July/August 2013 Events

Sat    2.45pm History Ireland Hedge School, Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois. The Famine: a series of unfortunate events or genocide? Meredith Meagher, Conor McNamara, John Waters & Peter Gray.

Sat 11.30am–5pm Battle of Aughrim Visitor Centre, Aughrim, Co. Galway. Battle of Aughrim: game changer, various speakers. Sat 1pm Adelaide Memorial Church, Myshall Community Centre car park, Co. Carlow. Guided tour of the church and Tober Bhride Park, led by John Kelly. Sat 2pm National Heritage Week, Ennis Friary, Abbey Street. Scribes through the ages—monks … Read more

Thur 7pm Casino, Marino, Dublin 3. Modernising the Rising: re-thinking the 1916 Rebellion, Luke Gibbons. Booking: casinomarino@opw.ie.

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.

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.