Event Listings

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Dublin’s tramways—the first generation, Clifton Flewitt.

Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Group, Leixlip Library. Sr Kate McCarthy from Cork—a heroine of the French Resistance, Cati Fleming.

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. The foundation of St Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, Tom Conlon. Wed 8pm Carrickfergus & District Historical Society, Dobbs Room, Carrickfergus Town Hall. Old Carrickfergus postcards, Graham Walton.

Thur 7.30pm East Belfast Historical Society, Park Avenue Hotel, 158 Hollywood Road. History of the Northern Ireland Fire Service, Bill Charteris. Adm. £3. Thur 8pm Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club. The Moravians, Ged Walsh. Adm. €3. Thur 8.30pm Enniskerry History Society, Powerscourt Arms Hotel. A brief history of the Great Northern Railway … Read more

Fri 1pm National Monuments and Buildings Record for Northern Ireland, PRONI. Training Kitchener’s New Army 1914–18: perspectives on the Irish experience, Heather Montgomery. Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road. Napoleon Bonaparte and Ireland, 1796 to 1916, Tom Barlett.