Monday 15 May: Update on the Ballycarry & Islandmagee DNA Projects, with Martin McDowell & Anne Johnston. Follows branch AGM. Hosted by North of Ireland Family History Society, Larne Branch. 7:15pm–8:45pm. Free and all welcome. See details for in-person venue and online link.
Monday 15 May: Hope & History, with Paul McFadden. A hybrid event hosted by North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle Branch. 7pm. In-person venue: Lecture Room, Derry’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, Derry, BT48 6AL. All welcome. To attend online, see details.
Tuesday 16 May: A History of Housing in Dublin – The First Suburbias: Townships and Victorian Dublin. An in-person event. The second in a series with historian Donal Fallon exploring the social and architectural hsitory of housing in the capital. Hosted by Culture Connects at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin 8. 6:30pm. Tickets free but booking essential.
Tuesday 16 May: How to start researching your family tree with Fingal Libraries' resources, an in-person talk with Claire Bradley. Venue: Swords Library, Rathbeale Rd, Commons West, Swords, Co Dublin. 6:30pm TO 7:30pm. Free. Need to book: T: 8905582, E swordslibrary @fingal.ie.
Wednesday 17 May: Window on the Irish soul – a century of Irish stamps, with Stephen Ferguson. An in-person event in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2. 1pm to 2pm. Free. All welcome. Book to reserve your seat. Admission at the door subject to availability.
Wednesday 17 May: Researching your WW1 Ancestors, with Alan Rosborough. Talk follows AGM. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Ballymena Branch. A hybrid meeting. In-person at Michelin Arts Workshop, Braid Arts Centre, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, Co Antrim. 7:15pm to 8:15pm. For online link, see details. All welcome.
Wednesday 17 May: The Dolphin's Barn Brickworks, an in-person talk with Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City Historian in Residence. Host and venue: Walkinstown Library, Percy French Rd, Dublin 12. 2pm. Free. All welcome. Bookings and details by email to walkinstown Library @ dublincity.ie or telephone 01 222 889.
Thursday 18 May: From Workhouse to White House: causes and consequences of the Great Hunger, an online lecture to mark the National Famine Commemoration 2023, with Professor Christine Kinealy. Host: National Library of Ireland. Free. 7.00pm - 8.00pm. Need to book.
Thursday 18 May: Negotiating Grief in the Archives: Gender, Loss and the Irish Free State, with Lindsey Earner-Byrne. An in-person event hosted by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast BT3 9HQ. 6pm to 7pm. Free. All welcome. Need to book.
Friday 19 and Saturday 20 May: 7th Annual Irish Military Seminar, an in-person event at Riverbank Arts Centre, Main St, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. A series of free talks (and a book launch) over two days. All welcome. All events are free but booking is essential. Hosts: County Council and the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee. Full event details and booking here
Saturday 20 May: How to start researching your family tree with Fingal Libraries' resources, an in-person talk with Claire Bradley. Venue: Balbriggan Library, George's Square, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. 11:30pm TO 12:30pm. Free. Need to book: T: 8704401, E balbriggan library @fingal .ie.
Saturday 20 May: Cork Local History Symposium, in honour of Ronnie Herlihy. Venue: O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork. 9:30am to 4:30pm. Nine presentations/discussions. Lunch and refreshments provided. Free. All welcome. No need to book. Programme.
Sunday 21 May: National Famine Commemoration will take place at the site of the Workhouse in Milford, Co. Donegal.
Monday 22 May: Famine in Borrisoleigh and the Cullohill evictions of 1850, with John Connors. An in-person event hosted by Borrisoleigh Historical Society. 8pm. Venue: Borrisoleigh Community Centre, Pallas Street, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Tipperary.
Tuesday 23 May: Documenting Dublin’s history: John T. Gilbert as a book collector, with Dr Maire Kennedy. The 26th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture. Host: Dublin City Council. In-person venue: Oak Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. 7pm (Doors open 6:40pm.) Booking essential for in-person attendance. The lecture will live-streamed on Dublin City Libraries’ YouTube page (no need to sign up.) Details and booking at eventbrite.
Wednesday 24 May: Identifying and (De)constructing Mutative Ethnicities in the Tuke-Irish immigrant communities, 1875-1920, with Regina Donlon. An online lecture in the Migration History Seminar Series. 5pm to 6:15pm. Free tickets. All welcome. Need to register.
Wednesday 24 May: Granny’s Greatest Hits, with Dáibhí O Cróinín. An in-person event at the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 rue des irlandais, 75005 Paris. 7:30pm. Free. Reservation recommended. Details and tickets.
Thursday 25 May: AGM, followed by Researching your WW1 Ancestors, with Alan Rosborough. A hybrid event hosted by North of Ireland Family History Society, Ballymena Branch. Venue: Michelin Arts Workshop, Braid Arts Centre, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena. Free. All welcome. 7:15pm–8:45pm BST. Also online; email Ballymena @ nifhs.org for link.
Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May: Reform, Repeal, and Repression: Irish Women and the State, the Women's History Association of Ireland's 2023 Conference. An in-person event hosted at University College Cork. 9:30 – c5pm both days. Full programme of lectures both days. Free, but you'll need to reserve your places. Details.
Saturday 27 May: National Library of Ireland's Reading Rooms and Readers Ticket Office open to in-person visitors from 9:30 to 1pm. Kildare Street, Dublin 2.