14 events for Dublin Festival of History
![Exterior Custom House image]()
Free
The Dark Side of The Custom House Tours
Custom House Visitor Centre
Tours will take place on the following dates :
29/09/2025 @ 11:30am
4/10/2025 @ 11:30am
5/10/2025 @ 11:30am
6/10/2025 @11:30am
11/10/2025 @ 11:30am
12/10/2025 @ 11:30am![Painting of historical individuals]()
Free
Decolonising Dublin Castle: Irish Civilisation before the English
Dublin Castle
28/09/2025 - 28/09/2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm![Exterior of Farmleigh House]()
Free
The Guinness Girls: Power, Privilege, and a Life Less Ordinary
Farmleigh House and Gardens
27/09/2025
11:30 am - 12:30 pm![Aerial view of Wellington Monument]()
Free
Knockmaree Cromlech Tour
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle
27/09/2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm![Ashtown Castle Phoenix park]()
Free
Daniel O’Connell, The Duke, and the Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle
28/09/2025
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm![Long shot of a pathway within the memorial gardens leading up to a garden temple, framed by bare trees on either side of the path]()
Free
Walking Tour of Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Irish National War Memorial Gardens
01/10/2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm![Evergreen trees, lush with green leaves, surround a garden temple, almost hidden behind their expanse]()
Free
The Vikings of Islandbridge
Irish National War Memorial Gardens
01/10/2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm![]()
Free
Spades and Sovereignty: Archaeology in a Changing Ireland
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle
05/10/2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm![exterior of the castle, view through the trees]()
Free
New Old Photos of Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Castle
05/10/2025
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm![An exterior image of the Rotl Hospital Kilmainham. A fountain sits in the centre of the image in the middle of the formal gardens.]()
Free
Formal Garden: History and Restoration
Royal Hospital Kilmainham
October 8th = 12pm - 1pm
October 12th = 12pm - 1pm![Room in Farmleigh House]()
Free
The Rise and Fall of the Big House in Ireland
Farmleigh House and Gardens
11/10/2025
11:30 am - 12:30 pm![a circular pond is situated in front of the house, with two trees on either side]()
Free
Farmleigh: A Different Perspective
Farmleigh House and Gardens
04/10/2025
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm![Blue skies above a greenhouse.]()
Free
Blight and Bounty in the Botanic Gardens
National Botanic Garden of Ireland – Glasnevin
12/10/2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm![two deer battling under the sun fighting through the clouds]()
Free
Biodiversity of the Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park and Biodiversity Centre
12/10/2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
