Nick Maxwell

Thur 6.30pm Western Front Association (Antrim and Down branch), PRONI, Belfast. The London Irish during the Great War, Stephen Sandford. Thur 8pm Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club. Some history of Dún Laoghaire harbour, Cormac Lowth. Adm. €3.

Friday – Saturday Kilkenny Archaeological Society in association with the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Rothe House and Kilkenny Castle. Inaugural John Bradley Memorial Conference; reception@rothehouse.com.

Friday – Sunday History Teachers’ Association of Ireland annual national conference, Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Teaching 1916 in 2016—the revolutionary decade in perspective, Roy Foster, Ronan Fanning, Catriona Crowe, Margaret MacCurtain, John Horgan, Seán Delap. See reservations@royalmarine.ie.

Thursday 1pm Museum of Archaeology & History, Kildare St. The archaeological landscape of the War of Independence and Civil War, Damian Shiels.

Sat 10am Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. War of Independence seminar, various speakers and subjects. Sat 10am Western Front Association (Irish branches), Dublin Port offices, Alexandra Road. Seminar: Hinge of the twentieth century: the aftermath of the First World War, Gary Sheffield, Gerry White, Lar Joye. Adm. €15.