NOVEMBER
04 Mon 7.30pm
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South.
Surviving the seventeenth century? The Kennedys of Mount Kennedy, Cork, Therese Hicks.
05 Tues 8pm
Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs.
Paul Henry—art and Modernism, Eimear O’Connor. Adm. €3.
06 Wed 8pm
Rathmichael Historical Society, National School, Stonebridge Road.
Howth Harbour, Rob Goodbody. Adm. €5.
07–09 Thur–Sat
ICTU & Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour & Class, NUI Galway.
Labour, gender and class in the struggle for Irish Independence.
08 Fri 8pm
Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road.
The military world of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, 1603–1642, David Edwards.
08 Fri 8.30pm
Kilkenny Home Rule Club, 3 St John’s Quay.
Spanish ’flu, Ida Milne. Adm. €5.
11 Mon 8.15pm
Clontarf Historical Society, Resource Centre, St John the Baptist Church.
Refuse, trams and parks—the development of Fairview Park, John Kelleher. Adm. €5.
12 Tues 8pm
Bray Cualann Historical Society, Mermaid Arts Centre.
The maritime history of Bray, Brian White. Adm. €5.
12 Tues 8pm
Lismullin Conference Centre, Tara, Co. Meath.
Ancient Irish genomes, Dan Bradley. Adm. €5.
12 Tues 8pm
Skerries Historical Society, Bowling Club, 1 Tennis Court Lawn.
Electricity in Skerries, ESB 1940–2005, Hugh Halpin.
13 Wed 6pm
Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street.
Dublin and the impact of the Economic War, 1932–38, Anna Devlin.
13 Wed 7.45pm
Knocklyon History Society, Iona Centre, beside St Colmcille’s Church.
India: sharing love of homeland, Revd Martin Paravookaran.
14 Thur 7.30pm
Eblana Forum, Dún Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue.
Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Paul Callery.
19 Tues 8pm
Foxrock Local History Club, Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC Church.
Arctic exploration and the search for Franklin’s lost expedition, Kevin Cronin. Adm. €5.
20 Wed 8pm
Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Royal Marine Hotel.
History of Bullock Harbour, Rob Goodbody. Adm. €3.
21 Thur 7.30pm
Eblana Forum, Dún Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue.
Deansgrange graves, Jamie Moran.
21 Thur 8pm
Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel.
Fassaroe and related crosses, Rachel Moss. Adm. €5.
21 Thur 8pm
Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society, Holy Rosary Centre.
A picture of romance: the story of Mabel Young and Paul Henry, Paul Flynn.
26 Tues 8pm
Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Angling Centre.
Messines to Carrick Hill—writing home from the Great War, Tom Burke. Adm. €5.
27 Wed 6pm
Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street.
Mary Mulligan, neighbour to Countess Markievicz, Peadar Curran.
28 Thur 7.30pm
Eblana Forum, Dún Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue.
Ashtown ambush—attempt on the life of Lord French, Jim Lacey.
28 Thur 7.30pm
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South.
The penal laws and Catholic children in the eighteenth century, Eoin Kinsella.
28 Thur 8pm
Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall.
The first Irish railway: from Westland Row to Kingstown, Kurt Kullmann. Adm. €3.
DECEMBER
02 Mon 7pm
dlr Lexicon, Studio Theatre, Level 1.
The life and times of Justice Daniel Colohan, 1865–1946, Duncan Sheppard.
03 Tues 8pm
Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs.
The Irish pub—a social and cultural history, Breda Cunningham. Adm. €3.
04 Wed 8pm
Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, Royal Marine Hotel.
Cash from the attic: objects of everyday use around the house now forgotten, Colin Scudds & Seamus O’Connor. Adm. €3.
04 Wed 8pm
Rathmichael Historical Society, National School, Stonebridge Road.
The great ’flu pandemic, Ida Milne. Adm. €5.
05 Thur 7.30pm
Eblana Forum, Dún Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue.
Spies, informers and collaborators, Edward Bourke.
05 Thur 8pm
Lismullin Conference Centre, Tara, Co. Meath.
The Battle of the Boyne: plans and contingencies, Pádraig Lenihan. Adm. €5.
06 Fri 8pm
Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road.
‘Stepping together’: a history of the reserve defence forces, 1929–2019, Lar Joye.
09 Mon 8.15pm
Clontarf Historical Society, Resource Centre, St John the Baptist Church.
Interesting, confusing—a side of the census of Ireland 1901 & 1911, Derek Bauer. Adm. €5.
12 Thur 7.30pm
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South.
The Butlers of Ireland and the House of Ormond, John Kirwan.
12 Thur 8pm
Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society, Glenalbyn Sports Club.
Quenching Dublin’s thirst: society’s quest for healthy water, Liam Doyle. Adm. €3.
17 Tues 7pm
dlr Lexicon, Lexicon Lab.
Port collections—a history of the port and the port archive, Lar Joye.