... why not listen to some historical context for our current troubles - Dr Ida Milne speaking about the 1918-19 flu pandemic at our 2018 Festival - click here to hear her talk.
We also have lots of other fascinating talks from our 2017, 2018 and 2019 Festivals, all available on our website, covering the Decade of Centenaries, the RIC, Templars, pirates (ooh-arr), Carson & Redmond, tower houses, duelling, Queen Victoria, Wolfe Tone, Florence MacCarthy, Agnes Clerke, US & Irish independence, Sam Maguire, Spanish treasure ships, the Great Earl of Cork, Bishop Lucey's Cork churches, early Fenianism in Skibbereen and much more.