Nick Maxwell

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.

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.