Maritime History
Ireland and the WW1 Endgame
David Snook our speaker talks about how he has endeavoured to improve his understanding of Ireland’s part in the WW1 endgame. Geographi...
SS Isolda Lecture
Elleesa Rushby MA, a current PhD student at the University of Bedfordshire, UK., is researching ambiguous loss in descendants of the SS...
My search for Du Teillay
When David’s grandmother Elizabeth Sullivan née Gill (school teacher and amateur historian) died in 1987, the family entrusted her vast...
A Dangerous Stretch of Water
Pat McCarthy, a native of Waterford city and past pupil of Mount Sion, holds a PhD and an MBA from UCD. He is the author of The Irish R...
Captain Halpin Lecture
Born in a dockside tavern in Wicklow town, Robert Halpin began his seafaring career at the age of eleven. Unafraid of danger, particula...
Royal Navy’s Hijacking of Archbishop Daniel Mannix
The incident made headlines round the world. What was it about Mannix’s proposed visit to Ireland that led the British government to ri...
Ghost Ship Legends
This talk will discuss the stories of the coast, in which history is woven through with folklore, and the spirits of lost ships and sai...
A Talk on Ernest Shackleton – Video
Kevin Kenny, organiser of the annual Shackleton Autumn School, will give an overview of Ernest Shackleton’s life, from childhood in Ire...
Dalkey Coast Watchers Lecture
Dr Michael Kennedy gave a great lecture on the Dalkey Coast Watchers on Thursday 28th January. It was well received and very well atten...
MFV Nordkap Returns to Dun Laoghaire By Richard McCormick
In August 2018, during the wedding of Ciara Joyce and Erol Aycan in the Maritime Museum, a scale model of the Norwegian, 1959 built, si...