Nick Maxwell Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Mount Merrion Community Centre. Jammet’s Restaurant, Christopher Sands. Adm. €4. Thur 8pm Kilmacud–Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenabyn Sports Club. Fr Gleeson, First World War chaplain. Adm. €3.
6 Thur 8pm Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club, Stillorgan. A Leopardstown story: from the horse’s mouth, Fergus D’Arcy. Adm. ?3. 6 Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. Brian Boru, 1014 and the Battle of Clontarf, Dennis McIntyre. Adm. ?4/?2 students.
Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Foxrock Parish Centre. Public forum on the future of local history studies in Foxrock and Cabinteely. See www.foxrocklocalhistory.ie. Tues 8.30pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Local contribution to the World Wars, family members and others. Adm. €3.
by Joseph E.A. Connell Jr In 1913, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in Dublin began drilling in secret. While drilling continued, the IRB requested Bulmer Hobson to approach The O’Rahilly, a prominent nationalist, to ask him to approach Eoin MacNeill, Professor of Early and Medieval Irish History in University College Dublin. MacNeill had … Read more