Nov 21
Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, 10 Prince of Wales Tce, Quinsboro Road. William Dargan, an honourable life, 1799–1867: looking at the life of the railway engineer, Fergus Mulligan. Adm. €4.
Nick Maxwell
Ballyshannon & the Erne scheme: dammed or damned?
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20131121-HistoryIrelandShow-030.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” @ Allingham Festival, Ballyshannon, Abbey Centre, Sat 9 Nov 5.30pm Tommy Graham with Brian Drummond, Michael Kennedy, Jonathon Bardon, Pauraic Travers
Nov 20
Wed 6.30pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St. Lusk convict prison, 1856–1886, Rory McKenna. Wed 8pm Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Kingston Hotel. Rashers, revolution and royalty: Kingstown/Dún Laoghaire in the early twentieth century, Colin Scudds. Adm. €3.50.
Nov 14
Thur 6.30pm Dalkey Library, Castle Street. Music, riots and war: the Kennedys in the ’60s, Vincent Lavery. Booking +353 (0)1 2855277.
Nov 13
Wed 6.30pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St. An entertainment for the duke, Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha. Wed 7.45pm Knocklyon Historical Society, Iona Centre, Knocklyon. William Martin Murphy, prominent businessman during the 1913 Lockout, Thomas J. Morrisey SJ. Adm. €4.