Nick Maxwell Sat 11am Military History Society of Ireland, Wexford Town Library. The war at sea around Ireland, 1914–18, Pat McCarthy. Sat 11am–4.30pm Medal Society of Ireland, Knox Hall, Monkstown Village. Medal and militaria fair—buy, trade, swap or get free valuations/identifications of medals.
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. The original houses of Belfield, Ruth Ferguson. Adm. €4/students €2.
NOVEMBER 01 Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Delgany. Seán O’Casey and the 1916 Rising, Joe Mooney. Adm. €3. 03 Thur 2pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street. Public tour: The life and works of William Butler Yeats. 03 Thur 7pm Irish Art Oslo (in assoc. with the Irish Embassy), Grand Hotel, Oslo, Norway. … Read more
ELLEN ROWLEY (ed.) Dublin City Council/Four Courts Press/University College Dublin €22.45 ISBN 9781902703442 Reviewed by: Mary Davies The population of Dublin city grew from just under 300,000 in 1900 to half a million half a century later, and More than concrete blocks is the first of three volumes commissioned by Dublin City Council Heritage Office … Read more
LISA MARIE GRIFFITH and CIARÁN WALLACE (eds) Four Courts Press €22.45 ISBN 9781846826016 Reviewed by: Conor Dodd This publication originated at a conference of the same name that was organised by the Dublin City Research Group in 2014 and explored various aspects of death and the city in the modern era. As the editors point … Read more