Monday 4 April: Women and the Great War in Ireland, with Dr Fionnuala Walsh. An online lecture hosted by Offaly History. All welcome. Free. 7:30pm via Zoom. Email info@offalyhistroy.com for link.
Monday 4 April: The Citizen Army is out today, with Lorcan Collins. An online talk. Host: Mondays at the Mess series hosted by Richmond Barracks, Dublin. 7pm to 8pm. All welcome. Free. Need to book.
Wednesday 6 April: Griffith’s Valuation and Other Irish Land and Property Records, an online workshop with Miles Davenport. Host: McClelland Irish Library, Phoenix, Arizona USA. 11am–1pm. A Level II / Intermediate workshop. All welcome. Members $15 / Non-Members: $20. Details and registration.
Wednesday 6 April: The Decade of Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, an online webinar with Chris Paton. 7.30pm. Free to members and non-members. After the live event, a recording will be available for one month. Need to register. Details.
Wednesday 6 April: Irish Diaspora webinar, an online event with Claire Bradley providing advice and tips for identifying your Irish ancestor's place of origin in Ireland. Host: CBGenealogy, Dublin. 8pm–9:30pm IST/BST. Fee: €10. Need to register in advance. Details.
Thursday 7 April: ‘A barbarous mania of incendiarism’: house burnings in Co Louth, 1921-23, with Jean Young. Part of the online Burning the Big House series. Host: CSHIHE, Maynooth University. 7pm to 8pm. Booking. Fully booked.
Thursday 7 April: Tracing your Irish Police ancestors, an online talk with Jim Herlihy. Host: NIFHS, Ballymena Branch. 7:15pm–9pm BST. Free. Non-members should email the branch Secretary at ballymena@nifhs.org for zoom link.
Thursday 7 April: The Civil War, with Cormac Moore, Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence for the North Central Area. Part of the 'Ireland in 1922' online history talks hosted by Raheny Library. 7pm. Free. Need to book here.
Thursday 7 April: Lost Presbyterian Meeting Houses of Belfast, an online lecture with Tom Hartley. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 2-3pm. Free and all welcome. Need to register.
Thursday 7 April: Using Ancestry DNA, an online class with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. 7pm to 8pm. All welcome. £10. Need to book by 5 April.
Monday 11 April: When Harry met Dotty – in search of the Fullers, an online talk with Dr Nick Barratt. Hosted by the Newtownabbey Branch of the NIFHS. 7pm to 8:30pm. Free. All welcome. For zoom link, download form and follow instructions.
Tusday 12 April: Family History Resources in Armagh Robinson Library, an online talk with Thirza Mulder, ARL Archivist. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn Branch. 7:30pm–9pm BST. Free. All welcome. For zoom link, contact Branch Secretary by email to Lisburn@nifhs.org.
Wednesday 13 April: A Blitz Spirit in Blitzed Belfast? An exploration into the response of the Belfast populace to the German bombing of Belfast in 1941, with Dr Tom Thorpe. An online event. Hosts: The Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Free. All welcome. Need to register.
Thursday 14 April: ‘A smouldering mass of charred stones’: The burning of country houses in Offaly, 1920-1923, with Ciarán Reilly. Part of the online Burning the Big House lecture series. Host: Centre for the Study of Historic Irish houses and Estates, History Department, Maynooth University. 7pm to 8pm. Booking. Fully booked.
Thursday 14 April: Ireland's Other Civil War of 1922, with Cormac Moore, Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence for the North Central Area. Part of the 'Ireland in 1922' online history talks hosted by Raheny Library. 7pm. Free. Need to book here.
Thursday 14 April: The United Irishmen Rebellion in the North East & their Legacy Abroad, an online talk with Stephen McCracken. Host: NIFHS, Larne Branch. 7:30pm to 9pm BST. Non-members need to request the zoom link by 12Noon on Saturday 9 April, by emailing the Branch Secretary at Larne@nifhs.org.
Thursday 14 April: Titanic at 110: Learning, Unlearning & Relearning history, with Mark Chirnside. An online event to mark the 110th anniversary of the sinking. Hosted by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland partnership with the Belfast Titanic Society. Free. Noon to 1pm. All welcome, but need to register. Details.
Friday 15 April: Good Friday, not a public holiday, but banks, schools and some businesses may be closed in ROI.
Saturday 16 April: Book launch – Hugh de Lacy, by Noel French. An in-person event at StockHouse Restaurant, Finnegan's Way, Trim, Co Meath. All welcome. 2pm.
Saturday 16 April and Sunday 17 April: Most branch libraries closed. Some shops closed on the Sunday.