Nick Maxwell

Fri–Sat Conference, Dept of Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Dept of Natural & Built Environment, Queen’s University, Belfast. Rundale/runrig farming systems. Contact: m.gardinar@qub.ac.uk.

Wed 7pm DLR County Council Spring of Heritage, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham. Historic Irish maps, and how Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown is depicted on them, Tom Conlon.

Tues 7.30pm Portlaoise Library Fake news and Irish freedom, Ian Keneally. Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre. Queen Victoria, Frank Woods; The story behind the stained glass window of the Madonna and Child in Foxrock Church, Liam Clare. Adm. €5.

Tues 8.30pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Do the Irish speak English?, Terry Dolan. Adm. ?3.

Tues 1pm Irish Georgian Society,58 South William St., Dublin 2. Historic doors and staircases: their history and conservation, Peter Clarke. Adm. €15. Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Delgany. The Irish showband phenomenon, Frank Darcy. Adm. €3.