Nick Maxwell

February 24

Mon 7.45pm Donaghadee Historical Society, Methodist Church Hall, Moat Street. Sea captains and ships out of Portaferry and Strangford, Alison Murphy. Mon 8pm Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chronáin, Orchard Road. Brú na Boinne and the drought of 2018, John Dolan.

February 20

Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Leixlip Library. The White and Green warfare of 1916—a profile of the lives of Tom Crean and Thomas Ashe of Dingle, Frank Nugent. Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. James Joyce unlocked, Anthony Cronin. Adm. €5.

February 19

Wed 8pm Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Royal Marine Hotel. William Dargan—an honourable life, Fergus Mulligan. Adm. €3. Wed 8pm Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre. Famine research in County Clare, Seán Laoide Kemp.

February 14

Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road. Construction of a legend: the Irish Wild Geese in Louis XIV’s army, 1689–1714, Padraig Lenihan.