May 21

Tues 7.30pm Portlaoise Library Fake news and Irish freedom, Ian Keneally. Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre. Queen Victoria, Frank Woods; The story behind the stained glass window of the Madonna and Child in Foxrock Church, Liam Clare. Adm. €5.

May 6

Tues 8.30pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Do the Irish speak English?, Terry Dolan. Adm. ?3.

May 01

Tues 1pm Irish Georgian Society,58 South William St., Dublin 2. Historic doors and staircases: their history and conservation, Peter Clarke. Adm. €15. Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Delgany. The Irish showband phenomenon, Frank Darcy. Adm. €3.

March 11

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. On the banks of the Dodder, Ged Walsh. Wed 8pm Malahide Historical Society, Presbyterian Church Hall, Dublin Road. The Southern Cross flight from Portmarnock, 1930, and its global navigation, Garry Ahern. Adm. €5.