November 12

Tues 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Mermaid Arts Centre. The maritime history of Bray, Brian White. Adm. €5. Tues 8pm Lismullin Conference Centre, Tara, Co. Meath. Ancient Irish genomes, Dan Bradley. Adm. €5. Tues 8pm Skerries Historical Society, Bowling Club, 1 Tennis Court Lawn. Electricity in Skerries, ESB 1940–2005, Hugh Halpin.

November 11

Mon 8.15pm Clontarf Historical Society, Resource Centre, St John the Baptist Church. Refuse, trams and parks—the development of Fairview Park, John Kelleher. Adm. €5.

November 10

Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College. The war at sea around Ireland, 1914–18, Guy Warner.

November 8

Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road. The military world of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, 1603–1642, David Edwards. Fri 8.30pm Kilkenny Home Rule Club, 3 St John’s Quay. Spanish ’flu, Ida Milne. Adm. €5.

November 07-09

Thur–Sat ICTU & Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour & Class, NUI Galway. Labour, gender and class in the struggle for Irish Independence.