August 17

Sat 2pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Book launch: Clare and its People by Brian Dinan. Sat 3pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel, Main Street. Guided walking tour of Seapoint Road and Quinsboro Road, Bray. Sat 3pm Connolly Books, Temple Bar, Dublin. Book launch: Diehards, deserters & defectors—the British men who fought … Read more

August 11-16

Sun–Fri Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Parnell and Kennedy: lost leaders. Enquiries: Deirdre Larkin, 
+353(0)1 2852113, dlarkin@parnellsociety.com. Thur    8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. Dalkey Island in the early medieval period: connections and boundaries, Ian Doyle. Adm. €4.

August 11-16

Sun–Fri Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Parnell and Kennedy: lost leaders. Enquiries: Deirdre Larkin, 
+353(0)1 2852113, dlarkin@parnellsociety.com. Wed    8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. Leo Swan Memorial Lecture: Corporeal relics, tents and shrines in medieval Ireland, Cormac Bourke. Adm. €4.

August 11-16

Sun–Fri Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Parnell and Kennedy: lost leaders. Enquiries: Deirdre Larkin, 
+353(0)1 2852113, dlarkin@parnellsociety.com. Tues    8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. The Late Iron Age and ‘Roman’ Ireland Project: preliminary findings and future research, Jacqueline Cahill Wilson. Adm. €4.