Guided Tour of Viking and Medieval Dublin – BOOKED OUT
Dublinia, located at the heart of Viking and Medieval Dublin, is a step back in time and a journey through the city as it was back then. Experience what life...
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Guardians of the Peace with Conor Brady (Big Weekend)
Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish...
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The World Turned Upside Down: Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the British Army and the Cause of Irish Freedom (Big Weekend)
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the British Army, and the battle for Irish Freedom. This illustrated talk begins at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, where Lord Edward Fitzgerald fought in...
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918 (Big Weekend)
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the...
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The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale (Big Weekend)
The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA. She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. She was presented to the Queen...
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The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells (Big Weekend)
A razor-sharp examination of Gone with the Wind, the emergence of ‘the Lost Cause’, and how they have influenced American culture – from race riots to Trump. Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel became an overnight bestseller...
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Kathleen Clarke: Dublin’s First Female Lord Mayor
2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Kathleen Clarke. The first female Lord Mayor of the city, Clarke was a leading figure in Cumann na mBan and a...
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Other People’s Lives: History and Poetry with Dermot Bolger
In his latest collection, Other People's Lives, Dermot Bolger follows in the footsteps of the great Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, in using the backdrop of walks through his native city...
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James Malton and Dublin
In the late eighteenth century, the artist James Malton captured Dublin at a moment in time. The engraver and watercolourist gave us some of the most iconic depictions of buildings...
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Set in Stone
Dr Melanie Brown Two circumstances, namely the small number of Jews in Ireland in the twentieth century, together with the Irish government's complex attitude to its own professed neutrality during...
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The Dublin Beginnings of Association Football
Ringsend Library will host "The Dublin Beginnings of Association Football" with Gerard Farrell. Ringsend is at the heart of the story of Irish soccer. Several of the first teams in...
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Cosmic 75 – 75 Years of the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
From the first ever Irish experiment in space, to landmark insights on volcanoes, the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will continue to play...
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Intimate City: A Poet Reflects on Dublin
Acclaimed poet and translator Peter Sirr joins us for October’s talk to discuss his recent collection of essays, Intimate City. Peter will be sharing his enchanting style and inquisitive eye...
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Once Upon a Street
Pearse Street Library hosts a performance/reading by Esther Raquel Minsky of a text written by novelist and lecturer Denis Kehoe. It explores the lives of two Dublin women - artist...
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Sarah Cecilia Harrison: Suffragist, Artist and Councilor
Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was one of Dublin’s finest portrait painters but she also immersed herself in the political and social fabric of Dublin life, becoming the first female elected...
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Memorials and Transcripts at the Registry of Deeds: A New Guide
The Registry of Deeds will host an in person talk by Dr. Patrick Walsh, Trinity College Dublin. In September 2020, Dr. Patrick Walsh and Dr Andrew Mackillop, University Glasgow, with...
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Reluctant Suburbanites: Guinness and Vernon Landlords and the Expansion of Dublin’s Northside, 1840-1920
Raheny Library is delighted to host the talk 'Reluctant Suburbanites: Guinness and Vernon Landlords and the Expansion of Dublin's Northside, 1840-1920' . Guest speaker Colm Lennon will illustrate the talk...
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The Tenters: A Response to Dublin’s Housing Crisis
In the early twentieth century, Dublin’s chronic housing conditions were described as the worst within the British Empire. The collapse of the Church Street tenement in 1913 with fatal consequences...
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