The Society’s lecture programme for 2018-2019 is as follows. Please note that, unless otherwise stated, lectures start at 8.15pm. Venues for some lectures will be decided at a later date:

October, Tuesday 9^th (8.15pm)
‘The Burning of the Custom House, 1921’
 Elizabeth Gillis (RTÉ)
Officer’s Mess, Custume Barracks

October, Tuesday 30^th (8.15pm)
‘From Farm to Table: agriculture and diet in Medieval Ireland’
Dr Margaret Murphy (Carlow College)
The Sheraton Hotel

November, Wednesday 14^th (8pm)
‘The early diaries (1922-1934) of Athlone journalist, Peter Kilroy (1907-1971)’
Professor John Horgan (DCU)
Lecture Hall, Aidan Heavey Library

 December, Wednesday 5^th (8.15pm)
‘The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866’
Dr David Doolin (UCD)
The Sheraton Hotel

January, Tuesday 22^nd (8.15pm)
‘A Genomic History of Ireland: how ancient DNA has
revolutionised our understanding of the past’
Dr Lara Cassidy (Smurfit Institute of Genetics, TCD)
The Sheraton Hotel

February, Tuesday 12^th (8.15pm)
‘Irish Revolutionary Women and the Wider World’
Dr Kate O’Malley (Royal Irish Academy)
Location – TBC

March, Tue 5^th or Wed 6^th (8.15pm)
‘From Cult Centre to Royal Centre: monuments, myths
and other revelations at Uisneach’
Dr Roseanne Schot (The Discovery Programme)
Location – TBC

March, Tue 26^th or Wed 27^th (8.15pm)
‘Rindoon Castle and Deserted Medieval Town’
Dr Kieran O’Conor (NUI, Galway)
Location – TBC

April, Tue 30^th or May, Wed 1^st (8.30pm)
The Billy English Memorial Lecture
Speaker and Subject to be Confirmed
Wineport Lodge, Athlone