Dublin Festival of History 2024

The Dublin Festival of History 2024 has unveiled an exciting programme, promising a rich array of events that celebrate the City! We are really looking forward to engaging with this year’s programme - there’s plenty of Dublin 8 based events, talks, walks and more and all free to participate!

Here’s some of our D8 Top Picks for this year’s Dublin Festival of History:

Built to Brew: the Architecture and Urban History of the Dublin Brewery

25th Medieval Dublin Symposium

The Records of Dublin’s Lost Railway Companies

The Camac in Inchicore-Kilmainham – Small Stream, Mighty River with Francis Thackaberry

Family Tours at Dublinia

History tours of Pearse Lyons Distillery

Children’s History Tours, Behind The Scenes Tours, Stanford 100: Pipeworks Organ Recitals and more at St Patrick’s Cathedral

Richmond Barracks are one of the main partner venues for the Festival of History and have a huge programme of events you can check out here.

The Edward Worth Library will be showcasing and giving tours of their new exhibition ‘The Practice of Medicine’, alongside a talk ‘Book Cultures and Surgical Training in Early Modern London.’

Down by the Poddle talk at Kevin Street Library

A Bridge Too Far – Cornelius Ryan with Philip Lecane at Kevin Street Library

Around Dublin’s Medieval Walls with Dublin Decoded

The Bossmen: The Many Managers of St Patrick’s Athletic, from Stevenson to Stephen K.

Contested Histories: the sculpture of Christ Church Cathedral re-examined

Disease and Illness in 18th Century Dublin presented by Elizabethanne Boran, Head Librarian, Edward Worth Library

Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Kilmainham – early development of a Dublin Suburb

Cathy Scuffil unravels the story of The Dolphin’s Barn Brick Company

‘Civil War Dublin Metropolitan Police Book 1922/23’ presented by Kevin Street Garda Station