Tuesday 27 November: Moving on with your Irish family history & beyond the vital records, with Irene O'Brien. Host and venue: The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN. 6-7pm. Free but booking required: T +44 (0)141 287 2999.
Tuesday 27 November: The Colleen Bawn, with Tom Donovan. Host: Kilrush and District Historical Society. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. 8pm. Free to members / €5 for non-members. All welcome.Tuesday 27 November: Freeholders, electors and absent voters, with Ian Montgomery. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Causeway Branch. Venue: The Guide Hall, Terrace Row. Coleraine, Co Londonderry BT52 1HF. Everyone welcome. 8pm.
Wednesday 28 November: 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.
Thursday 29 November: Using Family and Local History Resources Online, a practical workshop that starts with an orientation tour of PRONI and is followed by an introduction to searching resources online. Venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. Free, but space is limited so booking is essential. Details
Thursday 29 November: St Mary’s College and its place in the history of Rathmines, with Charlie O’Neill. Host: Rathmines, Ranelagh and Rathgar Historical Society. Venue: Rathmines Town Hall (Rathmines College), Rathmines Rd Lower, Dublin 6. 8pm. All welcome. Members: Free / Visitors: €3.
Thursday 29 November: Spanish Flue in 1918, with Cormac Moore, and Brid Connolly and the Fingal Branch of Cumann na mBan, with Louise Hancock. Host: Coolock, Artane and District Historical Society. Venue: Parnell's GAA Club, 30 Main Street, Coolock, Kilmore, Dublin 5. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 29 November: Influenza, War and Revolution in Ireland, with Ida Milne. Host: South Kilkenny Historical Society. Venue: Parish Hall, Mullinavat, Co Kilkenny. Non-members €5. All welcome. 8pm.
Saturday 1 December: “…a cunning intriguing woman [who] is very violent against the Protestants”: Jacobite Irishwomen, 1685-1703, with Dr. Frances Nolan. Host: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre. Venue: Castle Keep, Athlone Castle, St Peter's Square, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, 3-4pm. Free. Places limited so booking is advised. Email info@athlonecastle.ie.
Monday 3 December: Delayed (11am) opening in all NLI sites, plus NLI Reading Room and Manuscript Room closed all day. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Delayed opening due to staff development meeting. On-going Monday closures are facilitating extensive redevelopment of the premises. All other services/exhibitons/cafe, including Genealogy Advisory Service, operate as normal. Details.
Monday 3 to Friday 7 December, inclusive: Annual Media Preview of archives of Government Departments. The Reading Room of the National Archives of Ireland will be closed to the public. Only members of the press will be given access. Bishops Street, Dublin 8.
Monday 3 December: Christmas Social. Host: Irish Genealogical Research Society, Ireland Branch. Venue: Café en Seine, 40 Dawson St, Dublin 2. All welcome to drop in for some genealogy chat. From 6pm.
Tuesday 4 December: Art, artifacts and old buildings in Dublin and Wicklow, with Peter Pearson. Host: Kilmacanogue History Society. Venue: Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Co Wicklow. 8pm. Members €3 / Non-members €4. All welcome.
Tuesday 4 December: A demon in human shape – Murder in Famine Ireland, with Dr Ciaran Reilly. Host: South East Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre, St Brigids Rd, Portumna, Co Galway. 8pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 4 December: From ballots to bullets — Ireland 1918-1919, a History Ireland Hedge School. Host: History Ireland magazine and NLI, in conjunction with exhibition in the National Photgraphic Archive, Temple Bar. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Editor Tommy Graham talks to Liz Gillis, Brian Hanley and Niamh Puirséil. 7pm. Free. All welcome.
Wednesday 5 December: Reflections on 1798: Battlefields, Graves and Books, with Dr Gavin Hughes. Host and venue: Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast BT1 5GB. 6pm. £5. Tickets and details.
Friday 7 December: ‘Home for Christmas’: John Francis O’Reilly and John Kenny, the last German agents to ‘drop in’, with Anthony Kinsella. Host: Military History Society of Ireland. Venue: Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. Non-members very welcome. 8pm.