Nick Maxwell

Thur 6.30pm Antrim and Down Branch Western Front Association, PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter. The homecoming of ex-servicemen to Ireland, Emmanuel Destenay. Thur 8pm Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club. The incredible untold story of Mary Elmes—the Irish Oscar Schindler, Clodagh Finn. Adm. €3.

Sat 10am–4pm Manchester Irish Educational Group, Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester. Conference: The waves of Tory, Jim Hunter; Spike Island, Barra Ó Donnabháin; Charles O’Neill, Francis O’Neill; The Orange Order, Mervyn Busteed.

07 Wed 7pm Irish Association of Professional Historians, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street. Annual lecture: Penal Times—Irish Catholics in the eighteenth century, Ian McBride. 07 Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, National School, Stonebridge Road. Georgian Dublin: the forces that shaped the city, Diarmuid Ó Gráda. Adm. €4.  

Mon     7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Picturing Ireland: a view of the nation from the National Library’s collections, Katherine McSharry.

Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South. Embodying the past: commemorating history through the arts, Kelly Fitzgerald (RSAI), Valerie Connor (Curator), Louise Lowe (ANU Productions), Brenda Malone (NMI). Mon 8pm Thomond Archaeological & Historical Society, T.1.17, Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Richard Hayes, codebreaker, Marc McMenamin.