On Tuesday 11 June at 20.15 I’ll be talking to the Skerries Historical Society at Skerries Bowling Club. The talk is open to everyone - it’s 5 euro entry at the door or for 10 euro you can join Skerries Historical Society for the year and attend all their talks.

The Darkness Echoing

It’s no secret that the Irish are obsessed with misery, suffering and death. And no wonder, for there is darkness everywhere you look, in cemeteries and castles, monuments and museums, stories and song. Beginning in Skerries this talk will take the audience on a tour of some of Ireland’s most fascinatingly dark tourist sites. Alongside some tales of ghosts, wakes and accidental imprisonment the talk will challenge some old tropes about Irish history and question what we really know about our own past and what impact that has on our present and future.