Monday 24 September to Sunday 7 October: Dublin Festival of History. The 6th outing of this popular festival, which is organised by Dublin City Council, sees more than 140 history events presented across the city. A selection is included in the listing below (in each instance, the event either didn't require booking or was not booked out as at 23 September);view the full programme here. Some events require booking; some do not.
Monday 24 September: The Dublin Docker, with Aileen O’Carroll. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 1:10pm. No booking required. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Tuesday 25 September: The 1718 Migration, with Andrew Kane. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Causeway Coast & Glens branch. Venue: Guide Hall, Terrace Row, Coleraine, Co Derry. 8pm. All welcome. Free.
Monday 24 September: Dublin 1918, with Cathy Scuffil. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Inchicore Library, 34 Emmett Road, Dublin 8. Free. 6:30pm. Booking required: T 01 453 3793 or E inchicorelibrary@dublincity.ie.
Tuesday 25 September: Key sources for the family historian in Northern Ireland, with Anne Johnston. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Belfast branch. Venue: C S Lewis Room, Holywood Arches Library, 4 Holywood Rd, Belfast BT4 1NT. 7:30pm. All welcome. Free.
Tuesday 25 September: The West Clare photographs in the National Library's Lawrence Collection, with Elizabeth Kirwan. Host: Kilrush and District Historical Society. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. 8pm. All welcome. Free to members; €5 for non-members.
Tuesday 25 September: Behind the maps workshops: Navigating the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, with Jennifer Moore. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: RIA, 19, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. 1pm to 3pm. Booking required. Details.
Wednesday 26 September: Irish family history assistance in the Library. Host: Genealogical Society of Victoria. Venue: GSV Library, Level 6, 85 Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia. Free for members. $20 non-members. 10am to 4pm. Consultations: One-hour appointments with a research consultant also available. See details.
Wednesday 26 September: Presbyterianism in Dublin and the south of Ireland: an unfamiliar history, with Linde Lunney. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. 1pm. Free. All welcome.
Wednesday 26 September: Testamentary Records, a Culture Club tour of the records held by the National Archives of Ireland. Host: Dublin’s Culture Connects and the NAI. Venue: National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8. 11am. Booking required. Details.
Thursday 27 September: Michael Collins and Guerrilla War in the War of Independence, with Joseph E A Connell Jr. Host: Bray Cualann Historical Society. Venue: Royal Hotel, Bray, Co Wicklow. 8pm. All welcome. Free for members; €5 for non-members.
Thursday 27 September: Hanna and her Sisters: The Irish suffrage movement and its Cork and Munster connections, with Dr Finola Doyle-O'Neill. Host: Duchas Clonakilty Heritage. Venue: The Parish Centre, Clonakilty, Co Cork. 8:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 27 September: Black '47 and the Great Famine in Rhode and Edenderry, with Dr Ciaran Reilly. Host: Rhode Parish Historical Group. Venue: Rhode Old School Hall (opposite National School), Rhode, Co Offaly. 8:30pm. Light refreshments served. All welcome. Admission €5.
Thursday 27 September: The Mendicity Institution and Dublin's beggars in the 19th century, with Ciaran McCabe. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 1:10pm. No booking required. All welcome on a first come, first served basis.
Friday 28 September: The Influenza Epidemic in North Wexford, with Dr Ida Milne. Host: North Wexford Historical Society. Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Market Square, Gorey, Co Wexford. 7:30pm. Members free. Non-members €5. All welcome.
Friday 28 September: Conflict and Consensus: soldiers and citizens in Waterford City, 1820-1920, with Dr. Aoife Bhreatnach. Host: Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society. Venue: St. Patricks Gateway Centre, Patrick Street, Waterford City. 8pm. All welcome. Members free; non-members €5.
Saturday 29 September: The hammer and the pen: the first wave Irish feminism, with Catriona Crowe. Host: The 'History at the Castle: Ireland 100 years ago' lecture series. Venue: Swords Castle, Bridge St, Townparks, Swords, Co Dublin. 2pm. Free, but need to book via library.events@fingal.ie.
Sunday 30 September Free genealogy help session. Host and venue: Library of the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630, USA. From 1pm to 4pm. Free. All welcome.
Monday 1 October: Poems and Stories from the Somme, with Helen Long. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Killyleagh Branch. Venue: Killyleagh Masonic Hall, 50 High Street, Killyleagh, Co Down. 8pm. Free. All welcome.
Monday 1 October to Wednesday 31 October.: A voice of her own? Women’s place after the Great War, a new exhibition. Host and venue: Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, Market Sq, Lisburn, BT28 1AG. The museum uses objects and photos from its collection to explore the place of women in Ireland from 1914-19, examining war work, at home and at the Front, as well as domestic life and politics. Free. All welcome. Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 5pm.
Tuesday 2 October: The First World War and the Armistice, with Dr Jennifer Wellington. Host: Dublin Festival of History and the NLI. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 7pm. All welcome. Booking not required.
Tuesday 2 October: Behind the maps workshops: Navigating the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, with Jennifer Moore. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: RIA, 19, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. 1pm to 3pm. Booking required. Details.
Thursday 4 October: Making a history of the home place: History and genealogy in a digital age, with Breandán Mac Suibhne and moderator Frank Shovlin. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Pearse St Library, 138 - 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 6:30pm. No booking required. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Friday 5 October: 1918–2018: a century of women’s activism, a History Ireland Hedge School, with Sarah-Anne Buckley, Kitty Holland, Mary McAuliffe and Anne Speed; chaired by Tommy Graham. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2. 6.30pm. Free. No booking required. All welcome on a first come first served basis.
Saturday 6 October: Servants, shop girls and sex workers: a hidden history, with Pamela Cox and Sarah-Anne Buckley. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Dublin Castle Printworks, Dame Street, Dublin 2. Free. 3pm. No booking required. Seating is allocated on a first come, first served basis. Auditorium doors open twenty minutes prior to event.
Sunday 7 October: The sinking of the RMS Leinster & the war at sea, a History Ireland Hedge School, with Philip Lecane, Michael Kennedy, Jeff Kildea, and Bernadette Whelan. Host and venue: Maritime Museum, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 7.30pm.