Pegasus offers libraries, museums, festivals, prestige hotels and historic houses a unique package of presentations from some of Ireland’s best-known historians, authors and experts.
The 2025 season launches with a special history festival at Ashford Castle in late February.
Pegasus is now taking bookings for our 2025 series of expert talks, including…
- History – A wide range of presentations from the team behind RTE’s History Show
- Climate Change – climate experts present a series of lectures on our warming planet.
- Fiction – author and presenter Myles Dungan discusses his favourite crime novels.
- Crime – Myles Dungan offers potted histories of crime, spying and forensic science
- Wellness – led by leading physiotherapists and psychologists, a series of presentations on wellness for both body and mind, plus crucial working from home advice.
2025 presenters include Dr. Myles Dungan, the presenter of The History Show; Dr. David McCullagh, the presenter of The Six-One News; UCD professor Diarmaid Ferriter; Oireachtas TV’s Flor Mac Carthy and prolific author Turtle Bunbury.
UPCOMING TALKS
FEBRUARY
MAYO
Ashford Castle History Weekend
February 28 – March 2
Immerse yourself in a weekend steeped in history with a lavish two-night event at Ashford Castle.
Enjoy a series of captivating talks on the history of the West of Ireland by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter, Turtle Bunbury, Myles Dungan and Ryan Tubridy.
https://ashfordcastle.com/offers/ashford-history-weekend
KILLARNEY
MUCKROSS House
History Course: The Irish Land Struggle, 1879-1930
Presented by Dr. Myles Dungan
3-week online lecture course, via Zoom
Wednesday evenings – February 26, March 5 & 12
MARCH
GALWAY
Menopause Matters – Colette O’Flynn, MISCP, Chartered Physiotherapist
Ballybane Library, Saturday, March 29, 11am
Teen Wellness – Colette O’Flynn, MISCP, Chartered Physiotherapist
Ballinasloe Library, Friday, March 28, 11.15
JANUARY
SOUTH DUBLIN LIBRARIES
Health Literacy/Advocacy – Colette O’Flynn, MISCP, Healthy Ireland Fair North Clondalkin Library
Thursday, January 30, 12.30pm
GALWAY
Writing Workshops – January 17/18, with Dr. Jonathan Creasy
2024
SEPTEMBER
BALLYROAN, DUBLIN
Future You – Colette O’Flynn, MISCP, Ballyroan Library, Wednesday, September 25, 2.30pm
LOUTH
Reaching For The Stars – Dr. David McCullagh, Saturday 21 September, 3pm Dundalk Library
OCTOBER
LOUTH
The Irish Diaspora – Turtle Bunbury – Thursday, October 10, Ardee, 6.30pm
FINGAL
Festival of History Programme 2024
• Rush Library, Thursday, October 3, 6.30pm – John Dorney – The IRA War on Entertainments
• Malahide Library, Wednesday, October 9, 6.30pm – Dr Myles Dungan – The Last Land War
KILDARE
Childrens Readers Festival
October 9 (11-12pm) – ZOOM, Myles Dungan, Great Irish History
KILDARE
October 22, Tuesday, 7pm, Leixlip Library – Dr. Ian Kenneally, Fake News & Irish Freedom
NOVEMBER
MUCKROSS HOUSE LIBRARY
3 Zoom talks…
- Liz Gillis – From Free State to Republic, Friday, November 8
- Myles Dungan – Kerry – From Assisted Emigration to the Land Wars, November 22
- Diarmaid Ferriter – Stepping Stones out of Europe – The Islands Of The West of Ireland”, December 6.
GALWAY
2 Healthy Ireland at Your Library talks – Colette O’Flynn
- Friday November 1st in Portumna Library – Caring for Carers, 5-6pm
- Saturday November 2nd in Oranmore Library – Future You, 11am – 12pm
