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Robert Ballagh in Conversation

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Robert Ballagh is one of Ireland's most celebrated contemporary artists. His work can be found in collections across the city of Dublin, including the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Trinity College Dublin. As a painter and designer, his work is strongly influenced by Irish cultural and political history. In this...

Jason Burke – From East Belfast to the Gresham Hotel

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

When James Mitchell travelled from his home in east Belfast to Dublin on Easter Weekend of 1916 his main objective was to enlist in the British Army for service in the Great War. Having become a soldier of the King on Easter Sunday he enjoyed a winning streak at Fairyhouse races on Easter Monday where...

Children’s Workshop: Building History in LEGO® Bricks with Jessica Farrell

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

**Booked out** Join Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children, Dervilia Roche, and professional LEGO® brick artist Jessica Farrell for this free, interactive workshop at Pearse Street Library for families with children aged 7–13. In this special history edition of the LEGO® Brick Family Workshop, we will build and create historical scenes as a team. Each...

Children’s Event with Marita Conlon-McKenna

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Join author Marita Conlon-McKenna for this children’s event at Pearse Street Library. Marita has written several acclaimed books for children but is perhaps best known for her famine trilogy Under the Hawthorne Tree, Wildflower Girl and Fields of Home. Marita will be chatting about her writing work and her love of history. She will be...

Harry Kernoff (1900–1974)

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Kathryn Milligan, author of ‘Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a Changing City’, will discuss the work of artist Harry Kernoff. Born in London on 9 January 1900, Harry Aaron Kernoff was a prolific figure in twentieth century Irish art. Well regarded for his portraiture and landscape painting, Kernoff often focused on the depiction of Dublin, a...

“Is teanga iasachta í an Ghaeilge, díreach cosúil leis an nGiúdais!”

Leabharlann Shráid an Phiarsaigh Sráid an Phiarsaigh, Baile Átha Cliath 2, Baile Átha Cliath

Constáblaí Éireannacha de chuid CRÉ ag gabhadh Sasanach as Gaeilge a labhairt, Giúdaigh Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Protastúnaigh Bhéal Feirste ag foghlaim Gaeilge, agus an Eaglais Chaitliceach ag diúltú an Ghaeilge a mhúineadh i scoileanna. Faigh amach an stair rúnda faoi na dearcthaí casta i leith na Gaeilge le linn réabhlóid na hÉireann. Sa gcaint...

Roger Doyle – Operating Theatre and Beyond

Pearse Street Library 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland

Roger Doyle, together with Olwen Fouéré, was at the heart of Operating Theatre. More than an experimental theatre group, music was a key dimension of the project, now thankfully available to hear again from All City Records and their Allchival imprint. In The Irish Times, “his name is revered in the realm of theatre”. In...