Monday 21 January: Education records, with Valerie Adams. Host: NIFHS, Larne branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 22 January: The 1st Dáil and the War of Independence, with Hugh O'Brien. Host and venue: Cootehill Library, Bridge St, Drumaveil North, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Free but need to book by phone: 049 5559873. 7pm.Tuesday 22 January: The great Liberties whiskey fire of 1875, with Les Fallon. Host: Tallaght Historical Society. Venue: County Library, The Square, Tallaght, Co Dublin 24. Free. All welcome. 7pm.
Tuesday 22 January: The men who built the Titanic, with Allison Murphy. Host: NIFHS, Belfast Branch. Venue: C. S. Lewis Room, Holywood Arches Library, 4-12 Holywood Road, Belfast, BT4 1NT. 7.30pm. Free. All welcome.
Tuesday 22 January: The building of Bullock Harbour, with Elizabeth Shotton. Hosts: Dublin Port Company & Bullock Harbour Preservation Association. Host: Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre, Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin. 8pm. All welcome. Admission is free but places should be booked with the Heritage Centre at info@dalkeycastle.com. Details.
Tuesday 22 January: 'The staunchest priest who ever lived in Ireland': the story of Fr Michael O’Flanagan, with Manus O’Riordan. Host: Howth Peninsula Heritage Society. Venue: Howth Angling Centre, West Pier, Howth, Co Dublin. 8pm. All welcome. Non-members €5.
Wednesday 23 January: Starting Your Irish Family History, with Dr Irene O'Brien. Host: City Archives. Venue: Moir Dyer Room, Mitchell Library. 6pm to 7pm. Free but places are limited. Moir Dyer Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, Scotland G3 7DN. Book in person at the Granville Street reception or phone 0141 287 2999.
Wednesday 23 January: Reflecting on the History of Irish Childhood and Youth, a panel discussion followed by the launch of 'Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940'. Host and venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Free. 6.30pm-8.30pm. All welcome. Details.
Thursday 24 January: 1918 – The year England lost Ireland, with Pat McCarthy. Host: The Julian Walton Winter Lecture Series. Venue: Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite GAA Grounds), Dunhill, Co Waterford. 8pm. Lecture followed by Q&A and light refreshments. Fee €5. All welcome.
Friday 25 January: Practical Workshop - Get started: advice on searching for records at PRONI. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. Free, but booking essential. Early booking recommended as these workshops are usually snapped up quickly. Register.
Friday 25 January: Bad Bridget - Women and Crime, Past and Present, a workshop. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Blvd, Titanic Quarter, Belfast BT3 9HQ. 10am to 4pm. Free, but need to register.
Friday 25 January: All areas of the RCB Library closed. To facilitate essential maintenance work, the Library in Churchtown, Dublin 14, will be closed all day.
Friday 25 January: Registry of Deeds access restrictions: The Transcribing Room Vault containing transcripts from 1896-1910 and the Public Microfilm Room will be closed to the public due to essential maintenance works. Reopens on Monday. Dublin.
Friday 25 January: Bernard Sheppard, Cloughjordan native and founder of the first private Catholic Secondary School, with Liam Doran. Host: Cloughjordan Heritage Group. Venue: Thomas MacDonagh Museum, Lower Main Street. Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary. All welcome. Refreshments will be served. 8:30pm.
Friday 25 January: Bananas on the Breadboard: Stories from the Markets of Dublin, screening of documentary followed by Q&A with the director Joe Lee. Host: Dublin History Research Network. Venue: Dublin Civic Trust, 18 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7. 6:30pm to 8pm. Free, but need to register in advance. See also following day's conference.
Saturday 26 January: Buying and selling: Dublin's markets 1500 to the present, a conference. Host: Dublin History Research Network. Venue: The Wood Quay Venue, Dublin 8. 9:30pm to 5pm. Details and tickets. Tickets €10.
Saturday 26 January: Objects on the move: everyday life in Gaelic Ulster, 1200–1600 AD, with Peter McElhinney; the 18th Annual Irish Migration Studies Lecture. Host and venue: The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Fee £12 (£10 concessions), includes morning coffee and finger buffet lunch. 11am to 2pm. Booking is advisable. More information.
Saturday 26 January: 1919 – birth of a counter state, a conference exploring the beginnings of the Irish War of Independence and the establishment of the structures of a counter state with the foundation of the first Dáil Éireann in January 1919. Host: School of History and Geography, Dublin City University. Venue: E218, St Patrick's Campus, DCU, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. 9:30am to 4:30pm. Free. All welcome. Register.
Saturday 26 January: Closure of Main Reading Room at National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Closed all day, due to essential maintenance work. The Manuscripts Reading Room will be open as usual.
Monday 28 January: Irish lace, with Bernadine Nic Giolla Phadraig. Host: Clondalkin Historical Society. Venue: Arás Chronáin Irish Cultural Centre, Watery Lane, Clondalkin, Co Dublin. 8pm. All welcome.
Monday 28 January: NLI Reading Room and Manuscript Room closed all day to facilitate the Library's continuing redevelopment of the premises. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. All other services/exhibitons/cafe, including Genealogy Advisory Service, will operate as normal.
Tuesday, 29 January: The Irish Revolution, a preview screening of the 3-part documentary series based on the best selling Atlas of The Irish Revolution published by Cork University Press. Hosts: RTÉ and UCC. Venue: Cork Opera House, Emmett Pl, Cork City. Starts at 7.45pm. Tickets €5 (all proceeds to Cork Penny Dinners). The screening will be acoompanied by a Q&A session. Details.
Tuesday 29 January: The 2018 Maine Ulster Scots Conference, with Helen Perry. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Causeway Coast and Glens Branch. Venue: Guide Hall, Terrace Row, Coleraine BT52 1HF. Free. 8pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 29 January: Cork Archives closed. Seamus Murphy Building, the home of Cork City and County Archives Service, will be closed for the day due to works in the area. Open as usual on Wednesday.
Tuesday 29 January: Ship Wrecks on the Iron Bound Coast, with Mick O'Rourke. Host: Kilrush and District Historical Society. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. 8pm. All welcome. Members free/ non-members €5 on the door.
Wednesday 30 January: The faith journey of the Deise People, with Rt Rev Monsignor Michael Olden. Host: The Julian Walton Winter Lecture Series. Venue: Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite GAA Grounds), Dunhill, Co Waterford. 8pm. Lecture followed by Q&A and light refreshments. Fee €5. All welcome.
Thursday 31 January: Online sources for Irish Research, a webinar with Donna Moughty. Host: Santa Barbara Genealogical Society. Venue: Online Webinar. 1pm–2:30pm PST/9pm–10:30pm GMT. Register.
Thursday 31 January: 'You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hidden' (Matthew 5, 14): The beginnings of Cashel, with Dr Dagmar O'Riain. Host: Cashel Heritage Forum lecture series marking 700th anniversary of the building of the town walls. Venue: Parish Centre, Friar Street, St. Francisabbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary. 7:30pm. Free. Refreshments after lecture.
Thursday 31 January: Online family and local history resources, workshop. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 6pm to 8pm. Each workshop will start with an orientation tour of PRONI, followed by an introduction to searching online resources, and will help improve IT skills. Free, but you need to book.
Thursday 31 January: Banished Beyond the Seas: NAI records of convict transportation to Australia, 1788-1868, with Joan Kavanagh. Host and venue: National Archives of Ireland, Reading Room, Bishop Street, Dublin 8. 6pm. Free. No booking required. All welcome.
Friday 1 February: Access restrictions at the RCB Library. No access to the Archives and Manuscripts Collections on Fridays (on-going). Access to Printed collection not affected. RCB Library, Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14. Details.