Event Listings

Thur     7.30pm Cleary’s Pub, 36 Amiens St. Michael Collins’s Dublin, J.E.A. Connell Jr. Thur     8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. The Fitzwilliams of Merrion—the last of the line, Des Smyth. Adm. €3.

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Voting for revolution? Dublin parliamentary elections 1918–23, Michael Laffan.

Thur     7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Library. Church/state relations in establishing and reforming legal adoptions in Ireland, 1952–74, Robbie Roulston. Thur     7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Brave monuments: the buildings of County Monaghan, Kevin Mulligan.

Tues     8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC church. Aviation in north Wicklow/south Dublin, Liam Clare; Newtown fife and drum band, Ken Kinsella. Adm. €5.

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. John Brownrigg’s 1799 map series of Dublin, Finnian Ó Cionnaith. Wed 7.45pm Knocklyon History Society, Iona Centre, St Colmcille’s Church. The rhythmic journey of Percy French, Ita Beausang. Wed 8pm Roe Valley Historical Society, Christ Church Hall. ‘Orange, Green and in the … Read more