Monday 13 January: Hope and History, with Paul McFadden. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle branch. Venue: Lecture Room of Derry City’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, Londonderry, BT48 6AL. All welcome. Free. 7pm.
Monday 13 January: Online Resources for Family and Local History, a practical workshop with orientiation tour of PRONI, and an introduction to searching online resources. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ. 11am to 1pm. Free. All welcome but places are limited and need to be reserved in advance. Details. (12 Jan pm... Still spaces available.)Tuesday 14 January: The present-day relevance of the Spanish Civil War and its victims, with Dr Chiara Tedaldi. UCD Lifelong Learning Taster Lecture series. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Noon. All welcome. Details.
Tuesday 14 January: Townlands, Maps & Directories, with Shane Wilson. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute, 17 Cumberland St, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. All welcome. Contribution €3.00.
Tuesday 14 January: Stories from Stones: Researching Graveyards, with Tom Hartley. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn branch. Venue: Bridge Community Centre, 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, BT 28 1XP. All welcome. 7:30pm.
Wednesday 15 January: The Limerick Navigation, with Brian J Goggin. Host: Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society. Venue: The Lakeside Hotel, Ballina, Killaloe, Co. Clare. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Wednesday 15 January: Experiences and contributions of women during the War of Independence, with Dr Mary McAuliffe. Host: Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society. Venue: Holy Rosary Family Centre, La Touche Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow. 8pm. All welcome. Details.
Wednesday 15 January: The Barrow Navigation: a social and economic history, with Niall O Brien. Host: Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society. Venue: Mc Grath Hall, Station Road, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow. Admission is free and all are welcome. 8pm.
Thursday 16 January: Coastal Place names from Dungarvan to Youghal, with Liam Suipéal. Part 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 17 January: Using American records to tear down Irish brick walls, with Kevin Cassidy. Host: Accredited Genealogists Ireland. Venue: National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, 2:30pm. Details.
Friday 17 January: History, with Professor Alan Ford. Disestablishment 150th anniversary lunchtime lecture series. Host: Church of Ireland. Venue: Music Room, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin 8. 1:10pm. All welcome. Free.
Friday 17 January: A sense of place—tracing the Ulster-Scots, with Professor Wesley Hutchinson. Host: Cullybacky & District Historical Society. Venue: Royal British Legion Hall, Main Street, Cullybacky, Co Antrim. 8pm. All welcome.
Monday 20 January: An East Antrim Sketchbook, with Adrian Steele. Host: North of Ireland Family Family History Society, Larne Branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. 7:30pm. All welcome.
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: Ireland’s War of Independence, An Introduction to the IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign 1919-21, with Lorcan Collins. Coincides with NLI exhibition From Turmoil to Truce at its National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar. Host: National Library of Ireland. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 7pm. All welcome. No booking required.
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.