Monday 20 January: Family history advice, with Margaret Bonar and Betty Craven. Two sessions: Mornings (10:15-Noon) at Raheny Library, Howth Rd, Raheny, Dublin 5 / Afternoon sessions at Donaghmede Library, Donaghmede Shopping Centre, Dublin 13. Free. All welcome. Booking essential at T 087 6491605.
Tuesday 21 January: The poor’s money — the work of churches c. 1650 to 1740 in caring for the sick, wounded and those in hardship, with Horace Reid. Lecale & Downe Historical Society, Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick, Co. Down. Admission: Members free; Non-members £2. All welcome. 7:30pm.
Tuesday 21 January: A History of Dublin Port, with Cormac Lowth. Also (short talk) Early Society in South County Dublin, with Brian MacAongusa. Host: Foxrock Local History Club. Venue: Pastoral Centre, Foxrock, Dublin 18. 8pm. All welcome. Admission: €5. Members free.
Wednesday 22 January: Pray for the donor: Money and the Irish Catholic Church, 1850-1921, with Dr Sarah Roddy. SSNCI Annual Lecture. Host: Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 6pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 23 January: John McGahern’s Dublin, with Professor Frank Shovlin – the 23rd Annual Sir John T Gilbert Commemorative Lecture. Host and venue: Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. 6pm. Reception to follow. No Booking Required. Come early to ensure a place. Further information.
Thursday 23 January: The Burning of Cork, with Micheal Lenihan. Host: Duchas Clonakilty Heritage. Venue: The Parish Centre, Clonakilty. Co Cork. 8pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 23 January: Online Resources for Family and Local History, a workshop. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast BT3 9HQ. Each workshop will start with an orientation tour of PRONI, followed by an introduction to searching online resources. 7pm to 9pm. FULLY BOOKED.
Thursday 23 January: Women, the vote, and Waterford, with Niamh Crowley. Third of the Series XIV Dunhill History Lectures. Venue: Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite GAA grounds), Dunhill Ecopark, Co Waterford. 8pm. Followed by Q&A and light refreshments. All welcome.
Friday 24 January: Roman Catholic, with Colin Barr. 'Disestablishment 150th anniversary' lunchtime lecture series. Host: Church of Ireland. Venue: Music Room, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin 8. 1:10pm. All welcome. Free.
Monday 27 January: Impressions of a visitor to Dublin in 1806–7, with Angela Byrne. From accounts of everyday life in Ireland following the 1798 & 1803 rebellions. Venue and host: Blanchardstown Library, The Civic Centre, Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15. 6:30-7:30pm. Booking essential: 01 890 5560.
Monday 27 January: All that remained’— The Four Courts Blaze of 1922, a panel discussion with Catriona Crowe, Zoe Reid and Lar Joye. Host: Out of the Ashes Lecture Series. Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. 6:30pm to 8pm. The event is free but registration is essential.
Tuesday 28 January: Freeholders, Electors and Absent Voters, with Ian Montgomery. Host: North of Ireland Family Family History Society, Belfast Branch. Venue: C. S. Lewis Room, Holywood Arches Library, 4-12 Holywood Road, Belfast, BT4 1NT. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 28 January: Rev. Traill’s Survey of Ballintoy Parish, with Robert Corbett. Host: North of Ireland Family Family History Society, Causeway Branch. Venue: The Sandal Centre. Main Hall. Knocklynn Road, Coleraine BT52 1WT. 8-10pm. Free. All welcome.
Tuesday 28 January: My Grandfather's 1870s Sojourn in Australia, with Michael Tubridy. Host: Kilrush and District Historical Society. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. 8pm. All welcome. Members free. Non-members €5 at the door.
Wednesday 29 January: The causes of crime in mid-Antrim in the nineteenth century, with Dr Elaine Farrell. (+ AGM). Host: Carrickfergus & District Historical Society. Venue: The Dobbs Room, Town Hall, Joymount, Carrickfergus, BT38 7DL. 8pm. All welcome.
Thursday 30 January: The Hore family of Dungarvan, with Julian Walton. Part of the Dunhill History Lectures Series XIV. Venue: Dunhill Multi-Education Centre (opposite GAA grounds), Dunhill Ecopark, Co Waterford. 8pm. Followed by Q&A and light refreshments. All welcome.
Thursday 30 January: DNA talk for beginners, with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family Family History Society, Ballymena Branch. Venue: Michelin Arts Workshop, Braid Arts Centre, 1-29 Bridge St, Ballymena BT43 5EJ. 7:15pm. All welcome.
Friday 31 January: Crisis and long-term effects – the 1918 ti 1919 influenza pandemic in Waterford and Ireland, with Dr Ida Milne. Host: Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society. Venue: St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Patrick St, Waterford City. 8pm. Members free; non-members €5. All welcome.