It'll be Local History Day at Dublin City Library & Archive on Saturday 6 October. Here's the programme:
9:45am: Registration
10:00am: Welcome
10:15-11:00am: Gloria, 1000 years of European sacred music, with Tim Thurston
Tea/coffee break
11:30-12:15pm: All history is local history, with Brendan Twomey exploring Ball's History of
the County of Dublin
12:15-1:pm: An 18th-century gentlewoman's guide to marriage, with Valerie Moffat
Lunch break
2:00-2.45pm: Adopf Mahr, the self-proclaimed 'Dublin No 1 Nazi' and leader of Ireland's
Nazi party, with Gerry Mullins
2:45-3:30pm: Tea, cakes and Science: popular sciene in Victorian Dublin, with Enda
Leaney
Admission is free. Booking essential. While morning tea and coffee are provided, lunch is not.
Venue: Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Email for more information or to book.