Monday 18 March: Bank Holiday in both Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.Monday 18 March: NIFHS Research Centre C4 and its resources, with Kathleen Morrison. Host: NIFHS, Larne branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Monday 18 March: Irish Genealogy Workshop, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Hosts: Heinz History Center and the Westmoreland County Historical Society. Venue: Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA. 9am-4:30pm. Fee. Details.
Tuesday 19 March: Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research Workshop, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Host and Venue: The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208,USA. 9am–1pm. Free to members. $20 to non-members. Details.
Tuesday 19 March: Childhood and youth in Ireland from 1740, with Dr Sarah Anne Buckley. Host: Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series. Venue: Tipperary Studies, The Source, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary. 7:30pm. Free. Tea served. All welcome.
Wednesday 20 March: Wreck and rescue in Dundrum Bay in the 19th century, with Barbara Lomas. Part of PRONI's Wreck and Rescue lecture series. Host and venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 1pm. Free. All welcome. Need to book. Details.
Wednesday 20 March: 'This is supposed to be a civilised country and part of Great Britain!' Southern Irish loyalists and revolution, with Brian Hughes Part of the Social History and the Irish Revolution public lecture series. Hosts: Glasnevin Museum and Trinity College Dublin's School of History & Humanities. Venue: Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. 7pm to 8:30pm. Tickets should be booked in advance. €6.
Wednesday 20 March: Irish & Scots-Irish Research Seminar. Host: Family Hunger, PLLC and Jan Clizer—Painting Scotland. Venue: Lake City Center, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 1pm–8:30pm. Fee. Details.
Wednesday 20 March: Exploring a townland history in an urban setting, with Roddy Hegarty. Host: Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, North Armagh Branch. Venue: Venue: Bleary Community Centre, 1 Deans Road, Bleary, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT66 7AS. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 20 March: Cathal Brugha and the Ring / Dungarvan Connection, with Nioclás ó Griofán. Host and venue: Waterford County Museum, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. 3pm. Free. All welcome.
Wednesday 20 March: Eviction in Westmeath during the Irish Famine, with Dr Ciaran Reilly. Host: Westmeath Historical Society. Venue: Greville Arms, Pearse St, Commons, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. 8pm. All welcome.
Thursday 21 March: The European Dimension: Dublin in the 11th century, with Dr Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel. Host: Royal Society of Antiquities of Ireland, Venue: Helen Roe Theatre, Society House, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 21 March: Soft power: the women of Tyrone's Rebellion, with Dr James O'Neill. Host: Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies. Venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 7pm–8:30pm. Free. All welcome. Details.
Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 March: Dominus Hibernie/Rex Hiberniae: Pre-modern Ireland, 1200-1801, an international symposium. Host and venue: The National Archives in Kew, London. Need to register. Details.
Friday 22 March: Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Valparaiso County Library, 103 Jefferson Street, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA. 9am–4pm. Free. Details.
Saturday 23 March: Irish Genealogy Seminar, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Hosts: Florida Genealogical Society, Pinellas Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society of Sarasota, Manatee Genealogical Society, The Villages Genealogical Society, Lakewood Ranch Genealogy Club. Venue: Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, 1505 Nebraska Ave., Tampa, Florida USA. 8:30am–4pm. Fee. Details. Sold Out.
Sunday 24 March: Irish Genealogy Seminar/Workshop, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Host and venue: Gaelic American Club, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. 9am–4:30pm. Fee. Details.
Sunday 24 March: Sacred stones and the cult of sun worship, an open-air talk with William O’Brien. Host: West Cork Stone Symposium 2019. Venue: Ballycommane House & Garden, Ballycommane, Durrus, Co Cork. Talk followed by tea & coffee and a chance to explore the B&B’s beautiful gardens. 3pm. €10; €8 concessions. Details.
Monday 25 March: 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, operate as normal.
Monday 25 March: Introduction to using DNA for genealogy. Host: Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historic Society. Venue: Henderson Hall, Glebe, Stranorlar, Co Donegal. All welcome. 8pm.
Monday 25 March: German travel writers in the Irish midlands from 1750 to today, with Dr Joachim Fischer. Host: Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society. Venue: Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Puttaghan, Tullamore, Co Offaly. 8pm. All welcome. Refreshments available after lecture.
Tuesday 26 March: Distant Ireland - Migrations to the New World, with Gillian Hunt and Fintan Mullan. Hosts: American Irish Historical Society and Ulster Historical Foundation. Venue: American Irish Historical Society, 991 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028, USA. 10:30am-1:30pm. Fee. Details.
Tuesday 26 March: Breaking through “brick walls”, with Martin McDowell. 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 26 March: The Guardian: Peter Johnstone Freyer and the creation of modern prostate surgery, 1895-1921, with Kieran Fitzpatrick. Host: Kilrush and District Historical Society. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. 8pm. Free to members. €5 for non-members, payable on the door. All welcome.
Tuesday 26 March: Irish Newspaper Archives, with Andrew Martin. Host: NIFHS, Causeway Branch. Venue: Guide Hall, Terrace Row, Coleraine BT52 1HF. Venue: Guide Hall, Terrace Row, Coleraine BT52 1HF. 8pm. All welcome. Free.
Tuesday 26 March: 1919 and the War of Independence, with Noreen Higgins McHugh. Host: Ardmayle Historical Society. Venue: St John the Baptist, Castlemoyle North, Ardmayle, Co. Tipperary. 7:30pm. All welcome. Refreshments will be available.
Wednesday 27 March: English Records for Irish Research, with Michael Gandy FSG. Host: Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA. 2-3pm. £8. Details.
Wednesday 27 March: Uncovering the ordinary experience of extraordinary times: Ireland 1917 - 1927, with Dr Richard McElligott Part of the Social History and the Irish Revolution public lecture series. Hosts: Glasnevin Museum and Trinity College Dublin's School of History & Humanities. Venue: Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. 7pm to 8:30pm. Tickets should be booked in advance. €6.
Thursday 28 March: Researching your Irish ancestors, a full-day seminar with David Rencher and Dr Perry McIntyre. Host: Unlock the Past. Venue: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde, NSW 2114, Australia (16km NW of Sydney CPD.) 9am-5pm. Booking by 22 March: $79 (includes light lunch, morning tea, and prize draw). On the day: $90. Details.
Thursday 28 March: The Politics of Revolution in County Tipperary 1913-1923, with Seán Hogan. Host:South East Galway Archaeological & Historical Society. Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre, St Brigid's Road, Portumna, Co Galway. 8pm. All welcome.