Monday 20 May: Court records at PRONI, with Wesley Geddis. Also AGM. Host: NIFHS, Larne branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Monday 20 May: Warrior Queens – Four women who defied the authorities to publicly mark the first anniversary of James Connolly's execution. With Liz Gillis, Brigid Davis, James Curry and Jennie Shanahan. Introduction by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring. Host: Dublin City Council. Venue: City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2. 12:45pm to 2pm. Admission free. All welcome. First come first served.
Monday 20 May: Irish Family History Research Assistance. Experienced helpers in the library to offer advice on your Irish research. 10am to 4pm. Host: Genealogical Society of Victoria. Venue: GSV, Level 6, 85 Queen St, Melbourne 3000, Australia. Free for members/$20 non-members. To book a one-hour appointment with a research consultant, or for more information, see GSV.
Tuesday 21 May: Family History Day, with the North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey Branch; Ballyclare District Historical Society; Eddie's Extracts; Ballyclare Library; and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: all celebrating the 262nd anniversary of the Ballyclare May Fair. Venue: Ballyclare Town Hall, The Square, Ballyclare, Co Antrim. Free. All welcome. 10am to 5pm. Details.
Wednesday 22 May: "Men lived as if they dreaded each other”: Hugh Dorian (1834–1914) and the Grey Zone of the Great Famine, with Breandán Mac Suibhne, who will tell the story of the Great Famine and its consequences from the perspective of Hugh Dorian’s extraordinary first-hand account of his experiences. Host & venue: National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Free admission. 7pm. All welcome. Booking not required.
Wednesday 22 May: Historic Irish maps, and how Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown is depicted on them, with Tom Conlon. Host: Spring Talks series, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Venue: Marlay House, Grange Rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. 7pm. Free. Booking essential; email dlrheritageevents@dlrcoco.ie.
Wednesday 22 May: The start of the Irish Revolution, with Jim O'Hara. Host: The Decade of Centenaries: Ireland in 1919 - Spring lecture series. Venue: Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT. 7-–9pm. All welcome. Tickets £5.92, via Eventbrite.
Wednesday 22 May: Main Reading Room of National Library of Ireland to close early. Due to a State Visit the following morning, the NLI's Main Reading Room in Kildare Street, Dublin 2 will close at 5pm (normal time is 7:45pm).
Thursday 23 May: National Library of Ireland's main Kildare Street building closed until 2pm to facilitate State Visit.
Saturday 25 May: Using WikiTree, a workshop with Anne Johnston. Host: NIFHS. Venue: Honneyman Room, NIFHS Research Centre, Unit C4, Valley Business Centre, 67 Church Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7LS. Workshop fee £8. 11am to 1pm. Open to members and non-members. To book, e-mail Education@NIFHS.org. Details.
Saturday 25 May: Missing Boyles of Drumcrew, with Michael Carragher. How DNA matches and genetic genealogy can provide clues to solve family history riddles. Host: Irish Family History Forum. Venue: Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Ave, Bethpage, New York, USA. Details. Starts 10am.
Saturday 25 May: Historical Irish connections to West London, a walking tour. Meet at St. James park tube station (Piccadilly line, Petty France entrance, London SW1) at 11.45am. Walk includes Constance Marchievicz (Gore-Booth) birthplace; Eaton Square; locations where the 1921 Treaty negotiation talks held; Marble Arch/Tyburn Tree; and other places long associated with the Irish in Britain. Event is free. Hat passed around at end for guide. Details.
Saturday 25 May: Behind the Wire: Oldcastle, Internment & The Empire, a half-day seminar and exhibition. Host and venue: Oldcastle Library, Millbrook Rd, Knockmacoony, Oldcastle, Co. Meath. 2pm–5:30pm. All welcome.
Sunday 26 May The Irish and other immigrants in C17th-C19th London's East End, a walking tour. Meet outside Whitechapel Gallery, beside Aldgate East tube station, London E1 at 11:45am. Event is free. Collection for tour guide at end. Details.
Monday 27 May: 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 27 May: Public holiday in Northern Ireland. All archives and libraries closed, reopening to normal timetables on Tuesday. Note: The Republic of Ireland does not share this holiday and operates as normal.
Tuesday 28 May: A Bloody Dawn - The Irish at D-Day, with military historian Dan Harvey, who recently retired as Lieutenant Colonel from the Irish Defence Forces. Host and venue: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris, France. Presentation in English. 7pm to 9pm. Admission free. Reservation recommended.
Tuesday 28 May: The National Archives of Ireland, with Brian Donnelly. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Causeway Coast & Glens branch. Venue: The Guide Hall, Terrace Row, Coleraine, Co Londonderry. 8pm. All welcome. Free.
Wednesday 29 May: A Terrible Beauty Televised: The Irish Revolution in Film, with Lance Pettit. Host: ICC's The Decade of Centenaries: Ireland in 1919 - Spring lecture series. Venue: Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT. 7–9pm. All welcome. Tickets £5.92, via Eventbrite.
Wednesday 29 May: Lead mining at Ballycorus, with Rob Goodbody. Host: Spring Talks series, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Venue: Marlay House, Marlay Park, Grange Rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. 7pm. Free. Booking essential; email dlrheritageevents@dlrcoco.ie.
Thursday 30 May: RCB Library will closed all day. Re-opening Friday 9:30am, subject to usual Friday restrictions (only printed collection accessible). RCB Library, Churchtown, Dublin 14.
Thursday 31 May: The O’Haras of Crebilly, with Brian O’Hara, plus AGM. Host: NIFHS, Ballymena Branch. Venue: Michelin Arts Workshop, Braid Arts Centre, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, BT43 5EJ. 7:15pm. Free. All welcome.
Monday 3 June: June bank holiday in Republic of Ireland. All archives and libraries closed, except exhibitions at the National Library of Ireland which are open 12-noon to 5pm. Note: Northern Ireland does not share this holiday and operates as normal.