historian in Residence, Elizabeth Kehoe, for an eclectic walk around Parnell Square. Elizabeth calls this Dublin’s Finest Square and there will be some of you who will disagree with that statement but by the time the tour is finished she hopes you will love this square as much as...
The Royal Hospital Cemeteries: A Bodysnatching Tour
The Royal Hospital Cemeteries: A Bodysnatching Tour
Prior to the Anatomy Act of 1832, the only bodies that could be legally dissected by medical students and faculties were those who had been executed. But with a growing number of public and private medical schools came an increased demand for bodies. As a paupers' cemetery, Bully's Acre here at the Royal Hospital in...
The Custom House and the Irish Workhouse System Tour
The Custom House and the Irish Workhouse System Tour
**Apologies, registration full** Join our expert guide Yvonne, on a tour all about the most hated house in Irish History, the Workhouse. These houses were basically a cruel and primitive social welfare style system, set up to deter all but the most desperate to avail of their services. A major network of just over a...
Recovered Voices: Stories of the Irish during World War One
Recovered Voices: Stories of the Irish during World War One
Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour that focuses on the stories and experiences of Irish people involved in World War One and how the War impacted lives both at home and abroad. This tour seeks to demonstrate the all-encompassing nature of the First World War and includes stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war...
Recovered Voices: Stories of the Irish during World War One
Recovered Voices: Stories of the Irish during World War One
Join Museum Guides for an interactive tour that focuses on the stories and experiences of Irish people involved in World War One and how the War impacted lives both at home and abroad. This tour seeks to demonstrate the all-encompassing nature of the First World War and includes stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war...
Stanford 100: Pipeworks Organ Recitals at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
Stanford 100: Pipeworks Organ Recitals at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
2024 marks the centenary of the death of Dublin born composer, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. With a strong association with Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Stanford was one of the most significant composers of his day and left a large body of work in many genres, including orchestra music and opera. It is however, for his organ...