August 21

Wed 12pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Beekeeping in Ireland: a medieval tradition that continues to modern times. Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Conference Room of Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. Past times of the Casino: the Marino allotments of 1917, Noel Carolan. dublinstudies@dublincity.ie Wed 7pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, … Read more

August 17

Sat 2pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Book launch: Clare and its People by Brian Dinan. Sat 3pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel, Main Street. Guided walking tour of Seapoint Road and Quinsboro Road, Bray. Sat 3pm Connolly Books, Temple Bar, Dublin. Book launch: Diehards, deserters & defectors—the British men who fought … Read more

August 11-16

Sun–Fri Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Parnell and Kennedy: lost leaders. Enquiries: Deirdre Larkin, 
+353(0)1 2852113, dlarkin@parnellsociety.com. Thur    8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. Dalkey Island in the early medieval period: connections and boundaries, Ian Doyle. Adm. €4.

August 11-16

Sun–Fri Parnell Summer School, Avondale House, Co. Wicklow. Parnell and Kennedy: lost leaders. Enquiries: Deirdre Larkin, 
+353(0)1 2852113, dlarkin@parnellsociety.com. Wed    8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. Leo Swan Memorial Lecture: Corporeal relics, tents and shrines in medieval Ireland, Cormac Bourke. Adm. €4.