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Dublin Festival of History 2025 Launch

The Dublin Festival of History aims to highlight fresh perspectives on history and its importance in our everyday lives. This year’s festival has attracted best-selling Irish and international historians to Dublin for a high-profile programme of history and debate.
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26 August 2025

Lord Mayor’s Certificate course in Local Studies

The Lord Mayor’s Certificate course in Local Studies is offered by Dublin City Council (DCC) as part of its commitment to life-long learning. The course examines the local dimension of Ireland’s past and is taught in an engaging and accessible manner by DCC Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil.
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25 August 2025

History on Your Doorstep at your Fingertips

We are delighted to share the ‘History on Your Doorstep’ series with you, written by Dublin City Council's Historians in Residence.
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19 August 2025

Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive

The Alan MacSimóin Collection is a wonderful collection for researchers interested in left wing activism in Dublin over the past few decades.
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8 April 2025

Maureen O’Hara plaque unveiling: Sat 7 Sept

Unveiling a commemorative plaque in honour of the iconic Irish actress, Maureen O’Hara, on Sat, 7 Sept. at 11am at O’Hara’s childhood home, 32 Beechwood Avenue Upper, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 E9T4.
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5 September 2024

Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture

Dublin City Library and Archive is pleased to present the annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture which will be held on 29th May 2024 with a talk by Professor Jane Ohlmeyer entitled, ‘The lived experiences of women in early modern Dublin’.
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30 May 2024

The Savoy Cinema souvenir programme

The souvenir programme was produced to celebrate and promote the newly built Savoy as ‘a luxury Cinema worthy of this great city’
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26 March 2024

Historians in Residence 2024

Dublin City Council’s Historian in Residence programme welcomes two new historians. Elizabeth Kehoe and Katie Blackwood will be working in the Dublin Central and Dublin North Central areas respectively. Mary Muldowney, Cormac Moore, and Catherine Scuffil return to the programme. Dervilia Roche continues as the Historian in Residence for Children.
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18 January 2024

Commemorative plaque for writer Maeve Brennan

Dublin City Council will unveil a commemorative plaque for the writer Maeve Brennan at her childhood home (48 Cherryfield Avenue) in Ranelagh on 6 January 2024 at 11am.
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18 December 2023

James Connolly plaque to be unveiled by Dublin City Council

James Connolly, socialist and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, is to be commemorated by a Dublin City Council plaque.
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25 July 2023