Nick Maxwell Thur 5.30pm Rebel Irishwomen: GPO Witness History. Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret Ward. Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Leixlip Library. Gordon Bennett and the Gordon Bennett Race, 1903, Brian Dempsey. Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel, Main St. AGM + 1918: Votes for women, Brian White. Adm. €5. Thur 8pm Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, … Read more
Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Leixlip Library. The Battle of Spion Kop, Liam Kenny. Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. AGM + Dublin Opinion Magazine, 1922–1958, Felix Larkin. Adm. €5. Thur 8pm Cullybacky & District Historical Society, Royal British Legion Hall. A sense of place—tracing the Ulster-Scots, Wesley Hutchinson.
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. Irish Victorian mountaineers, Declan O’Keeffe. Adm. €4/students €2.
By AODHÁN CREALY JANUARY 21–23/1879 The Battle of Isandlwana/Rorke’s Drift. For many, the six-month Zulu War, prompted by the invasion of King Cetshwayo’s independent kingdom by British colonial forces under Lord Chelmsford, is viewed through the prism of the 1964 movie Zulu, which portrayed, with considerable artistic licence, the epic defence of a mission station—named … Read more
JANUARY 04 Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. Irish Victorian mountaineers, Declan O’Keeffe. Adm. €4/students €2. 09 Tues 7pm Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square. Controversial Garda commissioners, Gerry Lovett. 09 Tues 8pm Genealogical Society of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire FE Institute, Cumberland St. Newspapers as a genealogical source, Georgina Scally. … Read more