A brand new National Famine Way™ Roadshow goes on tour during May and June 2025 calling to Blanchardstown Library and Charleville Mall Library amongst seven locations along the route of the long distance trail. Featuring talks and presentations by leading local and international famine historians, this fascinating event will bring a poignant part of our history to life. Appropriately the month of May marks both the anniversary of the mass departure of 1,490 emigrants from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon and the annual National Famine Commemoration. The event takes place on Tuesday 3rd June fro

On Saturday, 7th June 2025, a transformative new event will take place at Technology University Dublin, East Quad, Grangegorman — and it’s called AUDACITY. Planned and powered by the Black Irish Sisters Network, AUDACITY is a celebration of courage, visibility, and voice. Rooted in the lived experiences of Black-Irish women, it is a gathering that welcomes every woman and ally who has ever felt the pressure to shrink — and chose instead to rise. “Audacity is for every woman who has ever felt invisible and dared to take up space anyway. It’s a space to be seen, to belong, and t

Ireland’s leading classical music competition, Feis Ceoil, returns from Saturday 7th to Sunday 15th June 2025 at All Hallows Campus, DCU, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra. Set up in 1896, Feis Ceoil Association promotes excellence in the learning and performance of music across all ages, levels and disciplines. We run an annual festival before Easter each year in Dublin which comprises almost 200 competitions, attracting over 5,000 participants from all over the island of Ireland. We also run non-competitive events and concerts throughout the rest of the year. The competitions will be held