Nick Maxwell 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.
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Dublin’s tramways—the first generation, Clifton Flewitt.
Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Group, Leixlip Library. Sr Kate McCarthy from Cork—a heroine of the French Resistance, Cati Fleming.
MARCH 05 Mon 6.30pm Engineers Ireland Heritage Society, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin 4. Cast-iron bridges, Ron Cox. 05 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Everything but the apothecary: recent archaeological excavations, Kevin Street, Dublin, Alan Hayden. 07 Wed 7pm Irish Association of Professional Historians, National Library of Ireland, Kildare … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr John Edward Redmond was a barrister, a writer and a nationalist politician. He was an MP and was leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from 1900 to 1918. He was, for the time, a moderate, constitutional and conciliatory politician, and he attained the twin dominant objectives of his political … Read more