*Please note that Annual Membership Subscriptions are due on January 1st 2026**
Single: €15:00. Family: €20:00. Retired/Unwaged: €10:00. Retired Family: €15:00
Hon Sec: Anna Scudds, 7 Northumberland Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. PH 01-2806213 (not after 9pm local time)
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Wednesday 18th February 2026
“Exploring the making of Irish Food History: A Companion”
Speaker: Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire
The talk will discuss how food history developed in Ireland particularly over the last thirty years culminating with a book of the same name. With this new research, we are discovering a very different story about our ancestors diets and dining habits than was previously known.
Venue: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire
Time: 8 p.m.
Entrance Fee: €5.00
Free Parking for those attending the lecture
To avoid disappointment, please come early.
Journal N0.35 (2026) will be available to purchase at this lecture
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Dún Laoghaire Journal No. 35 (2026)
We launched Journal No 35 (2026) at our October lecture. It is available at our monthly lectures and from the following shops:
Dalkey News, Castle Street, Dalkey
• Eason, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire
• Dubray, Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre
• Eamonn’s Bookshop, Sandycove
• From our Hon Sec – Send cheque for €14.50 (this includes €4.50 p&p) to: Anna Scudds, 7 Northumberland Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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The Aims of the Society are to promote and sustain an interest in the Culture, Heritage and History of Ireland, with particular regard to the Dun Laoghaire Area.
The Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society was started by a number of people who came together out of a love of local environment, its history, and its environs. The first meeting was in the rooms of Dun Laoghaire Credit Union, at 21 Longford Terrace, Monkstown on the 21st April 1978.
The Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society is a Member of the Federation of Local History Societies and is supported by local business.
