April 18
Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC church. Aviation in north Wicklow/south Dublin, Liam Clare; Newtown fife and drum band, Ken Kinsella. Adm. €5.
Nick Maxwell
Strange occurrences in a small Irish village
Underground Films, RTÉ1, 21 December 2016 By John Gibney Strange occurrences in a small Irish village, made by the same team who created the award-winning One million Dubliners, was released in cinemas last August. Aoife Kelleher’s second feature-length documentary shares an aesthetic style and broad thematic approach with its predecessor, not to mention a willingness … Read more
April 10
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. John Brownrigg’s 1799 map series of Dublin, Finnian Ó Cionnaith. Wed 7.45pm Knocklyon History Society, Iona Centre, St Colmcille’s Church. The rhythmic journey of Percy French, Ita Beausang. Wed 8pm Roe Valley Historical Society, Christ Church Hall. ‘Orange, Green and in the … Read more
April 07
Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Paul Henry and the Moderns, Eimear O’Connor. Adm. €3.
April 6
Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South. Crafting connections: domestic building in Dublin in the eighteenth century, Melanie Hayes. Mon 8pm Thomond Archaeological & Historical Society, T.1.17, Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The life and death of Winnie Barrington 1897–1921, Brian Murphy.