Nick Maxwell

Sun 3pm Heritage Services, Phoenix Park Visitors’ Centre. The sinking of RMS Leinster—what happened to the mail and packages and the impact of the sinking on the soldiers’ and their families’ morale, OPW staff.

Sat 2.30pm Western Front Association (Dublin Branch), NMI, Collins Barracks. The 2nd Leinsters in the battle for Vimy Ridge, Denis Kirby. Adm. €3.

Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Leixlip Library. Jonathan Swift and money, Brendan Twomey. Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. Irish demesne landscapes 1660–1740, Vandra Costello. Adm. €5.

Tues 7pm Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road. The shadow war: Michael Collins and the politics of violence, Joe Connell. Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Parish Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC Church. A new perspective on James Malton’s picturesque and descriptive views of the City of Dublin, Conor Lucey; Windsor House, Monkstown, Philip Lecane. Adm. €5.

Wednesday 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Buried in the archives: funeral undertakers in Dublin, 1750–2000, Lisa Marie Griffith and Ciarán Wallace.