June 10

Mon 8.15pm Clontarf Historical Society, Resource Centre, St John the Baptist Church. History of St Anne’s House and estate and the Guinness family connections, Joan Sharkey. Adm. €5.

June 08

Fri 1pm National Monuments and Buildings Record for Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum, Belfast. Clonboy Rath: the environmental story of an early medieval defensive enclosure, Jonathon Barkley.

June 7

Sat–Sun History Festival of Ireland, Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Co. Carlow. History Ireland Hedge Schools: History and imagination, Kevin Whelan, Stephen Rea, Eoin Colfer, Grace Dyas. Show bands, beat bands & ballads: youth culture of the ’60s & ’70s, Carole Holohan, Donal Fallon, John Ryan (ex-Granny’s Intentions), Niall Toner.

May 30

Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. The Gaelic League in Dublin 1893–1913: twenty years a-growing?, Séamas Ó Maitiú. Adm. €3.

May 27

Mon 8pm Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chrónáin, Watery Lane. Clondalkin Mayfair ballroom, Adair Cowan.