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


Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company.