Category: Events

The above titled event takes place on 26th June 2024 at 8pm in Oisin House & Park, Rossmore, Co. Laois. The event is free and all are welcome.

Newbridge Local History Group are hosting the above titled talk on Wednesday 12th June 2024 at 20:00 in Newbridge Parish Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Presented by Professor Frank Barry, all are welcome.

This site doesn’t do trains normally, however, there is always an exception to the rule.

Donegal Daily is reporting that the Oakfield Park demense in Donegal will be hosting a 24 hour trainathon on the Difflin Lake Railway from 6pm on Saturday 25th May to 6pm Sunday 26th May 2024, to raise funds for Relay for Life Donegal, a cancer charity.

The inaugural Birr Engineering Festival will take place on 18th – 20th October 2024.

Further details can be found here.

A talk about the history of Pierce’s Foundry, Wexford, will be hosted by the Wexford Historical Society on 24th April 2024 at 8pm in Clayton White’s Hotel in Wexford.

All are welcome – entry is free to Wexford Historical Society members, with an entrance fee of €5 for non-members.

There is a talk on the Castlecomer railway branch, focused on the intermediate station of Corbetstown, being held in The Cave Bar, Corbetstown, Co. Kilkenny at 8pm on 16th April 2024.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

The above titled talk, hosted by Wexford Historical Society and given by Peter O’Connor will be held in Gorey Library, Gorey, Co. Wexford on 29th February at 7pm.

The above titled talk, given by Rob Goodbody, will take place in the Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Ringsend, on 15th February 2024 at 20:00. All are welcome in return for a contribution to the RNLI at the door.

The Westmeath Independent reports that an exhibition on the bridges of Athlone will be launched on Tuesday 19th December 2023 at 18:30 in Athlone Library

The exhibition will run until 8th January 2024.

Open House Dublin 2023 takes place between 7th and 15th October 2023. I have compiled a list of events with an IH connection.

In addition to events at specific sites, there are a number of film clips of other venues on the OHD site and three of these are relevant:

Poolbeg Chimneys

Iveagh Markets

Pigeon House Power Station