January 07

Mon 7.45pm Donaghadee Historical Society, Methodist Church Hall, Moat Street. A photographic perspective of County Down, Mike Hartwell.

December 17

Tues 7pm dlr Lexicon, Lexicon Lab. Port collections—a history of the port and the port archive, Lar Joye.

October 04-06

Fri–Sun North Wexford History & Heritage Festival, Gorey, various venues. Seminar on the ‘decade of centenaries’; annual Byrne-Perry lecture; schools essay competition; walking tours.

September 21-22

Sat–Sun Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Autumn School, Gleesons Hotel, Roscommon. hayden.tallaght@gmail.com, 087-9374277.

AUGUST 01

Thur 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Guided tour of the Yeats exhibition. Thur 2.30pm Spirit of Mother Jones Summer School, North Cathedral Visitor Centre, Cork. The extraordinary life of John Swiney, United Irishman, Kieran Groeger.