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From 23 January 2023 the Reading Room is now open to researchers by appointment on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4.30pm, including through lunchtime. Our study area is now open from 10:00am – 20:00 Monday to Thursday and 10am to 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays

This fourth volume in the very popular History on your Doorstep series returns to the approach taken in the first two books, in which the Historians in Residence contributed short pieces about the history, locations and people they had encountered in their work in the different areas administered by Dublin City Council.

You don’t need to attend any workshops to take part, just register an account on https://europeana.transcribathon.eu/ and when the Dublin material is released start transcribing!
To take part email [email protected] and get in touch.

Dublin City Council is delighted to launch a new series of audio guides celebrating the history of some of the city’s most fascinating burial grounds.

We're delighted to share a new series of the Dublin Festival of History Podcast, featuring recordings from the 2021 festival.

Are you a history buff? Or do you just like to dabble occasionally in things historical? Well, we have a great online resource for you. The Great Courses offers video-based learning which you can watch at a time, place and pace that suits you.

The Dublin Festival of History 2021 programme is now live, with over 90 events taking place from the 20th of September to the 10th of October.

Welcome to the ninth week in our second series of Researching Your Family History during Lock-down.

This week I would like to draw your attention to one of the libraries online resources, the RB digital magazine collection.

Welcome back. Last week we took a break from researching your family history to announce the availability of www.findmypast.ie to Dublin City library card holders. This week I am glad to say that we have been granted permission by the National Archives of Ireland to use James Callan’s will in this blog.