April 17
Wed 7pm Irish Association of Professional Historians, NLI, Kildare Street. ‘Late the wife of …’—widows and the 1641 Depositions, Jane Ohlmeyer.
Nick Maxwell
On this Day
BY AODHAN CREALEY MARCH 03/1947 Carol Reed’s film noir Odd Man Out, set in post-war Belfast with James Mason in the title role, opened in the city’s Classic cinema, off Royal Avenue. A large number of RUC men, in uniform and in plain clothes, were on duty outside, partly because Inspector General (Chief Constable) Sir … Read more
April 9
Tues 7pm Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square. Sir John Traill: knight, architect, sheriff and chancer, Micheál Ó Doibhilin.
March 26
Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South. Annual Próinséas Ní Chatháin Lecture: Cnuasaigh de laoithe fiannaíochta i lámhscríbhinní iarchlasaiceacha na Gaeilge, Síle Ní Mhurchú. Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. Liam Devlin, Dublin toffee-maker and public figure, John Healey. Adm. €3.
March 25
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Dublin’s tramways—the first generation, Clifton Flewitt.