Tuesday 13 June: 100 years since the creation of the land border in Ireland, with Cormac Moore. A hybrid event and part of Dublin City Libraries' Ireland in 1923 lecture series. In-person venue: Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2. 6:30pm. All welcome. Free. Need to register for in-person or live stream by emailing historians@ dublincitycouncilculturecompany. ie..
Tuesday 13 June: Sarsfield’s Homecoming, with Gerard Corcoran. An online talk hosted by the Genealogical Society of Ireland. 8pm. Free. All welcome. For zoom link, email Membership @ familyhistory.ie. Talks will be posted on YouTube asap after the event.
Wednesday 14 June to Saturday 17 June: The Asylum Workshop, a new documentary play by playwright Colin Murphy about the history of the Grangegorman mental hospital in Dublin. An in-person event at TU Dublin Black Box Theatre East Quad, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7. Performances at 7:30pm (plus Saturday matinee at 2pm). Tickets €20 full price / €15 concession (students/OAPS). Details and booking via Royal Irish Academy.
Wednesday 14 June: Apprenticeship to Revolution: Dublin's workers and the 1798 Rebellion, with Timothy Murtagh. A Teatime Talk hosted by Donal Fallon. An in-person talk at 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. 6pm. All welcome. Tickets: €5 or &euro:4 for senior and students. Booking.
Thursday 15 June: Virtual Record Treasury Roadshow, a chance to see the history of Wicklow and its people through the lens of this exciting new online resource. An in-person event at the library, The Mall, Main Street, Wicklow town. Speakers: Ciarán Wallace, Brian Gurrin and Catherine Wright. Host: Wicklow County Archives. Free. 6:30pm to 8pm. All welcome but need to book. Details.
Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 June: Festival of Ideas. Fifty years after Ireland joined the European Community, performers, writers, researchers, musicians and academics explore the expressiveness and politicization of languages in a relaxed but stimulating three-day festival hosted at the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 rue des Irlandais, Paris. Tickets €15 per day. In-person. Programme and details. Booking recommended.
Friday 16 June: War and peace, and war again: Limerick at the time of the Treaty, 1921-22, with Dr John O'Callaghan. Part of the Treaty Discussions Lunchtime Series which accompanies the National Archives touring exhibition on the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty in 1922. Venue: Istabraq Hall, Merchants Quay, Limerick City. 1pm–2pm. Free All welcome. Details.
Friday 16 June: Launch of the Madill Archive Project with an exhibition on wooden and skin boats from the northern coasts of Ireland. Venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. The event marks the start of a two-year project to digitise the collection of drawings, photographs, interviews and documentation relating to vernacular boats recorded by Mr Harry Madill. In-person only. 12.30pm – 2:30pm. Free but booking required.
Saturday 17 June: The Murder of Wolfe Tone, Ireland's greatest and most eloquent patriot, with Paddy Cullivan. An in-person event at IST Tailors Hall, 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, 8pm–10pm. All welcome. Tickets €20. Booking.
Sunday 18 June: Walking Tour of O’Connor Square & High Street, Tullamore, with Michael Byrne. Reference will be made to the leases, the developers, styles of houses, families and shops. Part of the Offaly History Lectures and Events Programme for 2023. Meet at O’Connor Square, Tullamore, Co Offaly. 2.30pm – 4pm. Free. No need to book.
Monday 19 June: Malone House, with Alun Evans. A hybrid event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Larne Branch. Venue: Larne Museum and Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Road, Larne, BT40 1RN. 7:15pm–8:45pm. All welcome. Details.
Tuesday 20 June to Saturday 24 June: The Asylum Workshop, a new documentary play by playwright Colin Murphy about the history of the Grangegorman mental hospital in Dublin’s north inner city. An in-person event at TU Dublin Black Box Theatre East Quad, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7. Performances at 7:30pm (plus Saturday matinee at 2pm). Tickets €20 full price / €15 concession (students/OAPS). Details and booking via Royal Irish Academy.
Tuesday 20 June: The Hunger Strikes of Republicans, with Dublin City Council's Historian in Residence Cormac Moore. A hybird event hosted by DCC's Ireland in 1923 lecture series at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2 and also live-steamed. 6:30pm. Free. All welcome. Details.
Thursday 22 June: Charities and charitable acts recorded in the Registry of Deeds. An in-person Culture Club event. Venue: The Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. 12pm. Doors open 11:50am. All welcome. Free. Booking.
Friday 23 June: People and Places exhibition tour. Exhibition includes a selection of photos taken 1858-2001 showcasing the wide breadth of photography in the NLI's collection that relate to the history of cities, villages and townlands across the island, and the people who inhabit them. 11am. In-person venue: Venue Address: National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Booking.
Friday 23 June: The Anglo-Irish Treaty – public responses (or lack of) of loyalists and unionists in Limerick, with Dr. Brian Hughes. Part of the Treaty Discussions Lunchtime Series which accompanies the National Archives touring exhibition on the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty in 1922. In-person Venue: Istabraq Hall, Merchants Quay, Limerick City. 1pm–2pm. Free. All welcome. Details.
Saturday 24 June: 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.
Saturday 24 June: REBEL AGHADA TOUR, a history trip around the coast parishes of East Cork, with Billy Fitzpatrick. By coach. Meeting Church carpark, Upper Aghada Village, Midleton, Co Cork at noon. Finishes 16:30pm. €20. Details and booking.