Irish Family History Society

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The Old Dublin Society – Spring Program

Lectures take place at 6 p.m. on the below dates in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library &
Archive, 139-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Admission is free – no booking is required.

Wednesday February 11th : ‘How Michael Collins used the politics of violence in Dublin during
the War of Independence’ – Joseph E. A. Connell, Jr.

Wednesday February 25th : ‘Dublin’s Industrial Heritage: From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin
Road’ – Rob Goodbody.

Wednesday March 11th : ‘The Bombing of the Masterpiece Cinema, Talbot Street, in November
1925 – Seamas Ó Maitiu.

Wednesday March 25th : ‘Alfred McGloughlin, Draughtsman, Artist, Playwright, Irish
Volunteers and friend of Volunteer William Pearse and Patrick Best’ – Tim McGloughlin.

Wednesday April 8th : ‘Shopping Guide to Victorian Dublin – Adrian Le Harivel.

Wednesday April 22nd : ‘The Old Tenements and the New Suburbs’ – Eamon Delaney.

Contact: www.olddublinsociety.ie

Email: olddublinsociety@gmail.com

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