JANUARY
05 Thur 8pm
Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Ave.
Townships of south Dublin, Seamas Ó Maitiu. Adm. €4/students €2.
10 Tues 7pm
Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square.
History of the Garda Síochána, Gerry Lovett.
10 Tues 8pm
Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs.
From horses to horsepower, James Scannell. Adm. €3.
11 Wed 8pm
Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Crawford Art Gallery.
The story of ogham in Cork, Nora White.
11 Wed 8pm
Malahide Historical Society, Presbyterian Church Hall, Malahide.
Selection of old images of Malahide and district, Brian Dooley. Adm. €4.
12 Thur 8pm
Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club.
Letters, lives and liberty: Dublin’s GPO, Stephen Ferguson. Adm. €3.
13 Fri 8pm
Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Rd.
‘Unshaken loyalty’: the Catholic Irish Brigade in British service, 1793–1798, Ciaran McDonnell.
17 Tuesday 8pm
Foxrock Local History Club, Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre.
History of the development of traditional Irish music and song, Siobhán Ní Chonoráin. All welcome. Adm. €5.
19 Thur 8pm
Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre.
The National Library in 1916, Gerry Long.
21 Sat 2.30pm
Western Front Association (Dublin Branch), NMI, Collins Barracks.
Polish Legions on the Eastern Front in World War I—history and legacy, Marcin Hasik. Adm. €3.
24 Tues 8pm
Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Howth Angling Centre, West Pier.
Moore’s Melodies, Bryan Hoey.
25 Wed 5.30 & 7pm
The Dublin Lectures, Little Museum of Dublin, St Stephen’s Green.
‘Dublin can be heaven’, Tim Carey; The movie stars of Dublin, Ruth Barton.
26 Thur 7pm
Glasnevin Trust & Trinity College Dublin, Glasnevin Milestone Museum.
The Rising and its aftermath in Phibsboro and Glasnevin, Brian Hanley. Adm. €10.
30 Mon 8pm
Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chrónáin, Watery Lane.
Richmond Barracks, Liam O’Meara.
FEBRUARY
01 Wed 8pm
Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Crawford Art Gallery.
Uncovering the archaeology of the Battle of Kinsale, Damian Shiels & Paul O’Keeffe.
01 Wed 8pm
Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael National School.
The Kennedys of Mount Kennedy, Theresa Hicks. Adm. €4.
02 Thur 7pm
Glasnevin Trust & Trinity College Dublin, Glasnevin Milestone Museum.
Ireland and the war at sea, Michael Kennedy. Adm. €10.
02 Thur 8pm
Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Ave.
Roger Casement and Alice Stopford Green, Angus Mitchell. Adm. €4/students €2.
08 Wed 6pm
Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St.
Dublin’s sporting heritage and the development of Dublin City Sport Archive, Ellen Murphy.
08 Wed 8pm
Malahide Historical Society, Presbyterian Church Hall.
Georgian houses of counties Louth and Meath, George Williams. Adm. €4.
09 Thur 7pm
Glasnevin Trust & Trinity College Dublin, Glasnevin Milestone Museum.
Poets of the back chair: Francis Ledwidge and Hedd Wynn (1887–1917), Myles Dungan and Nerys Williams. Adm. €10.
09 Thur 8pm
Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club.
The Kearney hangings at Bohernabreena, John Fitzgerald. Adm. €3.
10 Fri 8pm
Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Rd.
A transnational service nobility: Irish officers in the Austrian and Spanish establishments c. 1600–1800, Declan Downey.
14 Tues 7pm
Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square.
A history of the GAA, David Griffith.
15 Wed 5.30 & 7pm
The Dublin Lectures, Little Museum of Dublin, St Stephen’s Green.
Judging W.T. Cosgrave, Michael Laffan; The primacy of plot, Eoghan Harris.
16 Thur 7pm
Glasnevin Trust & Trinity College Dublin, Glasnevin Milestone Museum.
Ireland and the Russian revolution, 1917–1923, Conor Kostick. Adm. €10.
16 Thur 8pm
Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel, Main Street.
Captain Hermann Görtz: the German intelligence-gatherer who landed in uniform, James Scannell. Visitors €5.
16 Thur 8pm
Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre.
Divided nationalism: Co. Wicklow and the Great War, Brendan Flynn.
18 Sat 2.30pm
Western Front Association (Dublin Branch), NMI, Collins Barracks.
A world without men: women of the Home Front, Rachel Abraham. Adm. €3.
21 Tues 8pm
Foxrock Local History Club, Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre.
Manning Robertson and the 1936 Dún Laoghaire Survey and Plan, Michael Cregan; The Nelson family, Michael Richardson. Adm. €5.
22 Wed 6pm
Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St.
Francis Smyth and Sons, umbrella manufacturers in Dublin, 1836–1967, Gregory Young.
23 Thur 7pm.
Glasnevin Trust & Trinity College Dublin, Glasnevin Milestone Museum.
The Hales brothers and the Irish Revolution, Liz Gillis. Adm. €10.
27 Mon 8pm
Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chrónáin, Watery Lane.
Ma, what did the Vikings ever do for us?, John Dolan.
28 Tues 8pm
Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Howth Angling Centre, West Pier.
28 months by yacht to New Zealand, Pat Murphy.