August Tuesday – Friday Afternoon 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Why not treat yourself and visit Overends restaurant, Airfield House, Upper Kilmacud Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14 for Afternoon Tea with waitress service in these beautiful and relaxing surroundings. €15 for two people (Tel: 2984301) www.airfield.ie.

August 13, 20 and 27
Don Baker is performing at The Green Room, Holiday Inn, Pearse Street. During his final show he will be playing with Finbar Furey and Ronnie Drew. (Booking Holiday Inn at 6703666).

14 August 9.30 pm Open Air Cinema
The Piano (1993 Jean Campion) at the Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. Admission Free. Tickets must be collected during the week of the event from the Temple Bar Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street.

15 August
Larry Coryell, US jazz and rock singer/guitarist is performing at The Green Room, Holiday Inn, Pearse Street. Admission €20. (Booking Holiday Inn at 6703666).

18 August 8 pm
Padre Pia Prayer Group have organised a Reconciliation and Healing Mass in St Patrick’s Church, Ringsend. All Welcome.

19 August 11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Children’s Tour – Have you ever seen a wallaby in Ireland? Age 7+. National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street. Admission Free. (6486362)

19 August 1 pm
Michael Collins – ‘The Big Fella’. Join education assistant Selina O’Regan on special lunchtime tour of the ‘Road to Independence’ exhibition to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of Collins’ death. All ages welcome. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Admission Free. (6486332)

19 August 8.30 pm
Table Quiz at Clanna Gael Fontenoy, Sean Moore Road in aid of the Under 15 Hurlers trip to Glasgow.

21 August 9.30 pm Open Air Cinema
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino) at the Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. Admission Free. Tickets must be collected during the week of the event from the Temple Bar Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street.

22 – 26 August
Rose of Tralee International Festival, Tralee, County Kerry

26 August 8.30pm
Annual Pub Quiz in aid of RNLI in John Clarke’s, Irishtown.
Tables of four, €30.

28 August 9.30 pm Open Air Cinema
Amadeus (Milos Foreman) at the Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. Admission Free. Tickets must be collected during the week of the event from the Temple Bar Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street.

29 August – 5 October
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare Ireland’s biggest singles event offers the opportunity to meet the matchmaker—and perhaps even your match. For couples and singles alike, music, dancing, horse racing, a barbecue championship, and the selection of Mr. Lisdoonvarna and the Queen of the Burren add to the fun.

29 August 3 – 4 pm
Flying High, Join Falconer Eoghan Ryan and experience an up close and unique encounter with some magnificent birds of prey. Age 4+. National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street. Admission Free. (6486362)

Sundays in September
Farmers’ Market at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15 with producers from around the country. To complement the market a number of leading food writers and chefs will share their favourite recipes and ideas. (Farmleigh is accessed through Phoenix Park and is clearly signposted) www.farmleigh.ie.

3 September
Sean Tyrell folk singer is performing at The Green Room, Holiday Inn, Pearse Street. Admission €12. (Booking Holiday Inn at 6703666).

5 September 3 pm
Recital of Irish Traditional Music with Peter Browne, internally renowned musician. All ages welcome. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Admission Free. (6486332)

14 September
All Ireland Hurling Final, Croke Park, Dublin

19 September 10.30 am
Harvest Festival takes place at St Matthews’s Church, Irishtown. Archbishop John Neill will be in attendance. It should be a great occasion as this year celebrates the 300th Anniversary of St Mathews. All are welcome.

22 – 24 September
Irish Times Higher Options, RDS, Ballsbridge. The definitive forum for third level choice for Irish Students.

2 October 12 noon
A special 50th anniversary mass for Marian College will take place at the Star of the Sea Church.

11 September 12 pm
Not for the Squeamish – skeletons, bog bodies, mummies, join Selina O’Regan as she investigates the gory details. Age 7+. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Admission Free. (6486332)

26 September 3 – 4 pm
Art Workshop, join Pamela Hill for an arty afternoon. Age 7+. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Admission Free. (6486332)