Nick Maxwell The erection of a national memorial to servicemen from Ireland who were killed in the Great War was being proposed almost as soon as the war was over; in 1919 a trust fund was established for this purpose. There were various suggestions as to what form a war memorial would take (such as a physical … Read more
Wed 7pm Lucan Library, Unit 33, shopping centre. The shadow war: Michael Collins and the politics of violence, Joe Connell. Wed 8pm Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Royal Marine Hotel. The Oratory [formerly Dominican Convent]: this hidden gem decorated in the Celtic style by Sister Concepta Lynch, Liz Pilkington. Adm. €3.
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. The Liffey’s place in the development of Dublin, Christpher Moriarty.
Wed 6.30pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library and Archive Conference Room, 138–144 Pearse Street. Dublin 1843: O’Connell’s Repeal meetings, Vincent Ruddy.
Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2. ‘For greatness resembling a mountain’: recent archaeological research in Glendalough, Graeme Warren.