Monday 11 February: Online family and local history resources, workshop. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. 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. Monday 11 February: Branch Members’ Night. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey Branch. Venue: Drama Theatre, Glengormley High School, 134 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5HP. 7pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 12 February: The Norseman's Tale, with Rosemary Power. Host: More Tales of Medieval Dublin lecture series. Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Admission free. All welcome. 1:05 - 1:50pm.
Tuesday 12 February: Poverty in Victorian Belfast, with Dr Robyn Acheson. Host: NIFHS, Lisburn Branch. Venue: Bridge Community Centre, 50 Railway Street, Lisburn. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Tuesday 12 February: Charles Stewart Parnell: money and politics, with Michael Keys. Host: Tallaght Historical Society. Venue: County Library, The Square, Tallaght, Dublin 24. All welcome. Free. 7pm.
Tuesday 12 February: The Irish National School system, 1831–1922, with Pádraig Ó Donnabháin. Host: Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society Lecture Series. Venue: Tralee Library, Moyderwell, Cloon Beg, Tralee, Co. Kerry. 7.30pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 12 February: How to start and administer your own Y-DNA project, with Paddy Waldron. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 8pm. €3. All welcome.
Thursday 14 February: Book launch: Begging, Charity and Religion in Pre-Famine Ireland, by Dr Ciarán McCabe. Host: Maynooth University History Dept. Venue: Iontas Building, North Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co Kildare. 6:45pm. RSVP to history.department@me.ie.
Friday 15 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.
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 February: Back To Our Past Belfast – Irish family history fair, lectures and consultations, incorporating Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2019 conference. Venue: ICC Waterfront Convention Centre, Belfast. 10am to 7pm each day. Free. Details and lecture programmes.
Saturday 16 February: Irish Records – They all when up in smoke, didn't they? with Jill Williams FIGRS. Host: Anglo Scottish Branch Meeting, Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society. Venue: PS1, Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2, UK. 2-4pm. All welcome.
Monday 18 February: 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.
Monday 18 February: DNA Workshop, with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Larne Branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 19 February: 6-week Beginners Genealogy course starts, with Cavan Monaghan Education and Training board. Host and venue: Cootehill Library, Bridge St, Drumaveil North, Cootehill, Co Cavan. 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free. Booking is essential at 049 5559873.
Wednesday 20 February: Irish family history, with Chris Paton. Host: Garnock Valley Family History Group. Venue: Beith Townhouse, 2 Strand, Beith, Ayrshire KA15 1DT, Scotland. 7:30pm. Free for members; small charge for non-members. All welcome.
Wednesday 20 February: Maurice Meade, British/German WW1 soldier and legendary Irish freedom fighter, with Michael O Sullivan. Host: Emly Historical Society. Venue: St Ailbe's Hall, just off Main Street, Emly. Co Tipperary. 8pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 20 February: NI War Memorial Museum, with Alan Freeburn. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, North Armagh Branch. Venue: Bleary Community Centre, 1 Deans Road, Bleary, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT66 7AS. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Thursday 21 February: Eamon De Valera – a personal perspective, with Nora Owen. Host: Skehana & District Heritage Group and Screenes. Venue: Screenes Bar, Guilka, Co. Galway. 8:30pm. All welcome. Free entry. Complementary finger food.
Friday 22 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.