Nick Maxwell

Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S.Frank Mitchell Lecture: Village life in prehistoric Ireland—new insights into the house clusters at Mullaghfarna, Co. Sligo, and Turlough Hill, Co. Clare, Stefan Berg.

Thur 5.30pm Rebel Women of the 20th Century, GPO Witness Visitor Centre. Nora Connolly O’Brien, Leah Dowdall. Book @ 01-872 1916 or www.gpowitnesshistory.ie. Thurs 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Frank Mitchell Lecture: Reading the Irish Cistercian landscape, Geraldine Stout.

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.