Now in its twelfth year, the festival has built a reputation for shining a fresh perspective on history and its importance in our everyday lives, attracting best-selling Irish and international historians to Dublin for a high-profile programme of history talks and debate each Autumn.

Resources from our Dublin Festival of History events

You can now listen to Nicholas Canny's Lecture 'Edmund Spenser’s View of the Present State of Ireland (1596): Re-Appraised'