Monday 3 October to 16 October: Dublin Festival of History 2022 continues. This annual free festival, brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with the Dublin City Council Culture Company, offers 130+ events, some online, some in-person, including talks, exhibitions, tours, all free. Some are already fully booked. Programme.
Monday 3 October to Friday 7 October: History Week, a programme of lectures, exhibitions, tours, podcasts and screenings hosted by Clare County Library. Most events online; some in-person; all are free. View programme.
Monday 3 October: War Graves of the City & County, with Mark Walmsley. A hybrid event hosted by North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle Branch. 7pm to 8:30pm. All welcome. In-person venue: Lecture Room of Derry City’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, Londonderry BT48 6AL. Online: Those wishing to attend online should e-mail the branch secretary at foylenifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Tuesday 4 October: Women and the Years of Revolution: Not just "victims" or "heroines", an online lecture with Professor Louise Ryan. Host: London Irish Centre. All welcome. Tickets £5. 7pm – 8.30pm (incl Q&A). Need to book
Tuesday 4 October: Memorials and Transcripts at the Registry of Deeds: A New Guide. An in-person presentation with Dr Patrick Walsh outlining a new ‘typology’ to deeds which aims to assist researchers in identifying and interpreting C18th-deeds held in the Irish Registry of Deeds. Host: the Property Registration Authority of Ireland. 6pm to 7pm. Details and booking. The talk will conclude with the formal launch of 'Guide to the Registry of Deeds Memorials and Transcripts' via the prai.ie website.
Tuesday 4 October: Research Open Day at the Royal Irish Academy. A programme of presentations and demonstrations relating to the RIA's many projects. An in-person event at Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 from 10am to 4:45pm. Free. All welcome. See full programme.
Wednesday 5 October: Guardians of the Peace: The Early Years of the Irish Police Force, an online talk by Conor Brady. Host: Dublin Festival of History. Free. 6pm to 7pm. All welcome. Need to register.
Wednesday 5 October: The 1718 migration to New England, an online talk with Dr William Roulston. Part of the Heritage from Home 3 lecture series. Hosts: Libraries NI and the Ulster Historical Foundation. 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register.
Thursday 6 October: Democracy and the Legacy of Revolutionary Violence, the Annual Edmund Burke Lecture 2022, and in-person event with Professor Michael Ignatieff. Host: The Trinity Long Room Hub. Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Fellows Square, Trinity College Dublin. 6:30pm-8pm. All welcome. Free but registration necessary. Details.
Thursday 6 October: Jim Larkin, his life and commemoration in Dublin and Belfast. An in-person event with James Curry, Historian in Residence to Dublin City Council. All welcome. Venue: Cabra Library, Navan Road, Dublin 7. 1pm. All welcome.
Thursday 6 October: The Red Cow Murders and the Civil War in South Dublin County, with Liz Gillis. Part of the Decade of Centenaries programme from South Dublin County. Hosted online by Clondalkin Library. 7pm to 8pm. Free. Details and booking.
Saturday 8 October: Gold seam — the IMC treasure in the Beyond 2022 Virtual Record Treasury: Books of Survey and Distribution, an in-person demonstration and workshop hosted by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. Venue: IMC, 45 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2. 11am to 1pm. All welcome. Free. Need to register.
Saturday 8 October: Tackling Sequential Brick Walls with DNA in an Irish Family Tree, an online workshop with Dr Maurice Gleeson. Host: Irish Genealogical Research Society. 2:30pm–5pm. Members free. Non-members €5. All welcome. Need to register.
Sunday 9 October: KDHS at 10 years, a celebration event marking ten years of the Kilrush and District Historical Society. In-person. Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, County Clare. Exhibitions, presentations and refreshments. 3pm to 6pm. All welcome. Free. Details on Facebook.
Monday 10 October: GEDmatch Tools and Research, with Rita McCaughey. An online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey Branch. 7:30pm. All welcome. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the branch secretary at Newtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Tuesday 11 October: East Belfast Big Houses, Vol 2, an in-person event with Aidan Campbell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn Branch. Free. All welcome. Venue: Bridge Community Centre 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, County Down BT28 1XP. 7:30pm–9pm BST.
Tuesday 11 October: The Irish Civil War, an online lecture with Dr Alan McCarthy. Host: London Irish Centre. All welcome. Tickets £5. 7pm – 8.30pm (incl Q&A). Need to book.
Tuesday 11 October: Disbanding the Royal Irish Constabulary and its aftermath, with Dr Brian Hughes. An in-person talk and part of the Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Pearse Street Library, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 6:30pm. All welcome.
Tuesday 11 October: The National Archives of Ireland, an online talk by Zoe Reid. Hosted by the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). 8pm. All welcome. Non-members can obtain zoom links by emailing Membership@Familyhistory.ie
Wednesday 12 October: The beat cop: Chicago’s Chief O’Neill and the creation of Irish music, an online talk with Professor Michael O'Malley. Part of the Heritage from Home 3 series. Host: Libraries NI. 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register.
Wednesday 12 October: Researching the British armed forces in the 19th and 20th centuries; Records at The National Archives, an online lecture with Dr William Butler. Hosts: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association. 7pm to 8pm. All welcome. Free but need to register in advance. Details.
Thursday 13 October: The Crying Child: Nineteenth Century Irish pediatrics, an online lecture with Mary Hatfield. Hosts: The Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies (USIHS) and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8:30pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register. Details.
Thursday 13 October: The Dead of the Irish Civil War, an in-person lecture with Dr Andy Bielenberg. First of the Part of the 'Civil War in Ireland: New Perspectives' series, a collaboration between the National Library of Ireland and the Atlas of the Irish Revolution editorial team, University of Cork. Venue: The Reading Room, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Free. 8pm to 9pm. All welcome. Need to register.
Thursday 13 October: Starting Out on Irish Family History, a two-session online course (afternoons) with Audrey McKeown. 2pm. Second session on Thursday 20 October. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. Need to book. Course fee: £20.
Thursday 13 October: Starting Out on Irish Family History, a two-session online course (evening) with Audrey McKeown. 7pm. Second session on Thursday 20 October. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. Need to book. Course fee: £20.
Thursday 13 October: A Broken Heart: Memory, Myth and Arthur Griffith, with Professor Colum Kenny. An in-person event hosted by Longford County Library as part of the council's Decade of Centenaries Programme. 7.30pm at Longford Library. All welcome. Free. Details.
Thursday 13 October: Shamrocks in Cyberspace: Irish Genealogy Databases, with Michael Brophy, an in-person event hosted in the Meeting Room at Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope Street, Mansfield, MA 02048. 6:30pm –7:30pm. Free. Attendees should know their ancestor's place of origin in Ireland. Need to register.
Saturday 15 October: Researching your Church of Ireland Records, with Sandra Doble MAGI. Host: Irish Family History Society. 2:30pm–4:30pm. An online event. All welcome. Email info@ifhs.ie to register.
Sunday 16 October: Leitrim Decade of Centenaries Symposium 2022, an in-person event featuring five lectures: Leitrim and Mohill in 1922; Cumann na mBan; Irish language and Culture during the Civil War and War of Independence; Civilian & Military casualties during the Civil War and War of Independence; and the history of Irish songs. Hosts: Mohill Historical Society. Venue: Lough Rynn Castle, Mohill, Co Leitrim. 9:30 to 4pm. Fee: €16.87 (includes lunch). Booking.