Event Listings

Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC Church. Arctic exploration and the search for Franklin’s lost expedition, Kevin Cronin. Adm. €5.

Thur 1pm Museum of Archaeology & History, Kildare Street. The Fortress Prison: the archaeology of Victorian Spike Island, Co. Cork, Barra Ó Donnabháin. Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel, Bray. The railways of Ireland’s east coast, Tom Ferris. Adm. €5. Thur 8pm Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre. Family stories of … Read more

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Dublin and the impact of the Economic War, 1932–38, Anna Devlin. Wed 7.45pm Knocklyon History Society, Iona Centre, beside St Colmcille’s Church. India: sharing love of homeland, Revd Martin Paravookaran.

Tues 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Mermaid Arts Centre. The maritime history of Bray, Brian White. Adm. €5. Tues 8pm Lismullin Conference Centre, Tara, Co. Meath. Ancient Irish genomes, Dan Bradley. Adm. €5. Tues 8pm Skerries Historical Society, Bowling Club, 1 Tennis Court Lawn. Electricity in Skerries, ESB 1940–2005, Hugh Halpin.

Mon 8.15pm Clontarf Historical Society, Resource Centre, St John the Baptist Church. Refuse, trams and parks—the development of Fairview Park, John Kelleher. Adm. €5.