Events

The Irish Georgian Society's extensive events programme is open to all members with activities including lectures, architectural tours and parties. Our day tours and weekend trips specialise in giving access to notable buildings, interiors and gardens not usually open to the public and run throughout Ireland and abroad. Events are organised in Dublin with others arranged by our Chapters elsewhere in Ireland, London and the United States.

Refund Policy
Refunds are not available:
a) for any event costing €20 or less
b) when a place is cancelled less then ten working days before the event
c) where the IGS has had to bear the cost of a ticket and has been unable to resell it.
If you are eligble for a refund, please contact the offie; otherwise we will treat your payment as a donation.
For those tickets eligible for a cancellation refund, an administration fee of 20% of the ticket price will be charged.

February 2012

OctoberThursday20/10/201100:00

THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE: Its Past, Present & Future

Since the founding of the IGS over fifty years ago, considerable change has taken place in the fortunes of and attitudes to the Irish country house and these changes have been discussed each year at the Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference and now published in a book of essays titled The Irish Country House: Its Past, Present and Future, edited by Dr. Terence Dooley and Dr Christopher Ridgway and published by Four Courts Press.

OctoberWednesday26/10/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series (Six Evenings)

Wednesdays from 26th October, Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square Dublin 2

OctoberWednesday26/10/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series- Evening 1 (History/Conservation Principles/Energy Efficiency)

26th October 2011

OctoberWednesday26/10/201119:00

New York Gala Dinner

The Irish Georgian Society's annual New York Gala Dinner 2011 will be held in the McKim, Mead and White designed University Club on One West 54th Street. Special guest lecturer Sir Nichlas Nugent of Ballinlough Castle, Co. Meath has travelled from Ireland and will deliver a talk on 'Houses and Horses, Keeping a Roof on the Castle in the 21st Century'.

NovemberWednesday02/11/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series- Evening 2 (Doors & Staircases/Windows)

2nd November 2011

NovemberWednesday09/11/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series- Evening 3 (Bricks/Pointing & Lime)

9th November 2011

NovemberMonday14/11/201120:30

Annual General Meeting

Dooley's Hotel

NovemberWednesday16/11/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series- Evening 4 (Ironwork/Maintenance)

16th November 2011

NovemberFriday18/11/201100:00

DINNER AT THE TRAVELLERS CLUB

The pre-Christmas Club dinner has become a firm fixture in our annual calendar and this year's will be our seventh. After dining previous years at the Reform and Boodle’s, this year we will be dining at the Travellers Club.

NovemberSaturday19/11/201100:00

Visit to Masonic Hall & Triskel Christ Church

Masonic Hall & Triskel Christ Church

NovemberWednesday23/11/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House - Evening 5 (Extensions/Subsidence & Cracks)

23rd November 2011

NovemberWednesday30/11/201118:00

Conserving Your Dublin Period House Lecture Series- Evening 6 (Wallpaper/Plasterwork)

30th November 2011

DecemberTuesday06/12/201119:00

Lecture: Ireland and the Picturesque

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square

DecemberTuesday06/12/201120:00

Christmas Lecture

No. 1 Pery Square

DecemberSaturday10/12/201116:30

IGS Christmas Party at the Deanery

St. Patrick's Deanery, Upper Kevin Street

DecemberThursday15/12/201120:30

Christmas Party

Birr Castle

JanuaryTuesday10/01/201219:00

Lecture: The Representation of the State Rooms at Ground and First Floor Level at Hertford House, The Wallace Collection

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

JanuaryTuesday10/01/201219:00

Lecture: The Representation of the State Rooms at Ground and First Floor Level at Hertford House, The Wallace Collection (Student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

JanuaryTuesday17/01/201219:00

Lecture: Portumna, a great, many-windowed and gabled house (Student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

JanuaryTuesday17/01/201219:00

Lecture: Portumna, a great, many-windowed and gabled house

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

JanuaryWednesday18/01/201200:00

VISIT TO THE NATIONAL LIBERAL AND SAVAGE CLUBS

Long-term and loyal London Chapter member, Ronald Porter has kindly offered to give fellow members a tour of the National Liberal and Savage Clubs, where we will remain for afternoon tea following our tour.

FebruaryWednesday08/02/201219:00

Lecture: Lord Portarlington (1744-1798) and his cultural and artistic interests (student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

FebruaryWednesday08/02/201219:00

Lecture: Lord Portarlington (1744-1798) and his cultural and artistic interests

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

FebruaryThursday16/02/201219:00

Film in Castletown- Neither Fish nor Fowl

Huntington Room, Stable Wing of Castletown Estate

FebruarySunday19/02/201200:00

IGS Palm Beach reception 2012

Catherine FitzGerald and the Irish Georgian Society request the pleasure of your company to celebrate the life of Desmond FitzGerald, Knight of Glin.

FebruaryWednesday22/02/201218:00

Journal Launch at the RIAM

Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row, Dublin

FebruaryTuesday28/02/201200:00

THE CITY ASSEMBLY HOUSE: A HOME FOR THE IGS

One of the most exciting recent developments in the history of the Irish Georgian Society has been the signing of a long-term lease from Dublin City Council for the City Assembly House on Dublin’s South William Street. In addition to ensuring the survival of the building, once restored it will become the Society’s new headquarters.

MarchTuesday06/03/201219:00

Lecture- The Irish Country House: Its Past, Present and Future (student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

MarchTuesday06/03/201219:00

Lecture- The Irish Country House: Its Past, Present and Future

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

MarchSaturday10/03/201200:00

Day Tour of Westmeath

North Co. Westmeath

MarchWednesday14/03/201219:00

Lecture- Ballyfin: The Restoration of an Irish House and Demesne

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

MarchWednesday14/03/201219:00

Lecture- Ballyfin: The Restoration of an Irish House and Demesne (student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

MarchThursday15/03/201200:00

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARTY AND EVENTS REVIEW

One of the most popular events of our calendar continues to be our Saint Patrick’s Day Party and Events Review and we will return once again to Lettsom House for our annual review of the years activites and enjoy the company of fellow members. Our evening will commence with an illustrated review of the previous year's activities by John Redmill, Chairman of the London Chapter Committee and IGS Director, Donough Cahill will update us on developments in Ireland, including projects funded by the London Chapter, followed by a two course buffet supper with wine.

MarchWednesday21/03/201219:00

Lecture: Shelley's Dublin

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

MarchSaturday31/03/201200:00

Visit to Crom Castle

Crom Castle & Demesne, Co. Fermanagh

AprilTuesday03/04/201219:00

Lecture- Pleasing the Neighbourhood: Music and the country house in Georgian Ireland

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merion Square, Dublin 2

AprilTuesday03/04/201219:00

Lecture- Pleasing the Neighbourhood: Music and the country house in Georgian Ireland (student)

Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

AprilSaturday14/04/201200:00

Patron Lunch in Churchill (invitation only)

Churchill, Co. Kerry

AprilSaturday21/04/201200:00

Day Tour of Howth

Howth, Co. Dublin

MayTuesday01/05/201200:00

YIG Tour to Meath- May 2012

Co. Meath

MaySunday06/05/201200:00

The Germany of the Enlightenment

Germany, 6th-12th May 2012

MaySaturday26/05/201200:00

Wexford Day Tour

Co. Wexford

JuneSaturday30/06/201200:00

End of June 2012- Three to Four Day Tour of West Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire