Events for 28 September, 2016
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2:15 pm
Medieval Mass to Georgian Splendor Guided Tour – 28th Sept – BOOKED OUT
***Sorry - both tours are booked out*** Saturday 24th September at 11am and Wednesday 28th September at 2.15pm This walk will explore the area immediately around Dublin Castle. from the Viking through Medieval periods to the 18th century Wide Streets Commission. Learn how the building stock, streetscape, density and topography of Dublin has evolved in …
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Empty Tea Cups: Living without tea in WWII Ireland
In the Second World War Ireland's national drink, tea, became a scarce and highly sought after commodity. This talk will explore how Irish society reacted to its traumatic absence. John Porter is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, funded by the Irish Research Council. His project researches the history of consumer behaviours in Ireland …
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Find out more »The British Popular Press and the New Irish Free State
This talk will look at how Anglo-Irish relations were renegotiated in the pages of the British tabloids in the early years of Irish independence and examines the place of these publications and their discourses in contemporary British and Irish societies. Elspeth Payne is an Irish Research Council funded doctoral candidate in Trinity College Dublin and …
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James Connolly’s Green Flag of Ireland and the 1916 garrison flags
As part of the Easter 1916 commemorations the decision was made to conserve the surviving 1916 Dublin garrison flags for display in the National Museum. However during the course of the work a remarkable discovery came to light from Enniskillen. This presentation will outline the different types of flags used by the rebels in 1916 …
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