Tuesday 19 April: Tough Times, Toffees and Textiles, with John Healy. An online AND in-person event hosted by Foxrock Local History Club. In-person venue: Foxrock Pastoral Centre Hall, Kill Lane, Dublin 18; all welcome, non-members €5. Online via zoom - non-members should email info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie for link - free to all. Starts 8pm.
Wednesday 20 April: Introduction to Research in the National Library, an online Lunchtime Talk with Maeve Casserly. Host: National Library of Ireland. Free. All welcome. 1:10pm. Need to book.
Wednesday 20 April: The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, 800-1060 AD, an in-person AND online event with Dr Darren McGettigan. Host: Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society. Venue: at Leighlinbridge Commmunity Centre, Co Carlow, but also on zoom (see details) and Facebook. Free. 8pm. All welcome. Details.
Thursday 21 April: Munster’s ‘Campaign of Fire’: Big House burnings in Counties Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, 1922–23, with Gemma Clark. 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 21 April: Trapped on the Wrong Side of the Border, 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.
Friday 22 April to Sunday 24 April: Back To Our Past, genealogical fair and lectures, as part of SeniorTimes Live. An in-person event. Venue: RDS Hall 1, Ballsbridge, Dublin D4. For Free Admission, register here.
Saturday 23 April and Sunday 24 April: Sleuthability: Irish Genealogy, History & DNA Conference, an online event. Starts 3pm, Saturday. Ends 5pm Sunday. Details and tickets.
Saturday 23 April: DNA for Beginners, a free online event marking DNA Day with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. 11am-12noon BST. This talk is designed for people who have not yet taken a DNA test and want to know more. Details. To book, email Martin at Education.Zoom@nifhs.org with 'DNA' in the subject line.
Saturday 23 April: Early Christian Irish Missionaries, an in-person lecture with Dr Enzo Farinelli. Host: Fermanagh Genealogy Centre. Venue: Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place, Enniskillen BT74 7HR. Refreshments 1.30pm followed by the talk. All welcome. Talk free to members / £5 non-members.
Monday 25 April: Family History Resources in Armagh Robinson Library, an online talk with Thirza Mulder. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn Branch. 7:30pm to 9pm. Free. All welcome. Non-members should contact the Branch Secretary at Lisburn@nifhs.org for zoom link.
Tuesday 26 April: The Belfast Blitz, an online lecture with Dr Brian Barton. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Belfast Branch. 7:30pm to 9pm. Free. All welcome. Non-members can contact Branch Secretary at Belfast@nifhs.org to request zoom link.
Tuesday 26 April: Surveillance of and violence against women during the War of Independence; case studies from Co Clare, with Dr Mary McAuliffe. Host: The Kilrush and District Historical Society. An in-person and online event at 8pm. Venue: Teach Ceoil (Old CoI), Grace Street, Kilrush, County Clare: members free/non-members €5; Also on zoom. Details on Facebook.
Tuesday, 26 April: Emigration from the port of Londonderry, an online lecture with Brian Mitchell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Causeway C&G Branch. 7:30pm–9pm. Free. Non-members can request zoom link from causeway [at] ifhs.org.
Thursday 28 April: Researching your Church of Ireland ancestors, with Sandra Doble MAGI. An online event. Host: National Archives of Ireland. 6pm. All welcome. Free. Need to register.
Thursday 28 April: The merchant, the Quakers and the enslaved boy: a story of slavery from C18th-Ulster, with Dr Jonathan Wright. An online event hosted by the Ulster Society of Irish Historical Studies and the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. Free. All welcome. 7pm–8pm. Need to register. Details.
Thursday 28 April: ‘Ours must go in time’: the burning of Sir John Keane’s Cappoquin House, Co Waterford, with Glascott Symes. 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 28 April: Policing in Ireland in 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 28 April:The Registry of Deeds, an online talk with Brian O'Hara. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Ballymena Branch. Free. 7:15pm–9pm. All welcome. Non-NIFHS members can email for zoom link to ballymena@nifhs.org