April 30

Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. Watson’s nurseries in Clontarf and Killiney, 1844–1967, Bernardine Ruddy. Adm. €3.

April 22

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Voters and politicians—elections and local government in north Dublin during the lifetime of the rural district council, 1898–1925, Declan Brady.

April 09

Thur 8pm Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club. Ballycorus lead mines, Rob Goodbody. Adm. €3.

March 18

Wed 8pm Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Royal Marine Hotel. Carriglea House, Kill Avenue, David Doyle. Adm. €3. Wed 8pm Meath Archaeological & Historical Society, Kells Old Courthouse Tourist Hub. Annual Séamus MacGabhann Lecture: The second reformation in nineteenth-century north Meath, Marion Rogan.

February 17

Mon 7.30pm Lecale & Downe Historical Society, Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick. Mary Ward—microscopist, writer, astronomer, Francis Bailey.