Dublin's Historic Guilds: Seminar for Dublin Festival of History

Monday 5 October 2026
2pm – 5pm
6 Kildare Street, Dublin, D02 E434

Join us for an afternoon exploring some of the various historic guilds of Dublin, for this year's Dublin Festival of History.

We welcome you to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland for an afternoon of insightful talks on some of Dublin's historic trade and religious guilds.

Tickets are free, but booking is required. Register for your place here

Programme

First session:  Dublin’s Historic Trade Guilds 

2.00 pm Registration 

2.30-3.00 pm The Dublin guild of apothecaries 
Speaker:  Dr Peadar Ó Mórdha, Governor, Apothecaries’ Hall of Dublin 

3.00-3.30 pm The Dublin guilds of brewers and maltsters, and of coopers 
Speaker: Eibhlín Colgan, Archive Manager, Guinness Archive 

3.30-4.00 pm Tea/coffee 

Second session:  Dublin’s Historic Religious Guilds 

4.00-4.30 pm The religious guild of St Anne 
Speaker:  Professor Colm Lennon, professor emeritus, Maynooth University 

4.30-5.00 pm  The religious guild of St George Martyr 
Speaker:  Dr Mary Clark, retired Dublin City Archivist