Sam O’Brien: Death in the Fifteen Acres

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How did a rough tackle on a 15 acres football pitch result in the death of 23 year old Sam O’Brien and three young men being charged with murder? But who was Sam O’Brien, who were his family, what happened to them? And what happened to those held responsible for his death?

Gerard Farrell will attempt to tell Sam O’Brien’s story, against the background of the Civil War, the emergence of Dublin as a focal point for football in the emerging Irish Free State and unexpected connections with the city’s housing crisis and the Luftwaffe’s attack on the North Strand.

Note: limited spaces, booking essential.