Nick Maxwell 53-55 Crumlin Rd, Belfast www.crumlinroadgaol.com By Tony Canavan For such a grim building with such a grim past, Crumlin Road Gaol presents a merry face to the world. As well as having a café and a restaurant, it is host to grand balls and concerts by the likes of Garth Brooks and Abba tribute bands. … Read more
Mon 8pm Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chrónáin, Watery Lane. Celtic monasticism, Eimear Ging.
Thur 7.30pm Cleary’s Pub, 36 Amiens St. Michael Collins’s Dublin, J.E.A. Connell Jr. Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. The Fitzwilliams of Merrion—the last of the line, Des Smyth. Adm. €3.
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Voting for revolution? Dublin parliamentary elections 1918–23, Michael Laffan.
Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Library. Church/state relations in establishing and reforming legal adoptions in Ireland, 1952–74, Robbie Roulston. Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Brave monuments: the buildings of County Monaghan, Kevin Mulligan.