*This event is now FULLY BOOKED Hosted by Inchicore Library.Call all amateur or novice weavers. Participants will learn how to weave on a card loom as we meander through the history of weaving in the Liberties. All materials will be included in a pack that participants will be given on the day. At the end...
2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), one of the most famous naturalists of Renaissance Europe. The Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum of Trinity College Dublin present an exhibition which focuses on Edward Worth’s wonderful collection of Aldrovandi’s texts. Come explore the world of Renaissance natural history! Tour times: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 &...
In the 1790s a young English artist decided to create a portrait of Dublin. James Malton's timing was impeccable, as the second city of the British Empire was then among the most splendid in Europe, but Dublin went into a long decline after the Act of Union. Malton died in obscurity at the age of...
On the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Kathleen Clarke, join South Dublin County Historian-in-Residence Liz Gillis for a lecture on the life of this founding member of Cumann na mBan and first female Lord Mayor of Dublin.
A cachet of letters in the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland reveal the final thoughts of Dunne and O’Sullivan as they await the hangman following their conviction for murder. They were deeply spiritual men who believed they had done the right thing in slaying the man they held responsible for...
A Lecture will be held by Glasnevin Cemetery's resident historian Conor Dodd focusing on the dead of the War of Independence and the Civil War on Friday, September 30th at 1 PM — followed by a highlight tour visiting the grave of the cemetery’s founder, Daniel O’Connell, the Republican Plot and the resting place of Michael Collins. Note: Includes outdoor tour
*This event is now FULLY BOOKED A guided walk around Dublin’s medieval walls, learning about the walls, gates and watchtowers, and the history of Dublin’s medieval era - led by Arran Henderson, of Dublin Decoded Tours. On this route we have copies of old maps using them as a kind of treasure map to locate, rediscover and walk the...
In this thoughtful and unprecedented biographical history, Willem-Jan Verlinden delves into previously unpublished correspondence in the Van Gogh family archives to bring Vincent’s three sisters out from their brother’s shadow, poignantly portraying their dreams, disappointments and grief. The previously neglected voices of his sisters Anna, Lies and Willemien, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships, are now uncovered. Willem-Jan Verlinden was born...
(C) This image is reproduced with the kind permission of the National Museum of Ireland Mná100 in collaboration with Dublin City Historian-in-Residence Programme Historian for the Commemorations Unit and Curator of Mná100.ie Dr Sinéad McCoole, Dublin City Council Historians in Residence Cormac Moore and Mary Muldowney, along with a recording from Lia Brazil will discuss Mná100,...
On Every Tide is a wide-ranging and challenging reassessment of the Irish diaspora. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research, and his own career-long engagement with the complexities of Irish identity, Sean Connolly reveals the forces that compelled millions of Irish men and women to abandon their homeland, and explores their new lives in America, Canada,...
The Irish Research Council (IRC) is hosting an event as part of the Dublin Festival of History 2022 that will showcase some of the most exciting research in Ireland today. IRC-supported researchers will share insights on their latest projects and join in conversation on gender identity during Ireland's Revolutionary Period. Chair: Professor Jane Ohlmeyer Three...
A journey through history of the women who built the world, but whom the world forgot. Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries brings together Kate’s rich and detailed knowledge of unheard and under-heard women’s history, and of how and why women’s achievements have routinely been omitted from the history books. This beautiful illustrated book is both...
Panel: Dr Leeann Lane (DCU); Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD); Dr Margaret Ward (QUB) and moderated by Dr Fionnuala Walsh (UCD). The civil war in Ireland was not only ‘brother against brother’. Cumann na mBan, the nationalist women’s organisation was the first to vote against the Treaty after it had been passed by Dáil Éireann while in the...
The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of Celtic, though remnants of different languages and cultures remain throughout Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall. The word keltoi first appears in Greek as applied generally to aliens or 'barbarians' - and...
Donaghmede Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals, people and symbols found on buildings, before creating their very own history-inspired sculptures and drawings. The Historian-in-Residence for Children is part of the Creative Residency programme, made by Dublin...
Ballyfermot Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals, people and symbols found on buildings, before creating their very own history-inspired sculptures and drawings. The Historian-in-Residence for Children is part of the Creative Residency programme, made by Dublin...
Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing campaign of the IRA, de Valera’s entry into the Dáil in 1932 and the creation,...
A razor-sharp examination of Gone with the Wind, the emergence of ‘the Lost Cause’, and how they have influenced American culture – from race riots to Trump. Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel became an overnight bestseller in 1936; the film rights were snapped up before it was even published and the production would famously go on to win ten Academy Awards. Yet Mitchell’s early...
Dublinia, located at the heart of Viking and Medieval Dublin, is a step back in time and a journey through the city as it was back then. Experience what life was like onboard a Viking warship, visit a Viking house, take a trip down a Viking street, and learn of the myths and the mysteries...
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the British Army, and the battle for Irish Freedom. This illustrated talk begins at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, where Lord Edward Fitzgerald fought in the last battle of the American Revolution. Stella will argue that his journey to republicanism began on that battlefield and continued without interruption until 1798....
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to...
The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA. She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958. She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was...
2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Kathleen Clarke. The first female Lord Mayor of the city, Clarke was a leading figure in Cumann na mBan and a member of the Executive of Sinn Féin during the War of Independence. Widow of 1916 signatory Thomas J. Clarke, her unique first hand account of...
Dr Melanie Brown Two circumstances, namely the small number of Jews in Ireland in the twentieth century, together with the Irish government's complex attitude to its own professed neutrality during the Second World War, mean that Ireland tends not to be associated with the loss of its citizens during the Holocaust. However, it is important...
In his latest collection, Other People's Lives, Dermot Bolger follows in the footsteps of the great Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, in using the backdrop of walks through his native city to allow his imagination free rein to explore his life and the lives of others. In this collection, we meet individuals from the history of...
In the late eighteenth century, the artist James Malton captured Dublin at a moment in time. The engraver and watercolourist gave us some of the most iconic depictions of buildings including the Custom House, Powerscourt Townhouse and the Irish parliament on College Green. In this talk, art historian Kathryn Milligan will examine Malton and his...
Ringsend Library will host "The Dublin Beginnings of Association Football" with Gerard Farrell. Ringsend is at the heart of the story of Irish soccer. Several of the first teams in the city emerged there, and it remains a key part of the history of both Shelbourne Football Club and Shamrock Rovers Football Club. How did...
Acclaimed poet and translator Peter Sirr joins us for October’s talk to discuss his recent collection of essays, Intimate City. Peter will be sharing his enchanting style and inquisitive eye as he looks at various aspects of Dublin’s social world and its built heritage - from the well known to the hidden.
From the first ever Irish experiment in space, to landmark insights on volcanoes, the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will continue to play a leading role in strengthening our understanding of the world and cosmos around us for many years to come. Founded in 1947, the DIAS School...
The Registry of Deeds will host an in person talk by Dr. Patrick Walsh, Trinity College Dublin. In September 2020, Dr. Patrick Walsh and Dr Andrew Mackillop, University Glasgow, with partners from Property Registration Authority of Ireland, ADAPT and the National Records of Scotland, embarked on an exploratory research project, which was funded by the...
Pearse Street Library hosts a performance/reading by Esther Raquel Minsky of a text written by novelist and lecturer Denis Kehoe. It explores the lives of two Dublin women - artist and revolutionary Estella Solomons (1882 - 1968) and the author's mother Mary Kehoe (1940 - 2019) - and the street that connects them, Great Brunswick...
Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was one of Dublin’s finest portrait painters but she also immersed herself in the political and social fabric of Dublin life, becoming the first female elected as a Dublin City Councillor in 1912. This talk, in the historic setting of Dublin's Mansion House, will examine her importance in the history of...
Raheny Library is delighted to host the talk 'Reluctant Suburbanites: Guinness and Vernon Landlords and the Expansion of Dublin's Northside, 1840-1920' . Guest speaker Colm Lennon will illustrate the talk with images from his historical atlas of Clontarf, published by the Royal Irish Academy in association with Dublin City Council (2018). Colm Lennon, MRIA, is...
In the early twentieth century, Dublin’s chronic housing conditions were described as the worst within the British Empire. The collapse of the Church Street tenement in 1913 with fatal consequences increased pressure on authorities to address Dublin’s housing crisis. Although events like World War I and the Easter Rising all delayed providing housing for Dublin’s...
In recent years, the Drumcondra-born footballer and football manager Patrick O'Connell (1887-1959) has received increased recognition for his sporting achievements. This talk will look at O'Connell's playing career, focusing particularly on his international appearances for Ireland whilst representing Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City, and Manchester United. Dr. James Curry Dublin City Council Historian in Residence will...
Join Marta López from the Port Heritage & Communications team in a time travel to the late 19th-century Port. Engineers valued the potential of photography almost from its invention in the mid-1800s to document their work, which was often very complex. A picture speaks a thousand words. This interest left a rich collection preserved by...
Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing campaign of the IRA, de Valera’s entry into the Dáil in 1932 and the creation, effectively...
Ballymun Library will host a public lecture by John Dorney on The Civil War in Dublin, 1922-24. The war began there with the Provisional Government's assault on the Four Courts on June 28 1922 but low level guerrilla warfare continued there for nine more months until the IRA ceasefire of May 1923. Political violence in...
The Royal Irish Academy Library is delighted to present Grá ❤️ Dublin Libraries as part of the Dublin Festival of History. This free webinar celebrates the rich history and heritage of libraries in the Dublin city area. Speakers from the Royal Irish Academy Library, the National Library of Ireland, Marsh’s Library, the Edward Worth Library,...
Hosted by Inchicore Library. Join Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil as she brings us through a period of great change in Ireland. 1922 was a year of huge change for the Irish Nation. The Anglo Irish Treaty had been ratified by the Dail, though sometimes fractious debate and later in the year the dark chapter...
2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the passing of famous labour leader Jim Larkin, trade unionist and founder of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Described by Constance Markievicz as "some great primaeval force rather than a man". This talk by James Curry will discuss Larkin's remarkable life and how he has been commemorated...
Dublin City Archivist Lorraine McLoughlin will talk about preserving unique documents and materials, how archivists develop collections and what archives can mean to people and communities.
Historian Fergus Whelan will discuss the life of writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft, her impact on the life of Margaret King of 15 Henrietta Street, and the links that bound the two women, even after Wollstonecraft's untimely death. This talk is a collaboration between 14 Henrietta Street and Na Píobairí Uilleann....
In popular culture Vikings are usually portrayed as blood-thirsty barbarians who looted and killed wherever they landed. Their rituals and beliefs are regarded as equally brutal. But what do historical and literary sources and archaeology tell us about Scandinavian beliefs and their religion in early Ireland? Can we distinguish between their official conversion to Christianity...
Take a trip down memory lane to the glory days of the Drumcondra Grand, which was opened by celebrated Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alfie Byrne, in 1934. Part of a small circuit of suburban cinemas owned by Leonard Ging, the 1200-seat ‘Drummer’ became a hugely popular venue. This illustrated talk sets this local picture house...
On October 7 1922, three young IRA members, Eamon Hughes, Brendan Holohan and Joe Rogers were arrested in Drumcondra by the National Army under Charlie Dalton, as they were found to be putting up anti-Treaty propaganda posters in the area. The following morning their lifeless bodies were found in at the Red Cow, Clondalkin. On...
The National Archives presents 'Days in the Life: Reading the Michael Collins Diaries, 1918–1922'. A talk by authors Dr Anne Dolan (Associate Professor in Modern Irish History, Trinity College Dublin) and Dr William Murphy (Associate Professor, School of History and Geography, Dublin City University). The talk will be accompanied by an official launch of the...
To mark the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali's fight at Croke Park, the GAA Museum presents an evening of conversation and talks about this memorable sporting occasion. Dublin Historian in Residence James Curry will speak about Ali's earlier career and set the scene for the fight in Dublin. Our second speaker is author, journalist and...
2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), one of the most famous naturalists of Renaissance Europe. The Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum of Trinity College Dublin present an exhibition which focuses on Edward Worth’s wonderful collection of Aldrovandi’s texts. Come explore the world of Renaissance natural history! Tour times: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 &...
Seamus Heaney grew up in Northern Ireland and his emergence as a successful young poet coincided with the outbreak of ‘The Troubles’. In his lecture, Dr Michael Keyes looks at how Seamus Heaney’s work was influenced by the Northern Ireland troubles and how in turn his voice became an influential one as the troubles inched...
On 14 April 1922, members of the anti-Treaty IRA Executive directed their forces to seize the Four Courts complex and other buildings across Dublin city centre in a direct challenge to the authority of the Provisional Government. Rory O’Connor, the IRA’s onetime Director-of-Engineering, would emerge as their nominal spokesperson and a symbol of Irish republican...
The 23rd Medieval Dublin symposium, presented as part of the Dublin Festival of History, will showcase new research in the history and archaeology of medieval Dublin. The purpose of the annual Medieval Dublin symposium is to provide a way through which teachers, students, specialists, amateurs, historians, archaeologists, and everyone whose talents and interests are required...
Join in this tour and discover what life was like from Stone Age to Medieval Ireland. Learn about striking ground stone axes from the Neolithic, gold objects from the Bronze Age and iconic Early Medieval treasures of the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No booking required, places allocated on a first come first served...
On the GPO Museum Young Historians Tour children will learn the skills and concepts needed to be a great historian. Using artefacts and photographs in the exhibition and pieces of testimony children will be shown how to use evidence and imagination to reconstruct the past just like a historian. Included in the tour is a...
On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) was obliterated in the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War. The destruction of the PROI burnt through a significant part of the Irish historical record stretching back to the 12th century. One hundred years after this disaster an all-island and international collaborative research...
History Ireland editor Tommy Graham discusses the history (and future) of Ireland's popular history magazine with Donal Fallon. Where did History Ireland emerge from, and what has shaped the magazine? Tommy Graham is editor of History Ireland magazine. Donal Fallon is the presenter of the Three Castles Burning Podcast.
Join an introduction to the First World War, the people involved in it, and how the War impacted their lives. This tour will examine the all-encompassing nature of the First World War and explore artefacts from the National Museum’s collection that tell some of the stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war and ordinary soldiers...
We have all heard of people bringing tea bags on holidays abroad, or know people who are not themselves until their first coffee of the day. These two beverages are so part and parcel of our daily life that it is hard to think of a time when people did not drink them. This talk...
Walkinstown Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop, children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals, people and symbols found on buildings, before creating their very own history-inspired sculptures and drawings. The Historian-in-Residence for Children is part of the...
A talk on the life and career of Adam Loftus (d.1605), who commissioned Rathfarnham Castle as a private residence for himself in 1583. Covering his origins in Yorkshire, his arrival to Ireland in 1560 and rise to some of the most important positions in the kingdom (he would ultimately become the Archbishop of Armagh, the...
Join a family tour of the National Museum of Ireland’s ‘Eileen Gray’ exhibition, which shall examine the life and works of the famous Irish born designer Eileen Gray. Admission is free, places are allocated on a first-come basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. Wheelchair Accessible
Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s until the late 1900s, as well as the transition from Barracks to Museum. This tour will also introduce you to some of the highlights from...
Historian James Curry will discuss the work of artist Mina Carney (1892 - 1974) whose portrait bust of James Larkin is part of the Hugh Lane Gallery's collection. Mina Carney was an American sculptor. She received part of her training in Vienna and Rome and travelled to Mexico to work in sculptors’ studios there. Like...
The Library in the Community service will host a talk by historian and author Liz Gillis titled Easter Week Repeats Itself: The Battle For Dublin June-July 1922. On the morning of the 28th June 1922, Dubliners woke to the sound of the National Army shelling the Four Courts, Headquarters of the anti-Treaty IRA Executive. Three...
Grangegorman Histories will launch ‘Instituting Grangegorman’ a podcast sharing the history of the 'Richmond Lunatic Asylum', now the recently restored TU Dublin Lower House at Grangegorman. This podcast is now available online. The architect of the original asylum building was Francis Johnston, most notable as the architect of the General Post Office on O’Connell Street....
Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of Her Keys to the City lies in wanting, in some way, to address this very obvious gender imbalance and to showcase a variety of the very...
By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: A celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganisation of the Volunteers and Sinn Féin; speaker at the first sitting of Dáil Éireann and president pro tempore; minister for defence in the underground government during the War of...
Phibsboro Library will host Historian in Residence for the Central Area Dr Mary Muldowney for a talk on "Phibsborough in 1922" which will cover everyday life and also the impact of the Civil War.
Dr Bernard Kelly Between 1940 and 1945 a total of 269 Axis and 45 Allied service personnel were interned in the Curragh military camp in County Kildare. Their presence caused the de Valera government a series of challenging problems, as it sought to balance its duties as a neutral country with its continual tendency to...
The Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard telescope (ADH) was the first major international project undertaken by Dunsink Observatory following the observatory’s re-opening as part of DIAS’ School of Cosmic Physics (founded in 1947). The ADH was an opportunity to develop an international collaboration with Harvard and to build closer links between Northern Ireland and the Republic during a difficult...
2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), one of the most famous naturalists of Renaissance Europe. The Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum of Trinity College Dublin present an exhibition which focuses on Edward Worth’s wonderful collection of Aldrovandi’s texts. Come explore the world of Renaissance natural history! Tour times: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 &...
Monto: Madams, Murder and Black Coddle chronicles the history and reminiscences in a part of Dublin rich in the memories of its people. Recently republished, this history of the Monto district from Terry Fagan of the North Inner-City Folklore Project draws on rich oral history collections from the area, explaining how Dublin's Monto came to...
Join the staff of the Reading Room as they guide you around the newly refurbished space and reveal some of the treasures of the collections - from valuable first editions by famous Irish writers to centuries old volumes from the library of Sir John T. Gilbert. You can also see Nelson's Head - from the...
On 17 August 1922, the last remaining members of the Royal Irish Constabulary left Dublin Castle and were replaced by the new Civic Guard (later An Garda Síochána). This marked the end of a process of disbanding the force that had begun in April, as stipulated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The impact of the disbandment...
Two stars of the 1920s and 30s and among the most famous and successful footballers of their day, both Alex Stevenson and Tom Farquharson were born around Drumcondra and went to star in the highest echelons of English football, winning leagues and FA Cups. Today Stevenson and Farquharson are unknown to many but during their...
Two stars of the 1920s and 30s and among the most famous and successful footballers of their day, both Alex Stevenson and Tom Farquharson were born around Drumcondra and went to star in the highest echelons of English football, winning leagues and FA Cups. Today Stevenson and Farquharson are unknown to many but during their...
Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Blanchardstown. There was much talk about what needed to be done but little happened until the latter years of the 1980s. When change came it was dramatic and both the social geography...
‘From the Bloody Oakwood to the Iron Mountain in the Footsteps of Giants’, is a walker’s guide, following the epic journey of Donal Cam O’Sullivan Beare, as he and his followers battled against a ruthless enemy, intolerable weather conditions, hunger and betrayal, as they traversed an Ireland ravaged and wasted by English armies in the...
1916 Portraits and Lives is a project of the Royal Irish Academy that aims to highlight the lives a variety of people - men and women, British and Irish, belligerents and pacifists - involved in the events of Easter week. Artist David Rooney was commissioned to create 42 new and original scraperboard portraits, and the...
Come to the GPO Museum and explore the events of the Irish Civil War. Using artefacts and photographs in the exhibition and pieces of testimony this tour examines the events of 100 years ago and how they still impact Ireland today. *This event is now FULLY BOOKED Call 01 872 1916 or email info@gpowitnesshistory.ie
Victorian Ireland was global champion of threatening letters. Donal McCracken's recent book reveals the murky world where tens of thousands of these letters and notices were nailed to barn doors or sent by penny post, intimidating, giving 'fair warning' and terrorizing the recipients. Donal McCracken has a research interest divided between environmental history, media history...
Thomas Earley's company had an outstanding reputation as decorators, manufacturers of stained-glass windows and ecclesiastical furniture, religious sculptures and stone masonry. During the late nineteenth century Early left a lasting mark on many churches in Ireland . His love of stained-glass superseded his other manufacturing activities, and he inspired his family and other involved in...
It is often believed that Ludvig van Beethoven's huge compositional output is underscored solely with the anger and frustration which followed him through his tempestuous life and career. For this reason, the light touches of comedy, whether slapstick, burlesque or irony, often elemental to his musical language, are frequently overlooked. This talk aims to give...
How do museums look after the artworks in their care? The return of an important pair of Japanese handscrolls to the Chester Beatty after extended conservation treatment overseas gives us an opportunity to explore this highly specialised field. For this talk, we welcome Conservators Andrew Thompson and Sydney Thomson from Restorient studio in Leiden, Netherlands,...
How do museums look after the artworks in their care? The return of an important pair of Japanese handscrolls to the Chester Beatty after extended conservation treatment overseas gives us an opportunity to explore this highly specialised field. For this talk, we welcome Conservators Andrew Thompson and Sydney Thomson from Restorient studio in Leiden, Netherlands,...
Dublin City Council, in association with the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland, present a lecture on the production and usage of bricks in our capital city entitled Dublin Bricks & Brickmakers. Dublin is a city of streets lined with brick buildings both in the Georgian core and in its Victorian and Edwardian suburbs. Most domestic...
In 1987, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) was subdivided into three separate companies, which were to be wholly owned subsidiaries of the original entity. This move followed a period of upheaval in the transport industry in Dublin, particularly in the vehicle assembly industry, which included buses, cars and trains. Dublin members of the National Vehicle Builders...
Frederick Douglass, an African American abolitionist and former slave, visited Ireland in 1845. His trip was shaped by a number of experiences, including meeting Daniel O’Connell and achieving a level of personal freedom unimaginable in his home country. In 2022, a new plaque was unveiled honouring his Dublin visit, one of a number of memorials...
While many might associate the rough Atlantic waves off Ireland’s south and west coast as being most hazardous to seafarers over thelast few centuries, it is, in fact, our eastern coast that contains the sites of the majority of identified shipwrecks. Balbriggan has witnessed both tragic ship losses and heroic rescues off its coastline....
The Digital Repository of Ireland is delighted to be running a one-day symposium ‘Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive’ sponsored by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council. This event will bring together writers, geographers, historians and archivists to delve into our digital archives and to explore and build a landscape of literary...
2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), one of the most famous naturalists of Renaissance Europe. The Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum of Trinity College Dublin present an exhibition which focuses on Edward Worth’s wonderful collection of Aldrovandi’s texts. Come explore the world of Renaissance natural history! Tour times: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 &...
A member of the Numismatic Society and a specialist in Numismatics at the National Museum of Ireland will be speaking at our event. Currently the presentations will surround the history of coinage in Ireland, with the presentations focusing specifically on the coinage of the Irish Free State and further to this the Coinage Competition of...
Your Tenement Memories is an oral history project from 14 Henrietta Street, capturing the stories of Dublin's tenement past. In this public interview, Peter Brannigan, a former resident of 14 Henrietta Street, joins guide Gillian Ryan in discussion. Peter's family lived in different rooms in the house over their time in number 14, and Peter...
In 1722, the first dedicated fire service was launched in Dublin City. These were not the men of the Dublin Fire Brigade, but Royal Exchange Insurance and other private companies. Some of their marks remain around the city even today, a reminder of the early beginnings of firefighting in Dublin. How did they come into...
Writer James Plunkett (Strumpet City) is best known for his depictions of Dublin’s inner city life. However, in 1971 he was invited to write more broadly about Irish society and to present a general portrait of Ireland for the BBC. Inis Fáil – Isle of Destiny takes Plunkett to traditional beauty spots such as Glendalough...
This presentation will initially look at the Medieval, pre-Reformation, Church of St. Marnock and its associated Holy Well as well as the later church, also named after St. Marnock, which was built by the Church of Ireland in 1790 and continued to be used until 1960. This church once housed an early 1800s Parish School...
Caint faoin teach stairiúil le Mícheál Mac Donncha, iar-Ardmhéara na Cathrach, agus údar an leabhair ‘Teach an Ardmhéara agus Réabhlóid na hÉireann’. Bhí an áit seo lárnach in imeachtaí na mblianta 1912-1923. A talk on the historic house with Mícheál Mac Donncha, former Lord Mayor of the City, and author of the book ‘The...
Join tour guide Pat Garry on a walking tour of Dublin City where you will learn how in 1798 Dublin was "the dog which failed to bark ". When insurrections were led across the country by the United Irishmen they never came to fruition in the capital city. This tour traces the planned route of...
Dr Charles Ivar McGrath (University College Dublin) will give a lecture on Swift and Ireland. This lecture will take place at 3.00pm on 14 October 2022 in the Edward Worth Library. As spaces in the Library are limited, it is important to book a seat by e-mailing info@edwardworthlibrary.ie
Ronan McGreevy's study of the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson has been described by Michael Portillo as "both forensic and a page-turner, and ultimately deeply tragic, for Ireland as much as for the murder victim." Historian Gerard Shannon, author of a forthcoming biography of IRA leader Liam Lynch, will discuss the death of Wilson and...
Frank Lawless was one of the most dynamic regional leaders of the revolutionary period. Born into a farming family in Swords, County Dublin, in 1870, he followed his grandfather and father into nationalist politics before becoming central to the republican movement in North County Dublin. Although most of his political life was spent in prison,...
Pearse Street Library is delighted to host a children’s history workshop for children aged 9-12, with Dervilia Roche, Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children. In this workshop children can explore Dublin’s past, through hidden animals, people and symbols found on buildings, before creating their very own history-inspired sculptures and drawings. The Historian-in-Residence for Children is part of the Creative Residency programme,...
Introduction by broadcaster & filmmaker Donal Dineen As part of Fingal County Council’s Commemorative Programme 2022, the broadcaster and filmmaker Donal Dineen was commissioned by Fingal County Council’s Arts Office to make a film commemorating the life and legacy of Frank Lawless. Donal was struck by a powerful photograph of Frank Lawless’ funeral on 18th...
Dr Declan F. Brady A month by month chronological account of political and everyday life in Fingal in 1922: from the Treaty debates at the start of the year; the untimely death of Frank Lawless, the brief Civil War experience in Fingal; and the slow return to normal political life. This talk will recall the...
Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s until the late 1900s, as well as the transition from Barracks to Museum. This tour will also introduce you to some of the highlights from...
Frank Whearity Local historian Frank Whearity presents on a Skerries monument dedicated to the three townsmen who gave their lives for Ireland, and which stands in the Holmpatrick Cemetery, Skerries. It was unveiled on Sunday 29 October 1950, to commemorate John ‘Terry’ Sherlock, a single man aged 22 years who was killed by Black and...
Join an introduction to the First World War, the people involved in it, and how the War impacted their lives. This tour will examine the all-encompassing nature of the First World War and explore artefacts from the National Museum’s collection that tell some of the stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war and ordinary soldiers...
James Bennett Fingal in North Dublin has been described as the heartland of Irish Cricket. In this talk by James Bennett, the story of cricket in Fingal will be told from its origins in the 1820s to the present day. The factors which enabled cricket to survive and then thrive are analysed in detail and...
Rinceoil Fingal will perform traditional music and songs specific to Rush County Dublin. The session will provide an excellent finale to a day of history at Swords Castle. Rinceoil Fingal is a traditional Irish group which promotes Irish music and dance. They were founded in 1994 by Lenny Martin and Jimmy Archer. The group expanded...
Dublinia, located at the heart of Viking and Medieval Dublin, is a step back in time and a journey through the city as it was back then. Experience what life was like onboard a Viking warship, visit a Viking house, take a trip down a Viking street, and learn of the myths and the mysteries...
Meet artist Roxana Manouchehri to explore Georgian Dublin through drawing and collage. This relaxed and informal session is suitable for teens and adults; all levels of experience welcome. Free, no booking required. Materials are provided, but please feel free to bring your own sketch book and pencils.
Join an introduction to the First World War, the people involved in it, and how the War impacted their lives. This tour will examine the all-encompassing nature of the First World War and explore artefacts from the National Museum’s collection that tell some of the stories of nurses, doctors, prisoners of war and ordinary soldiers...
Join an introductory family tour to learn about the history of Collins Barracks. On this tour, you will explore the lives of soldiers living in the Barracks from the 1700s until the late 1900s, as well as the transition from Barracks to Museum. This tour will also introduce you to some of the highlights from...
