About us
At present, we are closed to new members. We hope to be welcoming new members shortly. Watch this space!
This is a group for anyone interested in the history of Dublin city and county. Come along if you want to share stories about the people and places - or if you want to learn more about this fine city! The Organiser Team are all volunteers, who love heritage and schedule a wide variety of events related to Dublin history, such as the Viking city, Georgian Dublin, Dublin Tenements, The Liberties, 1916, Famous Parks, Dublin Writers, Landmarks etc. The group is now 10 years old but - with a thousand years of history at our fingertips - the list of things to do is endless!
Code of Conduct:
At present, we are closed to new members. We hope to be welcoming new members shortly. Watch this space!
The group is intentionally relaxed, informal and friendly. We focus on having a smaller group of active members, so regularly remove members who are inactive. We are in the process of introducing a €5 membership fee.
As a minimum, the following code of conduct is expected of all members:
- If you say you'll attend.. then attend! No shows/last minute drop outs ruin the fun for everyone. We do track them and a member may be removed if they have a poor track record
- No using the group for commercial enterprise, the group is deliberately non-profit \
- No abuse of the organisers/other members
Any members in breach of this code will be removed from the group.
Health & Safety: Events are organised with H&S in mind (max numbers, no unsafe venues/destinations etc.), however, each member attends events at their own risk.
Upcoming events
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Tour of Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Jail, Kilmainham Courthouse, inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8,, Dublin 8, IECOST: 6 euros. RSVP OPENS 12/02/2026 11:00 am
Come and join us on our own private tour of Kilmainham Jail and see all the new improvements and exhibits for the princely sum of 6 euros.
Cost: €6.00 via the following link:
PayPal.Me/DLHGroupKilmainham Gaol opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin. While most of the prisoners were common criminals, it also held political prisoners involved in Ireland’s struggle for independence. Included amongst those held here were Robert Emmet, Anne Devlin, the Fenians, Charles Stewart Parnell, Countess Markievicz and the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, 14 of whom were executed by firing squad in the Stonebreaker’s yard. The Gaol was closed in 1924 but was preserved as a national monument in the 1960s and restored by the Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Committee. It was handed over to the State in 1986 and today is run by the Office of Public Works.
Details:
11.:30am. Meet outside the main door of the jail
11.45am Tour commences LATE COMERS NOT ALLOWED TO JOIN
TOUR
1.00pm Tour ends
We will spend a further half an hour in the museum.
**1.30 we will go for coffee /lunch15 attendees
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