February 6
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. The end of the Fitzwilliam dynasty, Des Smyth. Adm. €4/€2.
Nick Maxwell
February 5
Wed 6.30pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. The Battle of Clontarf, 1014, in Irish history and legend, Colm Lennon. Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Stonebridge Road. The Irish Viking Graves Project: old finds and new findings, Stephen Harrison.
To hell or to Kimmage’: planning outcomes of the 1913 Church Street disaster
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20140203-HistoryIrelandShow-033.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” National Library, Kildare Street, Tuesday 21 Jan 7pm Panel: Ellen Rowley, Ruth McManus, Mary Daly and Chris Corlett with Tommy Graham
January 27
Mon 8pm Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chronáin, Orchard Road. The Tower Cinema, Clondalkin, Peter Ging. Mon 8pm Thomand Archaeological & Historical Society, T.1.17, Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Postcards on social life in Limerick, Canon O’Malley.
January 22
1924 James Ramsey McDonald became Britain’s first Labour prime minister. 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson (‘LBJ’) (64), 36th US president (1963–9), died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas. 1974 The Northern Ireland Assembly met at Stormont. Proceedings were disrupted by anti-power-sharing loyalists, eighteen of whom were removed by police. 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) became … Read more