Blogs

Louise Shanagher is a child therapist, a psychology lecturer and a mindfulness teacher.

Dublin was one of the largest and busiest ports in Britain or Ireland throughout the era of the triangular slave trade and yet slavery barely figures in popular memory or heritage. The following lecture will examine the many reasons for this ‘invisibility'.

The Truce was widely covered by reporting and analysis Irish, English and American newspapers, in the days following the announcement of the cessation of conflict in July 1921.

In this recorded online lecture, Historian in Residence Cormac Moore tells the story of how the Truce came about.

Dublin’s Mansion House and its occupant Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill played a pivotal role in many events of the Irish revolutionary era.

On 8th July, 1921 a train carrying troops, military supplies, horses and civilians was ambushed by members of the 4th Battalion Dublin Brigade IRA as it passed under the railway bridge near the then rural hamlet of Ballyfermot.

The Central Library Dublin (Dublin City Libraries) in association with The James Joyce Centre presents this online event in celebration of Bloomsday 2021.

Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr. Mary Muldowney and historian Catherine Holmes tell the story of the bombing of North Strand on the night of 30/31 May 1941. This special event to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing was hosted by Charleville Mall Library on 31 May 2021.

Listen back to a recording of a discussion on global climate action and the food we eat.

Recorded online history talk hosted by Walkinstown Library by Historian in Residence, Cathy Scuffil.