Nick Maxwell Tues 5.30pm Irish Family History Centre, CHQ Building, 1 Custom House Quay, Dublin 1. Keeping the past present, Jonny Dillon. education@irishfamilyhistorycentre.com Tues 7pm Ballinamore Library, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. The placenames of County Leitrim, Mary Bohan. Tues 7pm Old Dublin Society, Dalkey Library, Castle Street. Fell down, knocked down, and slipped in, James Scannell. dalkeylib@dlrcoco.ie Tues … Read more
Mon 8pm Carlow County Museum, Myshall Community Centre. Making Europe: Columbanus, Robert Schuman and the idea of Europe, Alexander O’Hara. Mon 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill. The treasures of medieval Waterford and the remarkable stories, Eamonn McEneaney. Adm. €5.
Now that the centenary is upon us, isn’t it time that we stopped congratulating ourselves on rediscovering our First World War heritage? Isn’t it time to assess what that heritage actually amounts to? For all the pain, sacrifice and heroism of individual soldiers, not to mention the profound bereavement suffered by their families, the First … Read more
Sun 12pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Children’s tour of Ennis Friary.
Thur–Tues Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Anna Parnell. dlarkin@parnellsociety.com, +353(0)1 2852113.