October 30

Wed    6.30pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. The Brabazons of Dublin and Wicklow, Brian White. Thur    7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. South. Frank Mitchell Memorial Lecture: Mulieres nudae, cardes crusae. Gaelic Ulster, impressions and realities, Katherine Simms.

JFK, Ireland and the world

[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20131025-HistoryIrelandShow-029.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..”   Hedge School at the National Library, 22 October. Speakers: Ryan Tubridy, Robert Schmuhl , Michael Kennedy and Carol Holohan

October 23

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Managing money in early eighteenth-century Ireland: Swift and money, Brendan Twomey.

October 22

Tues 8pm Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Angling Centre. The history of the Post Office, Stephen Ferguson. Adm. €5.

October 17

Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. The shadow war: Michael Collins and the politics of violence, Joe Connell. Adm. €5. Thur 8pm Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre. The Kennedys of Mount Kennedy, Theresa Hicks.