Dublin City Libraries & Archives: Recent Episodes
Dublin City Libraries & Archives
Listen to a wide range of talks, readings, lectures and performances which reflect the rich history and literature of Dublin city. Serving over half a million people, Dublin City Libraries is the largest library service in the Republic of Ireland.
State Pathologist Dr. SallyAnne Collis in conversation with Garrett Fagan about what the fictional pathologist Quirke in John Banville’s Christine Falls gets right and wrong about the work of a forensic pathologist, the history of forensic science, the development of investigative techniques and their use in crime fiction from the historical to the contemporary. Recorded in the National Library of Ireland, on Wednesday 8th April 2026 as part of One Dublin One Book. One Dublin One Book is brought to you by Dublin City Council and is also supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Fintan O’Toole and Catriona Crowe discuss the social, historical and economic landscape of Ireland in the 1950s. Recorded in dlr LexIcon on 25th April 2026.
John Banville joins historian Donal Fallon (Three Castles Burning podcast) to discuss his own Dublin, and how the city has shaped his work over the years.Recorded in St Stephen's Church, popularly known as The Pepper Canister, on Thursday 9th April 2026 as part of One Dublin One Book. One Dublin One Book is brought to you by Dublin City Council and is also supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
History, Mystery, Think! Podcast is made by Scoil Treasa Naofa, Dublin City’s Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche, and co-funded by The Digital Hub. Dublin City Historians in Residence programme is created by Dublin City Libraries, and is delivered in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company. Supported by writer and facilitator Aidan Fitzmaurice.This podcast is hosted on Dublin City Libraries and Digital Hub channels.
Eat, Sleep, History, Repeat! Podcast is made by St Catherine’s National School, Dublin City’s Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche, and co-funded by The Digital Hub. Dublin City Historians in Residence programme is created by Dublin City Libraries, and is delivered in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company. Supported by writer and facilitator Aidan Fitzmaurice.This podcast is hosted on Dublin City Libraries and Digital Hub channels.
In this episode entitled Dublin your Knowledge, Dublin’s Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche explores the local history of Whitefriar Street with the children of South City Community National School. This project led to the children making their own history podcast called 'Dublin your Knowledge', with help from Dervilia, comedy writer Aidan Fitzmaurice, in collaboration with the Digital Hub. This episode was recorded in July 2024.
In this episode entitled Curfews in Dublin 1920-1921, Dublin City Historian in Residence Elizabeth Kehoe talks about how the Covid pandemic led to a deeper research into the 1920-1921 curfew in Dublin, how it impacted people from all walks of life and industries, and how it was and still is used as a weapon of war.Interviewed by tour guide and history enthusiast Sheila Robinson. This episode was recorded in June 2024.
In this, the second of a two-part series on the Irish Civil War, Dublin City Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil looks at events from Béal na Bláth to the Arms Dump.This episode was recorded as part of Dublin City Council’s Decade of Centenaries programme.
Welcome to the Dublin City Libraries podcast.In this, the first of a two-part series on the Irish Civil War, Dublin City Historian in Residence, Cormac Moore discusses events from the Treaty Talks to the Fire at the Four Courts.This episode was recorded as part of Dublin City Council’s Decade of Centenaries programme.
Welcome to the Dublin City Libraries podcast.In this episode, entitled Fleapits, Palaces, and Multiplexes Dublin City Historian in Residence Katie Blackwood explores the history of cinemas in Dublin.Listen to stories about the makeshift venues of the early days, the 1930s palaces of entertainment and the suburban cinemas of the mid to late twentieth century. This episode was recorded in May 2024.
Welcome to the Dublin City Libraries podcast.In this episode entitled Prostitution in Dublin in the early 20th Century, Dublin City Historian in Residence Mary Muldowney explores how prostitution became entangled with the cause of Irish Independence, as it was framed, not as a social issue, but as a symbol of degeneracy of the British Empire.Recorded at the Central Library in October 2022.
Coming Out: Author Andrew Meehan On Discovering He Writes Love StoriesAndrew Meehan is nailing his colours to the mast. He writes love stories, he says – although it took him until his third and most recent novel to recognise it.It was only as he was working on his latest novel, Instant Fires, that realisation dawned.“Halfway through I discovered, ‘Andrew, you write love stories. OK, it took you a while to cop on to the fact it’s what you do’.” Looking back, he understands that all three of his novels are love stories.“You write what you want to read,” concludes Andrew. “We all get put in boxes and some of us invite ourselves into certain boxes and I’m now embracing the fact that I’m a writer of love stories.“The novel is about two strangers who meet over the course of a week in Heidelberg, Germany, and feel an instant attraction – despite the woman, Ute, being convinced love is not for her. Their courtship is “diffident, gentle, awkward” and is characterised as a prelude to love by Andrew’s publisher.Instant Fires by Andrew Meehan is published by New Island. More here: https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/instant-fires
Hidden Truths in Reissued Classics“Fiction sometimes unearths truths – and truths we’re not even aware of knowing,” says novelist Catherine Dunne.She’s talking about her novel, A Name For Himself, and Lia Mills’s novel Another Alice, reissued in new editions as part of the Arlen House Classic Literature.Both were published originally in the 1990s, but their themes of coercive control and an abused childhood remain relevant today.More info: http://arlenhouse.ie
Writer Colum McCann talks about his hope that his book, Apeirogon, may contribute to peace. It fictionalises the true story of two fathers, an Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lose a child in the conflict.Elsewhere in the interview, Colum says he can’t write poetry but is drawn to it, and talks about writers he has known including Frank McCourt and Benedict Kiely. He also reads from his novel.Produced and presented by author and journalist Martina Devlin. Music by Daragh Dukes.:: Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/
Welcome to Episode 12 of Belong Bí Ann.
Playwright and actor Thommas Kane Byrne (aka TKB) chats to host Sorcha Keane about his work, where he draws inspiration, and how he minds himself, and members of the Black Queer Book Club speak about the importance of building a community, a space of creativity, safety, friendship and support for black queer people in Ireland
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 11 of Belong Bí Ann.
Join host Sorcha Keane as she explores storytelling and story-making in this episode. Storyteller & collector Aideen McBride shares the process of story collecting and the importance of stories, while children's author Juliette Saumande & illustrator Tarsila Krüse explore how their collaboration came to be, and introduce their recent work - My Little Album of Ireland.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 10 of Belong Bí Ann.
Language, music and culture combine in this episode. Guadeloupean singer Ines Khai shares songs and stories of her career with host Sorcha Keane, while Francesca La Morgia from Mothertongues and Kirsi Hanifin from Post Primary Languages Ireland explain how important and powerful languages are
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to this bonus episode of Belong Bí Ann.
In this special episode, in partnership with First Fortnight Festival, host Sorcha Keane is joined by First Fortnight CEO Maria Fleming, and author Ann Ingle, to chat about Ann's book 'Open Hearted - Eighty Years of Love, Loss, Laughter and Letting Go'.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 9 of Belong Bí Ann.
Visual Art is the focus of this episode - Street Photographer Ruth Guest chats to host Sorcha Keane about her work in nightclubs and on the streets of Dublin, while visual artist Silvia Loeffler explores the city streets in her project with the Central Library - City Routes
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 8 of Belong Bí Ann.
Chandrika Narayanan Mohan, poet & performer, and Collie Ennis, zooligist, chat to host Sorcha Keane about their work, how art & science mix, nature and biodiversity. Collie gives us some tips for biodiversity in gardens, and Chandrika shares some beautiful poetry with us.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 7 of Belong Bí Ann.
Sport and Art - do they mix? Visual Artist and designer Áine O'Hara would say yes! She chats to host Sorcha Keane about her love of both, and how her work celebrates both sport and art.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 6 of Belong Bí Ann.
What is it about books and libraries we love so much? Authors Dermot Bolger and Liz Nugent explore their relationship with books and libraries, and why they are so important to us.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 5 of Belong Bí Ann.
The Library in the Community is a new service from Dublin City Libraries. In this episode, librarian Louise Tobin tells us all about the work of this great service, while Kristin Kristjansdottir from the Dublin Volunteer Centre explains how the DVC got involved in the Home Deliveries during lockdown.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 4 of Belong Bí Ann.
Host Sorcha Keane is joined by singer Sharyn Ward. In this episode, we hear how important music is to Sharyn and to the Traveller Community, the power of music and song in Sharyn's own life, and Sharyn performs two beautiful songs.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to episode 3 of Belong Bí Ann podcast.
Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City Historian in Residence tells host Sorcha Keane about her journey to become a historian, explores the history of weaving in the Liberties, and tells the story of the Lost Ceili of 1916!
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to Episode 2 of Belong Bí Ann.
Join host Sorcha Keane, as she chats with poetry collective WeAreGriot, comprising Felispeaks, Dagogo Hart and Samuel Yakrua. We hear about how each artist discovered poetry and how WeAreGriot came to be. Includes a beautiful performance by the trio.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Welcome to episode 1 of Belong Bí Ann podcast.
Join host Sorcha Keane as she chats with writers Manchán Magan and Oein De Bhairduin. We hear about their writing, the impact that libraries have had on their personal and professional lives, and how language and history weave their way through both writers' work.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.
A series of live conversations and performances with artists and guests, featuring each of the 21 branches of Dublin City Libraries. The guest and artists will chat about their relationship with their local libraries, through the lens of arts and culture, highlighting the impact these public spaces have had on their lives and wellbeing. Each podcast episode will feature events from the libraries and will follow general themes - offering something for fans of music, history, visual art, poetry, literature, nature and more!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Welcome to Kevin Street Library's Hallowe'en Storytime. This evening's story was written by Sheridan Le Fanu in 1851 for Dublin University Magazine and is presented herein with only the smallest of edits for narrative clarity.
Narrated and produced by Ciarán Hurley. Introduction: Chris Nugent.
The lightning cracks and the thunder rattles as The Kevin Street Library Quiz returns for a terrifyingly wonderful quiz! Rounds on Film, Samhain, Ghosts, Ghouls, and Ghastly Creatures, Spooky Books, and the scariest of all... General Knowledge!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
The Kevin Street Library Quiz returns with a regular quiz! Test your brains with rounds on First Lines (Music), Art, & Television! Have you got what it takes to answer these taxing quandries?
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Today we boldly go where a handful have gone before! Embrace your inner-Trekkie a face a quadrant of questions on every series of Star Trek, and the ever-present General Knowledge! Is there coffee in that nebula? Is she giving it all she's got, sir?! Join us and find out if you're a Q or Tribble.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Is 13 your unlucky number? Find out in this Kevin Street Library Quiz Question of Sport, Queries of Music, and Inquiries of Geography await!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A brand new Special Kevin Street Library Quiz! Can you tell your yuk-yuks from your chortles? Do you know why the actor fell through the floorboards? Test your comedy chops in this Kevin Street Library Quiz!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
3 Rounds: Film, Art, and Literature, eight questions each Are you brave enough to test your mental mettle in this latest Kevin Street Library Quiz? You are? Oh, well, very good then!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter! In a special, tribute quiz the Kevin Street Library is coming over all Peter Rabbit! Three rounds on beloved Beatrix Potter and her works, and, of course, General Knowledge.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Test your brilliant brains in rounds of Television, Ireland & Her People, and Science, Nature, & Technology!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
This week the questions are Film, Literature, and Science, Nature, and Technology! Prepare your brains for the workout...
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 202]
Bloomsday has arrived and, to celebrate, the Kevin Street Library is turning literary! Twenty-one stately, plump, James Joyce themed questions across three rounds, and then the general knowledge round!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
A brand new Special Kevin Street Library Quiz! Do you know your Batman from your Man-Bat? Can you tell how many Spider-Men there have been? Test your mental might with the Kevin Street Library Comic Book Quiz!
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
Kevin St Library staff read some favourite children's stories for Libraries Ireland's Spring into Storytime.
The Golden Spears read by Ciarán (IRISH FOLKTALE) The Radiant Boy read by Silviu (IRISH FOLKTALE)
Produced by Ciarán Hurley. Sound effects and Music provided by ZapSplatt.com and MixKit.co.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
Kevin St Library staff read some favourite children's stories for Libraries Ireland's Spring into Storytime.
Old Mother Goose read by Helene (TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYME) How the Camel Got its Hump read by Charlotte (RUDYARD KIPLING) The Tale of Peter Rabbit read by Helene (BEATRIX POTTER) The Demon Cat read by Silviu (IRISH FOLKTALE) I Saw a Ship a-Sailing read by Frank (NURSERY RHYME)
Produced by Ciarán Hurley. Sound effects and Music provided by ZapSplatt.com and MixKit.co.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
Test the old grey matter with the latest Kevin St Library Quiz.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
It's the latest Kevin St Library Quiz with your host, keeper of books, wearer of glasses, and the man with an answer for everything...Ciarán Hurley.
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
This brand new Kevin Street Library Quiz brings us the magical stories of Harry Potter. 3 rounds of magic and mischief, and 1 of general knowledge. How well do you know the Weasleys? Can you tell the difference between Snape and Sirius?
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
Pencils at the ready...it's a special James Bond edition of the Kevin St Library Quiz with your host, keeper of books, wearer of glasses, and the man with an answer for everything...Ciarán Hurley. A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2021]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
A three round, fully produced, quiz! [Created and Produced by Ciarán Hurley, with voice work by Christopher Nugent, for Dublin City Libraries. Effects from ZapSplat.com. Music from MixKit.com. All copyrights remain with the copyright holders, (c) 2020]
Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode, Michelle Read reads the first three stories from The Long Gaze Back,The Purple Jar by Maria Edgeworth, Frank's Resolve by Charlotte Riddell and Poisson d'Aril by Somerville and Ross.
Recorded at DLR LexIcon on 12 April 2018, with thanks to Marian Keyes Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries for making the audio available to us.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode, Jessica Fahy, examines the choices made in the portrayal of significant women from Irish history by leading artists of the day, and how these images may still inform our opinions today. The remarkable women featured in Jessica's talk include Countess Markievicz, Eva Gore Booth, Maud Gonne, Grace Plunkett and Sarah Cecilia Harrison.
Image: Self-portrait by Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1889) courtesy of The Hugh Lane, where you can see many of the artists and portraits mentioned in the talk.
Recorded at The LexIcon on 23 April 2018, with thanks to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries for making the audio available to us.
If you’re interested in podcasts and learning more about the literature and history of Dublin and Ireland, we recommend the Dublin Festival of History and the new City of Books podcast with Martina Devlin.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
Join Nuala O’Connor and Lia Mills for an evening of discussion and readings. Nuala reads from Shut your mouth Helene and Lia reads from The Crossing before discussing flash fiction, historical fiction, the tyranny of plot, choosing which format to tell your story.
Recorded at Tallaght Library on 11 April 2018. Thanks to our colleagues in South Dublin Library for making the audio available to us.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode of the DCLA podcast, author Kathleen Hill gives an introduction to the life and work of Maeve Brennan, and how Ranelagh and New York helped inform the themes of exile and loss that run through her writing. Maeve Brennan was born in Dublin in 1917. She grew up in Ranelagh, her family left Ireland to live in Washington D.C. when Maeve was 17.
Kathleen reads from Brennan's novella The Visitor, and short stories 'Stories of Africa' and 'The Poor Men and Women' both published in Springs of Affection.
Introduction by jazz singer, composer and lyricist Emilie Conway who wrote "You Won't Forget Me" - A Celebration of Maeve Brennan in Words & Music.
Recorded at Ranelagh Arts Centre on 15 April 2018.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode, Jessica Fahy, explores the fascinating connection between Irish women artists and the advent of modernism in Ireland from the early 20th century to the 1970s. Like their writer contemporaries, these women have been underestimated and undervalued, despite their massive contribution to the advent of modern art in Ireland.
Recorded at DLR LexIcon on 9 April 2018, with thanks to Marian Keyes Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries for making the audio available to us.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode of the DCLA podcast, authors Susan Stairs, Nuala O’Connor and Eimear Ryan read and discuss their short stories in The Long Gaze Back. Chaired by Sinéad Gleeson.
Recorded at Cabra Library on 23 April 2018.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode, art historian Jessica Fahy looks at portraits of Irish women authors featured in the Collections of Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane. Recorded at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane on 15 April 2018.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode of the DCLA podcast, The Long Gaze Back authors Bernie McGill, Lia Mills and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne talk with Sinéad Gleeson about the anthology, their work, and being a female author in Ireland today.
Recorded at Blanchardstown Library on 12 April 2018, with thanks to Fingal Libraries for making this audio available to us.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode, Looking Forward, Gazing Back, writers June Caldwell and Sinéad Gleeson and theatre maker and campaigner Lian Bell of #WakingTheFeminists, movement discuss the practices, processes and contexts of Irish women’s writing today. Chaired by Garrett Fagan.
Recorded at the National Library of Ireland on 21 April 2018, thanks to National Library of Ireland for making this audio available to us.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode musician Eileen Gogan responds to stories from The Long Gaze Back and talks to the book’s editor Sinéad Gleeson. Eileen is accompanied by musician Ed McGinley.
For rights reasons you will only hear clips from Eileen’s songs, to hear more, including her new album Under Moving Skies, visit https://eileengoganandtheinstructions.bandcamp.com/
Recorded at Walkinstown Library on 9 April 2018.
Apologies, for the poor sound quality in the first 2 minutes. It does improve and it was a super event, so stick with it and you’re in for a treat!
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this the second of a two part episode, "Selected Shorts", we hear a discussion with authors Eilís Ní Dhuibhne, Lia Mills, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Anne Devlin, chaired by Catherine Dunne. If you haven’t already, we suggest listening to part one first, where you will hear actors Rose Henderson, Susie Lamb, Katie O'Kelly and Geraldine Plunkett perform readings by these four authors.
Recorded at the New Theatre on Saturday 7 April 2018.
This interesting discussion examines whether the short story is a naturally introspective and self-reflective genre, and questions whether the form, described by Mary Lavin's as an "owl in flight", or "a slide under the microscope", has opened up or altered under the influence of television, poetry and film.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In the first of a two part episode, "Selected Shorts", we hear actors Rose Henderson, Susie Lamb, Katie O'Kelly and Geraldine Plunkett perform readings from The Long Gaze Back – stories by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Lia Mills, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Anne Devlin. The second part will feature a discussion with the authors, chaired by Catherine Dunne.
Sit back and enjoy the following stories from The Long Gaze Back: Eilis Ní Dhuibhne’s ‘The Coast of Wales’ read by Rose Henderson Lia Mills’ ‘The Crossing’ read by Susie Lamb Christine Dwyer Hickey’s ‘The Cat and The Mouse’ read by Katie O'Kelly Anne Devlin’s ‘Winter Journey (The Apparitions)’ read by Geraldine Plunkett
Recorded at the New Theatre on Saturday 7 April 2018.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode writers and editors talk about anthologies and gender balance, and read from their very favourite short stories. Featuring Sinéad Gleeson, Alan Hayes, Rob Doyle, Eimear Ryan and Philip St John. Chaired by Lia Mills with music by Ciara Sidine, accompanied by Conor Brady. Ciara’s daughters Ava and Romy also feature.
For rights reasons you will only hear clips from Ciara’s songs, to hear more visit www.ciarasidine.com
Recorded at Farmleigh House on 6 April 2018
The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson read by Philip St John The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Robbins read by Lia Mills San Francisco by Amy Hempel read by Eimear Ryan Zidane's Melancholy by Jean-Philippe Toussaint read by Rob Doyle People Like that are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk by Lorrie Moore read by Sinéad Gleeson Alan Hayes reads Butcher Bird by Geraldine Mills; The New Wife by Órfhlaith Foyle; Staying Thin for Daddy by Deirdre Brennan; I, Caroline by Nuala O'Connor Finest Flower, Watching the Dark, Trouble Come Find Me and Little Bird Song by Ciara Sidine
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode Lisa Coen, Louise Kennedy and Kathleen McMahon discuss the forgotten writings of Charlotte Riddell, Norah Hoult and Mary Lavin, chaired by Sinéad Gleeson. With dramatised readings by actor Ger Ryan.
Recorded at Pearse Street Library on 19 April 2018.
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Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.
In this episode novelist and journalist Martina Devlin discusses the fascinating letters from Somerville and Ross n the early 1900s. Edith Somerville and her second cousin Violet Martin may have been Victorian women, but their flair, business expertise and ambition were ultra-modern. From their light-hearted Irish R.M. series of stories to darker novels including the classic The Real Charlotte, their skills as the Somerville and Ross writing duo were wide-ranging. Their talents extended to their correspondence, and the voices of these irrepressible, talented Women of Letters emerges in their dispatches to Lady Gregory, their literary agent, James Pinker – and to each other.
Recorded at the National Library of Ireland on 30 April 2018.
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Featured image is from page 159 of 'Through Connemara in a Governess Cart. By the authors of “An Irish Cousin” [i.e. Edith Œ. Somerville and “Martin Ross,” i.e. Violet Martin]. Illustrated by W. W. Russell, from sketches by Edith Œ. Somerville. Image courtesy of British Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11303649384
Welcome to the Dublin City Libraries and Archives podcast. Our new season looks back at Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, where we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This wonderful anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson. While the events planned for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book are postponed, we encourage you to enjoy this year's choice Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey, available electronically on Libraries Ireland’s BorrowBox app, and in libraries and bookshops when they reopen, and to listen back on this podcast.
In this episode, "Selected Shorts", we hear actors Rose Henderson, Susie Lamb, Katie O'Kelly and Geraldine Plunkett perform readings from The Long Gaze Back – stories by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Lia Mills, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Anne Devlin – followed by a discussion with the authors, chaired by Catherine Dunne.
Recorded at the New Theatre on Saturday 7 April 2018.
A talk by Cormac Moore looking at the history of this local Fairview business as it celebrates 100 years in business in 2017.
Started by Elias Edge (Senior) who was born in 1872 the history of this neighborhood hardware shop is also the history of the area. Cormac brings that history to life as he discusses the floods, bombings, escaped lions and further floods which shaped Fairview over the last 100 years.
If you want to learn more you might like to check out the following:
The bombing of Dublin's North Strand by Kevin C. Kearns. http://bit.ly/2sdpU7p Fortune's wheel : The life and legacy of the Fairview lion tamer. A dvd directed by Joe Lee http://bit.ly/2knnnUO
You can also find historic photographs of Fairview on our digital repository and images of the North Strand Bombing on our online gallery: http://bit.ly/2Lt4mg8
Recorded at the 2017 Dublin Festival of History. http://dublinfestivalofhistory.ie Cormac is part of the Historian in Residence team (Dublin City Council) for the North Central Area. https://twitter.com/DubHistorians Additional research by Beverly Edge.
In “Women’s Voices 1914-1918” we read from some archival sources from Dublin City Library and Archive to highlight four Irish women whose lives were impacted by the First World War in very different ways.
The four women featured are Anna Haslam, Nora Guilfoyle, Monica Roberts and Maeve Cavanagh.
Part of a new exhibition by Dublin City Archives entitled “Doing their bit” Irish Women and the First World War. On display at Dublin City Library and Archive until the end of April 2018.
Dr Brian Hanley, author and historian looks at Communism in Ireland during the period 1917-1937
Part of a series of lunchtime talks at Dublin City Hall curated by Francis Devine and organised by Dublin City Library & Archive, to commemorate the Russian Revolution of 1917. Courtesy of History.com
Recorded at Dublin City Hall on 17 October 2017.
Donal Fallon, Historian-in-Residence, Dublin City Council looks at the Irish response to the Russian Revolution.
Part of a series of lunchtime talks at Dublin City Hall curated by Francis Devine to commemorate the Russian Revolution of 1917. Courtesy of History.com
Series curated by Francis Devine. Organised by Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street Dublin 2
Recorded at Dublin City Hall on 10 October 2017.
The Conniving House tavern, long since forgotten, opened in 1725. On the water not far from where Sandymount Green is now, it is the cultural and geographical starting point for this lecture on the lively interaction of poetic and musical cultures in eighteenth-century Dublin. The only verbal account that we have of that venue comes from Life of John Buncle, esq. by Thomas Amory, who heard there the famous Larry Grogan playing the pipes while Jack Lattin, ‘the most agreeable of companions’, played matchlessly on the fiddle. Other writers of the period, such as Laurence Whyte and Charles Coffey, recorded an energetic native musical culture. This lecture explores a fascinating moment in the history of Dublin’s poetical and musical cultures, one which yields several compelling instances of cross-cultural connivance.
The 21st Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, was given by Dr Michael Griffin, University of Limerick at the Dublin City Library and Archive on Wednesday, 24 January 2018.
Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence, looks at the history of William Spence Engineering Works Cork Street established in 1856. Recorded on the 24 November 2017 at Dublin City Library and Archive as part of Explore Your Archive 2017.
Listen back to Sheela Keane, from our Central Library, discussing 'Knowing Dublin - Know Your City Council' on NearFM's Northside Today programme on 12 October 2017: http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?p=23766
Many thanks to NearFM for permission to upload and share this recording.
Knowing Dublin – Know Your City Council is a simple introduction to the work of Dublin City Council and the role of the elected representatives in the life of the city. It is a nuts and bolts piece, told in plain language, designed to inform those with little or no knowledge of the many services that the Council provides. As such, it is relevant for young adults, new citizens, immigrants, and anyone who wants to know more about how Dublin City functions. It is also a useful tool for teachers as a basis for class lessons.
Download a copy of the guide from http://www.dublincity.ie/story/knowing-dublin-%E2%80%93-know-your-city-council
The guide describes in detail the work of the local government elected representatives. There is a strong emphasis on voting: how to vote and why it is so important that citizens use their vote.
Listen back to local Historian and well-known author Bernard Neary from Cabra West as he brings us on an interesting tour of Dublin 7, including the people, places and buildings of interest. Find out where the writer Iris Murdoch was born, where the poet Austin Clarke grew up and where Matt Kiernan made his Uilleann Pipes. Discover interesting facts about local landmarks including the Royal Canal, Broadstone Railway Station and The Four Courts. Reminisce about skipping and conkers games played by children and the picturehouses that dotted the area.
Bernard’s new book Dublin 7, published by The Lilliput Press, is available to borrow from your local library and at bookshops.
Recorded at Cabra Library Wednesday 23 August 2017 as part of Heritage Week.
This talk by Peter Clarke covers 225 years of the Royal Canal's history, from its origins in 1789 through all its phases to the present day. The talk traces the planning and construction of the canal and references many places, people and events of historical interest along the course of Dublin’s beloved Royal Canal.
Recorded at Phibsboro Library on Monday 21 August 2017 as part of Heritage Week 2017.
Peter Costello is an author and editor, described by the American critic Robert Hogan in the Greenwood Dictionary of Irish Literature as “a contemporary embodiment” of the “tradition in Irish literature of the independent scholar, who has an erudition embarrassing to the professional academic”. He is one of Ireland’s leading Joyceans and has written, edited or contributed to some thirty-seven books and his interests are wide-ranging – from Irish cultural, political and business histories to research on the Piltdown Man hoax and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He has published a book on Dublin Churches, and a new edition, with an introduction, of Chesterton's Christendom in Dublin, on the Eucharistic Congress of 1932.
Part of the Living in Victorian Dublin seminar which explored a wide range of contrasting topics relating to this influential era in Dublin’s history including architecture, tenements, bourgeoisie homes, and homelessness.
Recorded at Council Chamber, City Hall on 26 August 2017, as part of Living in Victorian Dublin, Dublin City Archive’s Heritage Week Seminar.
Elizabeth Smith is an authority on Belgrave Square in Rathmines and she has spoken on this topic to many local history societies in Dublin. She also completed a Certificate in Local History at Dublin City Library & Archive when she was the inaugural winner of the Lord Mayor’s Prize for best dissertation. She is founder of the Local History Alumni Group, also at DCLA, and this has gone from strength to strength.
Part of the Living in Victorian Dublin seminar which explored a wide range of contrasting topics relating to this influential era in Dublin’s history including architecture, tenements, bourgeoisie homes, and homelessness.
Dr Jacinta Prunty is Head of the History Department at Maynooth University. She has written extensively on the Dublin Slums and her book of that title is a work which has been welcomed by geographers and historians alike. It gives a comprehensive and insightful account and analysis of Dublin’s inexorable transformation into a slum city; it provides a template for researchers in Irish urban history; and it awakens social historians to what they have to learn from the historical geographers.
Part of the Living in Victorian Dublin seminar which explored a wide range of contrasting topics relating to this influential era in Dublin’s history including architecture, tenements, bourgeoisie homes, and homelessness.
Recorded at Council Chamber, City Hall on 26 August 2017, as part of Living in Victorian Dublin, Dublin City Archive’s Heritage Week Seminar.
This talk by Turlough O’Donnell marked the 800th anniversary of the connections between Dublin and the Camino de Santiago which was celebrated in 2016.
Turlough O’Donnell is chair of the Camino Society Ireland CLG and has walked many parts of the Camino.
Recorded at Cabra Library on 6 October 2016 as part of Dublin Festival of History.
Photo: El Camino de Santiago en Logroño (La Rioja - España) by Juanje 2712 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camino_de_Santiago_en_Logro%C3%B1o.JPG
Listen back to bestselling author Anthony Horowitz in conversation with author and RTÉ correspondent Sinéad Crowley, recorded in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St on Thursday 14 September 2017 at 7pm. He read from, and talked about his latest novel The Word is Murder, which is the first of a brilliant new detective series set in London featuring Detective Michael Hawthorne.
This event was organised by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature in partnership with Penguin Random House Ireland.
Recorded at Dublin City Library & Archive on 14 September 2017.
Michael Barry author of 'Victorian Dublin Revealed' gives an overview of Dublin city, demonstrating how many buildings, both public and domestic, have remained from the Victorian era and introducing them through his own splendid photography.
Part of the Living in Victorian Dublin seminar which explored a wide range of contrasting topics relating to this influential era in Dublin’s history including architecture, tenements, bourgeoisie homes, and homelessness.
Recorded at Council Chamber, City Hall on 26 August 2017, as part of Living in Victorian Dublin, Dublin City Archive’s Heritage Week Seminar.
In 1922-23, over 200 people were killed and 3,500 imprisoned in Dublin as rival pro and anti-Treaty factions of the nationalist movement came to blows. John Dorney will talk about urban guerrilla warfare, prisons, executions and assassination during this tumultuous period.
Image: Ferguson Raid, from ‘Ireland’s Tragic Week’ a special supplement to the Irish Life newspaper, published on 14 July 1922
John Dorney is a historian and editor of the Irish Story website. His forthcoming book on the Irish Civil War in Dublin will be published by Merrion Press in 2017.
Recorded at Inchicore Library on 5 October 2016.
Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Maeve Casserly discusses the Irish Civil War. Recorded at Rathmines Library on 26 June 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series. This three part series of lectures gives an overview of a turbulent and challenging time as Ireland becomes a new nation.
Image: Coffin of Michael Collins being carried from the Pro-Cathedral, National Library of Ireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/15766239474
About Dublin City Council's Historians-in-Residence:
Building on the success of the 2016 centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising, which saw unprecedented numbers in the City engage with history, 'Dublin Remembers: Is Cuimhin Linn' aims to make history accessible and enjoyable for all. The project involves six historians-in-residence working with the general public, libraries, community groups and schools in Dublin City.
The six historians were appointed in April 2017 and are working on all sorts of history events throughout the city including talks, walks, tours, discussions, history book clubs, blogs, exhibitions and more.
Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Maeve Casserly discusses the War of Independence. Recorded at Terenure Library on 20 September 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series. This three part series of lectures gives an overview of a turbulent and challenging time as Ireland becomes a new nation.
Image: Michael Collins, 1922 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mich…llins_1922.jpg
About Dublin City Council's Historians-in-Residence:
Building on the success of the 2016 centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising, which saw unprecedented numbers in the City engage with history, 'Dublin Remembers: Is Cuimhin Linn' aims to make history accessible and enjoyable for all. The project involves six historians-in-residence working with the general public, libraries, community groups and schools in Dublin City.
The six historians were appointed in April 2017 and are working on all sorts of history events throughout the city including talks, walks, tours, discussions, history book clubs, blogs, exhibitions and more.
Seán Connolly was in command of the City Hall garrison on Easter Monday 1916. Hear the story of this Dublin Corporation employee, Irish Citizen Army captain and the first rebel to die in the Rising.
Donal Fallon is a historian with a particular interest in the history of Dublin. He is one of the founders and contributors to the “Come Here To Me” blog and has published widely on Irish history.
Recorded at Drumcondra Library on 29 September 2016.
"How do Jacob's get the figs into their Fig Rolls?" Well Jim Figgerty was purportedly the only man who knew this secret and he was the star in an iconic series of ads in the '60s.
Paddy Griffin was the actor who brought Jim Figgerty to life. Here Wendy Williams, curator of the 'Jacobs Biscuits & Dublin' exhibition talks to his son Gerry Griffin and his granddaughter Elaine Griffin about Paddy and his alter ego Jim Figgerty!
Gerry Griffin is the son of singer and actor Patrick Griffin who played the infamous Jim Figgerty in the Jacob's advertising campaign of the late 1960s and early '70s. He recounts stories of his fathers singing career before he took on the Figgerty role and his own experiences as a child when his father became identified as the famous missing fig roll filler.
The Jacob's Biscuit Factory Archive is held at Dublin City Archives for more see www.dublincityarchives.ie
"How do Jacob's get the figs into their Fig Rolls?" was one of the most longstanding and iconic taglines in Irish advertising history. Here Wendy Williams, curator of the 'Jacobs Biscuits & Dublin' exhibition talks to Ian Fox about the history of advertising Jacob's Biscuits.
Ian Fox worked for Mack Kyle in Irish International Advertising for many years starting in the late 1960s. In this interview he recalls the origination of the 'Jim Figgerty' advertising campaign for W & R Jacob & Co and talks about the response it generated in the national media.
The Jacob's Biscuit Factory Archive is held at Dublin City Archives for more see www.dublincityarchives.ie
Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Maeve Casserly discusses Ireland in 1917. Recorded at Rathmines Library on 12 June 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series. This three part series of lectures gives an overview of a turbulent and challenging time as Ireland becomes a new nation.
About Dublin City Council's Historians-in-Residence:
Building on the success of the 2016 centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising, which saw unprecedented numbers in the City engage with history, 'Dublin Remembers: Is Cuimhin Linn' aims to make history accessible and enjoyable for all. The project involves six historians-in-residence working with the general public, libraries, community groups and schools in Dublin City.
The six historians were appointed in April 2017 and are working on all sorts of history events throughout the city including talks, walks, tours, discussions, history book clubs, blogs, exhibitions and more.
Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Dr Brian Hanley discusses the Irish Civil War June 1922 – May 1923. Recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive on 26 June 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series. This three part series of lectures gives an overview of a turbulent and challenging time as Ireland becomes a new nation.
About Dublin City Council's Historians-in-Residence
Building on the success of the 2016 centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising, which saw unprecedented numbers in the City engage with history, 'Dublin Remembers: Is Cuimhin Linn' aims to make history accessible and enjoyable for all. The project involves six historians-in-residence working with the general public, libraries, community groups and schools in Dublin City.
The six historians were appointed in April 2017 and are working on all sorts of history events throughout the city including talks, walks, tours, discussions, history book clubs, blogs, exhibitions and more.
Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Dr Brian Hanley discusses the War of Independence. Recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive on 19 June 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series. This three part series of lectures gives an overview of a turbulent and challenging time as Ireland becomes a new nation.
About Dublin City Council's Historians-in-Residence
Building on the success of the 2016 centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising, which saw unprecedented numbers in the City engage with history, 'Dublin Remembers: Is Cuimhin Linn' aims to make history accessible and enjoyable for all. The project involves six historians-in-residence working with the general public, libraries, community groups and schools in Dublin City.
The six historians were appointed in April 2017 and are working on all sorts of history events throughout the city including talks, walks, tours, discussions, history book clubs, blogs, exhibitions and more.
What happened in Ireland after the 1916 Rising? Dublin City Council Historian-in-Residence Dr Brian Hanley takes a detailed look at Ireland in 1917.
Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive on 12 June 2017 as part of The Irish Revolution 1917-1923 lecture series.
Richard O’Carroll was a trade unionist and Labour Party councillor on Dublin Corporation, first elected in 1907. He was killed by Captain Bowen-Colthurst during the 1916 Rising and was the only elected member of Dublin City Council to be killed while on active service during the Rising.
Brian Hanley holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin and has taught and published widely on twentieth-century Irish history.
Recorded at Finglas Library on 26 September 2016.
Dr. Brian Hanley talks about the IRA and Nazi Germany. Brian Hanley is a historian and author. He has written widely on Irish republicanism and radicalism, including ‘The IRA, 1926-36’ and (with Scott Millar ‘The Lost Revolution: the Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party. Brian Hanley is Historian in Residence at Dublin City Library and Archives, 2017. His areas of expertise include society, politics and culture of 19th and 20th century Ireland, on the Irish Revolution and Civil War, on the IRA from 1923-2005.
Recorded at Raheny Library on 3 April 2017 as part of Dublin: One City, One Book programme. Dublin: One City, One Book is an award-winning Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Public Libraries, which encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. The chosen book for 2017 was Echoland by Joe Joyce.
Our modern conception of childhood as a time of education and innocence began to emerge in the eighteenth century, but it wasn’t until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that such ideas influenced the lives of children of all classes in the western world. How and why did this happen?
Marnie Hay is a historian and the author of Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland (2009). Her current research relates to the history of Irish nationalist children and youth in the early twentieth century
On the evening of Thursday, 22 June, literary award winners José Eduardo Agualusa and Daniel Hahn gave a reading, followed by a Q&A session, introduced and moderated by Sinéad Crowley, in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. Author José Eduardo Agualusa and translator Daniel Hahn were announced as winners of the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award for Agulusa's novel A General Theory of Oblivion at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House on Wednesday, 21 June 2017.
Allan Mallinson & Hugh Sebag-Montefiore in conversation with Jennifer Wellington Historical debate about World War I now boils down to views: the “Blackadder”, Lions-led-by-Donkeys view of senseless carnage orchestrated by blimpish generals; or the view that the generals have been much maligned and actually achieved a stunning victory despite the enormous human cost. Here, in the Centenary year of The Somme, two eminent military historians offer their interpretations of the “war to end all wars”
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is a journalist and historian. His best-selling books include Enigma: The Battle for the Code and Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man. Published on the centenary of the battle, his new book, Somme: Into the Breach, has received unanimously laudatory reviews. Allan Mallinson is a former infantry and cavalry officer. He is the author of the Matthew Hervey series of novels and writes on defence matters for The Times and the Daily Telegraph. His latest offering, Too Important for the Generals, has been praised as powerfully-argued and polemical in its analysis of WW1. Dr Jennifer Wellington is a lecturer in modern global history at UCD.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 25 September 2016.
Alex Von Tunzelmann in conversation with Dr Balázs Apor Blood and Sand is essential to our understanding of the modern Middle East, and the problems of oil, religious fundamentalism and international unity that still face the world today. It is a tale of conspiracy and revolutions, spies and terrorists, kidnappings and assassination plots, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of American hegemony. The fascinating cast of characters includes Nasser, Anthony Eden, Eisenhower, Khrushchev and Ben-Gurion.
Alex von Tunzelmann is the author of Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End; Red Heat and most recently Blood and Sand. She also writes Reel History, a weekly column about historical movies for The Guardian Film Online. Dr Balázs Apor is Assistant Professor in the Centre for European Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 25 September 2016.
John Bowman in conversation with Patrick Geoghegan Ireland: The Autobiography offers a fresh, vivid take on the last century of Irish life through a brilliant collection of eyewitness accounts and recollections. Broadcaster and historian John Bowman has spent years mining archives, diaries and memoirs to create a remarkably varied and intense mosaic of voices and perspectives. Collectively, they give us an image of Ireland unlike anything we’ve read before.
Dr John Bowman is a historian and broadcaster. Ireland: The Autobiography: Eyewitness accounts of Irish Life since 1916 is his third book. Patrick Geoghegan is Professor of Modern History at Trinity College Dublin.
Geoffrey Roberts in conversation with Judith Devlin Joseph Stalin was a voracious reader. Mostly he read government documents and the revolutionary classics but he also read Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Chekhov, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Balzac. By the time he died his library contained some 20,000 volumes. The books in Stalin’s personal library provide vital clues to what motivated his thoughts and actions. Geoffrey Roberts discusses the intellectual range behind the legendary monster. Geoffrey Roberts is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and Professor of History and International Relations at University College Cork. Judith Devlin is a senior lecturer in the School of History, UCD. Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 25 September 2016.
Listen back to authors Danielle McLaughlin and Roisín O'Donnell reading from their collections and discussing their creative writing process. Recorded in the Central Library on 7 April 2017 as part of their Contemporary Irish Literature Series which took place during March and April 2017.
Danielle’s debut collection of short stories Dinosaurs On Other Planets, was published in Ireland in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press and in the UK, US & Canada by John Murray and Random House in 2016. She has won various awards for her short fiction, including the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition, The Merriman Short Story Competition in memory of Maeve Binchy, and the Dromineer Literary Festival Short Story Competition.
Roisín’s debut short story collection Wild Quiet was published in 2016 by New Island Books. It was listed as one of The Irish Times' Favourite Books of 2016 and shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award 2017. Roisín’s short stories appear in Young Irelanders (2015), and in the award-winning anthologies of Irish women's writing The Long Gaze Back (2015) and The Glass Shore (2016).
The Contemporary Irish Literature Series also featured award winning writers Donal Ryan, Martin Dyar and Sara Baume http://www.dublincity.ie/recommended-tags/podcasts
Phil Scraton and Adrian Tempany in conversation with Paul Howard On 15th April 1989, 96 men, women and children who attended an FA Cup match in Sheffield never came home. Victims of criminal negligence and complacency, they died needlessly and what followed would compound the agony of their loved ones for decades. In April 2016, an inquest jury finally ruled that the victims were unlawfully killed. Hillsborough illustrated how the interests of ordinary people are marginalised when those in authority sacrifice truth and accountability to protect their reputations. Phil Scraton is a criminologist, academic and author known particularly for his investigative workinto the Hillsborough disaster. He is Professor of Criminology in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast. Adrian Tempany is a journalist, Hillsborough survivor and campaigner. He is the author of And the Sun Shines Now: How Hillsborough and the Premier League Changed Britain. Paul Howard is a former sportswriter best known for his fictional creation, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly. Paul is a lifelong Liverpool supporter. Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 24 September 2016.
Frank Dikötter in conversation with Isabella Jackson After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward, Chairman Mao launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate his enemies. The stated goal of the Cultural Revolution was to purge China of bourgeois, capitalist elements by subjecting them to public humiliation, imprisonment and torture. This third volume in Frank Dikötter’s ground-breaking ‘People’s Trilogy’ is a devastating reassessment of the history of the People’s Republic of China.
Frank Dikötter is a Dutch historian and the author of ten books that have changed the way historians view modern China. He has been Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong since 2006. Dr Isabella Jackson is Assistant Professor in Chinese History at Trinity College Dublin. Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 24 September 2016.
Roger Moorhouse in conversation with Robert Gerwarth. For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history actively collaborated with one another. The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world. WWII was launched under its auspices and its eventual collapse led to the war’s defining and deciding clash. In The Devils’ Alliance Roger Moorhouse tells the full story for the first time, from the motivation for its inception to its dramatic end in 1941 as Germany declared war against its former parter.
Roger Moorhouse is an English historian and the author of three critically-acclaimed books: Killing Hitler; Berlin at War; and most recently The Devils’ Alliance, a fascinating study of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of its Centre for War Studies. He is the author of The Bismarck Myth and Hitler’s Hangman: the Life of Heydrich.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 24 September 2016.
Saul David in conversation with Keelin Shanley
On 3rd July 1976, Israeli Special Forces carried out a daring raid to free more than a hundred Israeli, French and US hostages held by German and Palestinian terrorists at Entebbe Airport, Uganda. The legacy of this mission is still felt today in the way Western governments respond to terrorist blackmail. Now, with the mission largely forgotton or even unknown to many, Saul David gives the first comprehensive account of Operation Thunderbolt.
Saul David is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of many books on military history and is a regular contributor to programmes on British radio and television. Keelin Shanley is a journalist and presenter on RTÉ radio and television.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 24 September 2016.
Robert Gerwarth in conversation with Anthony McElligott. For the Western allies 11th November 1918 signified the end of fighting which had destroyed a generation. It also vindicated the terrible sacrifices made in the defeat of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. But for much of the rest of Europe the end of World War 1 ushered in a nightmarish series of conflicts. In his gripping book, The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of WW1. Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of its Centre for War Studies. He is the author of The Bismarck Myth and Hitler’s Hangman: the Life of Heydrich. Anthony McElligott is Professor of History and Head of Department at the University of Limerick.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 24 September 2016.
Dublin Festival of History 2016 panel with Martina Devlin, Diarmaid Ferriter, Patsy McGarry, Ronan McGreevy, Margaret O’Callaghan and moderator Sarah Carey. Despite the many dire warnings of the risks involved in the 1916 commemorations, the general consensus confirmed that Ireland had not only conducted them with dignity and gravitas but had also succeeded in igniting a public mood of pride and confidence as people streamed onto the streets to remember Ireland’s journey towards self-determination. How can we sustain the positive tone in future commemorations? Will Civil War politics provoke division and old enmities? A panel of distinguished experts examines the key issues. Martina Devlin is a novelist and columnist for the Irish Independent. Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. Patsy McGarry is Religious Affairs correspondent with The Irish Times. Ronan McGreevy is a news reporter with The Irish Times. He is the editor of Was it for This? Reflections on the Easter Rising. Margaret O’Callaghan is a senior lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast School of History. Sarah Carey is a columnist and broadcaster.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 23 September 2016.
Listen to award-winning Irish author Sara Baume as she reads from her second novel a line made by walking, and discusses how she came to write this, and her debut novel, spill, simmer, falter, wither. Recorded at the Central Library on 9 March 2017, as part of the Contemporary Irish Literature Series. (See also: Hearts and Minds with Donal Ryan and Martin Dyar)
'A line made by walking' charts a young artist's search for meaning and healing in rural Ireland. Struggling to cope with urban life and life in general, Frankie retreats to her family's rural house on "turbine hill," vacant since her grandmother's death three years earlier.
Sara Baume studied fine art before earning a Master's in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in the The Moth, The Stinging Fly, the Irish Independent, and others. She won the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Sara's debut novel, spill simmer falter wither received national and international critical acclaim and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award and is one of seven novels by Irish authors on the longlist for 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award. Her second novel, a line made by walking was published in February 2017.
Books Sara mentions, that like 'a line made by walking', are somewhere between novel, essay and ode to nature: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, The Lonely City by Olivia Laing.
Booker-nominated novelist Donal Ryan and Patrick Kavanagh Award-winning poet Martin Dyar visited the Central Library on 2 March 2017 for a special evening of collaborative and interactive explorations of their work. Donal and Martin read from their own works and read excerpts from each others work in a special call and response format.
The two writers discuss their writing process and the centrality of rural Ireland to their work, before answering questions from the audience.
Part of the Contemporary Irish Literature Series in the Central Library.
Paul Rouse in conversation with Joe Molloy at Dublin Festival of History 2016. Paul Rouse’s landmark Sport and Ireland was the first history of sport in this country, locating it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It demonstrated that there are unique aspects of Ireland’s sporting history which are defined by the peculiarities of life on a small island on the edge of Europe. Equally, the Irish sporting world is unique only in part; much of the history of Irish sport is a shared history with that of other societies.
Paul Rouse is a lecturer in the School of History at UCD. His main research interest lies in Irish social and cultural history of the 19th and 20th Centuries, particularly the history of sport, and the GAA
Joe Molloy is a presenter on Newstalk 106-108’s Off the Ball and a sports columnist at the Irish Independent.
Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle on 23 September 2016.
'Gentlemen’s Daughters in Dublin Cloisters: The social world of nuns in early 18th century Dublin', the 20th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, was given by Dr Bernadette Cunningham, Royal Irish Academy at the Dublin City Library and Archive on Wednesday, 25 January 2017.
Dr Bernadette Cunningham is Deputy Librarian at the Royal Irish Academy and she is an expert on the history of 17th and 18th century Ireland. Bernadette has published widely on early modern Irish culture and intellectual history. Books include The world of Geoffrey Keating (Dublin, 2000); The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century (Dublin, 2010); Clanricard and Thomond: 1540–1640: provincial politics and society transformed (Dublin, 2012), and (with Raymond Gillespie), Stories from Gaelic Ireland: microhistories from the sixteenth-century Irish annals (2003).
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony leader Margaret Burns Sylvia Roberts Lynda O’Connor David O’Doherty
2nd Violins Elizabeth McLaren Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Matthew Manning Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne Atès Kirkan
Horns André Cavanagh Ian Dakin David Atcheler
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony leader Margaret Burns Sylvia Roberts Lynda O’Connor David O’Doherty
2nd Violins Elizabeth McLaren Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Matthew Manning Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne Atès Kirkan
Horns André Cavanagh Ian Dakin David Atcheler
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony leader Margaret Burns Sylvia Roberts Lynda O’Connor David O’Doherty
2nd Violins Elizabeth McLaren Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Matthew Manning Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne Atès Kirkan
Horns André Cavanagh Ian Dakin David Atcheler
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
Liz D’Arcy talks about conserving the Wide Street Commission Maps. Between 1757 and 1851, the Wide Street Commission had a major impact on the development of Dublin, transforming it from a medieval city to the Dublin we know today. Dublin City Archives hold the Wide Street Commission Archives, comprising maps, minute books and architectural drawings. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Hall on 24 August 2016 as part of the Dublin City Archives' Heritage Week programme.
Harold Clarke gives a charming account of restoring the beautiful Georgian building, number 19 North Great George's Street. Hear about the challenges Harold faced during his faithful restoration of the house and the delightful features he uncovered, most particularly its beautiful decorative plasterwork. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Hall on 24 August 2016 as part of the Dublin City Archives' Heritage Week programme.
Writer and poet Gerard Hanberry reveals the inspiration behind well-known Irish songs and ballads. Learn the often surprising, sometimes bittersweet but always absorbing stories of the real women who inspired some of the world’s finest love songs. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Central Library on 23 August 2016 as part of the Libraries' Heritage Week Programme.
Gerry Hanberry is a writer, poet, musician. Read more about the stories behind great Irish love songs in Gerry's book On Raglan Road, published September 2016.
Welcome to the Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive Podcast. In this episode, Mary Muldowney looks at the lives of Dubliners who worked for the Great Southern and Western Railway in the early years of the 21st century. At the time the Great Southern and Western Railway was the largest railway system in Ireland and it was a significant employer in Dublin. Mary looks at working conditions, pay, pension and industrial action, focusing especially on the lives of those who were engaged at the lower levels of the pay scales, men and women who were completely dependent on the railways. Recorded in front of a live audience at Cabra Library on the 25 August 2016 as part of the Libraries' Heritage Week Programme.
Tessa Finn, discusses and reads some of the extraordinary love letters between her grandparents written during the turbulent year of the 1916 Rising. The letters provide an intimate glimpse into the lives of two people growing in love, not involved in the conflict but touched by it in many ways. Recorded in front of a live audience at Rathmines Library on 25 August 2016 as part of the Libraries' Heritage Week Programme.
Architects Klaus Unger and Stephen Kane present a history of Dublin City's main thoroughfare, O'Connell Street, formerly named Sackville Street. Hear about the unique design features of some of its landmark buildings and the stories behind them and find out more about the influence of the Wide Street Commission, Lord Gardiner, and renowned architects Edward Lovett Pearce, Richard Cassels, James Gandon and Francis Johnston. Recorded in front of a live audience at Rathmines Library on 23 August 2016 as part of the Libraries' Heritage Week Programme.
Award winning writer Cecil Allen talks about the colourful history of The Queen's Theatre, which was located in Pearse Street and which, from its earliest days until its closure in 1969, celebrated Ireland’s heroes and her historical characters. Recorded in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 24 August 2016.
The Irish Theatre Archive, held at Dublin City Library and Archive was founded in 1981 and now consists of over 250 collections, and 100,000 individual items. It includes collections deposited by theatres, theatre companies, individual actors, directors, costume and set designers, as well as theatre critics and fans. Collections can include theatre programs, handbills, posters, newspaper cuttings, stage managers books, production notes, costume and set designs, correspondence, administration files, scripts, photographs and recordings.
Welcome to the Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive Podcast. In this episode Akhil Sharma, winner of the 2016 International Dublin literary Award reads from his winning book 'Family Life'. The reading is followed by a Question and Answer session introduced and moderated by Niall MacMonagle. Recorded in front of a live audience in Dublin City Library and Archive on 10 June 2016.
Ian Kelly talks about his great-aunt Elizabeth O'Farrell, her role in the 1916 Rising, her work as a midwife in Holles Street and her legacy. Listen to 'The Tricolour Ribbon' sung by Antoinette Heery, to Ian reading Liam Mac Uistín's poem "We saw a vision", and to Divisional Librarian Anne-Marie Kelly performing her original vignette 'Elizabeth Looks Back'. Part of a seminar held in Dublin City Hall on 25 April 2016.
Dublin City Archivist Mary Clark talks about the 1916 Proclamation so kindly donated to Dublin City Council by the family of Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell, and tells the story of how the original signatures were chewed to a pulp by Michael Molloy. One of three talks given at a seminar held in Dublin City Hall on 25 April 2016.
Elizabeth D’Arcy shares the exciting and sometimes nerve-wracking story of how she conserved the 1916 Proclamation so kindly donated to Dublin City Council by the family of Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell. One of three talks given at a seminar held in Dublin City Hall on 25 April 2016.
Liz D'Arcy, Paperworks, Studio for Paper Conservation is qualified with an MA in Conservation of Fine Art on Paper. Liz is an accredited member of the 'Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic works in Ireland' (I.C.H.A.W.I) and a member of the 'Irish Professional Conservators and Restorers Association' (I.P.C.R.A).
Historian Donal Fallon discusses the history of commemorating the 1916 Rising, while looking at events such as the first anniversary in 1917, the often-violent Easter parades of 1930s Dublin and the 50th anniversary in 1966. Recorded in front of a live audience in Dublin City Library and Archive on 23 June 2016 as part of the Dublin City Council 1916 Centenary Programme.
Donal Fallon runs the Come here to me social history blog and is the author of John MacBride in the 16 Lives series, The Pillar: the life and afterlife of Nelson's Pillar and Come here to me! Dublin's other stories. He presented popular talks and tours as part of the Dublin Remembers 1916 programme and coordinated the My Area in 1916, Mo Cheantar agus 1916 project.
In this, the third in a series of three lectures by Doctor Brian Hanley, he looks at how the 1916 Rising has been remembered, why it has become controversial and the various interpretations of its significance 100 years on. Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 9 March 2016 as part of the Dublin City Council 1916 Centenary Programme.
Dr Brian Hanley is a historian and author. His publications include The IRA : a documentary history 1916-2005 (2015), The lost revolution : the story of the official IRA and the workers' party (2009) and A Guide to Irish Military Heritage (2004).
In this, the second in a series of three lectures by Doctor Brian Hanley, he examines the first day of the 1916 Rising, the military strategy of the rebels and popular reactions to the revolt. Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 2 March 2016 as part of the Dublin City Council 1916 Centenary Programme.
Dr Brian Hanley is a historian and author. His publications include The IRA : a documentary history 1916-2005 (2015), The lost revolution : the story of the official IRA and the workers' party (2009) and A Guide to Irish Military Heritage (2004).
In this, the first in a series of three lectures by Doctor Brian Hanley, he looks at Dublin society and politics on the eve of the 1916 Rising. Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 24 February 2016 as part of the Dublin City Council 1916 Centenary Programme.
Dr Brian Hanley is a historian and author. His publications include The IRA : a documentary history 1916-2005 (2015), The lost revolution : the story of the official IRA and the workers' party (2009) and A Guide to Irish Military Heritage (2004).
Pádraig Yeates looks at crime in Dublin in 1916. The 19th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive on 21 January, 2016.
Pádraig Yeates is a journalist, trade union activist and distinguished social and labour historian. He is an expert on the history of Dublin in the early decades of the 20th century. He is best known as the author of a series of books on Dublin in the revolutionary period as published between 2000 and 2015: A City in Wartime: Dublin 1914-1918, A City in Turmoil: Dublin, 1919-192 and A City in Civil War : Dublin, 1921-1924. He is the author Lockout, the standard work on the great 1913 labour dispute in Dublin.
Timothy Young of Yale University discusses the darker side of children's literature. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library & Archive on 28 September 2015.
Coinciding with the launch of a new database of children's books (https://nccb.tcd.ie/) and accompanying exhibition, Timothy Young (Yale University) delivered a lecture at Dublin City Library & Archive on 28th September entitled 'Happy Deaths and Urban Dangers: The Darker Side of Children's Literature'.
Timothy Young is curator of the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature, Yale University.
Poet Christine Broe reads from her collection 'Lifting Light: Poems and Artwork' in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 14 October 2015.
Born and still living in Dublin, Christine has worked as an art teacher, arts facilitator, and art therapist while looking after a family of seven. She has been writing poetry since the 1990s, winning the inaugural Brendan Kennelly Award in 2001. Christine gained international recognition when she was awarded the Premio Cittá di Olbia prize in 2002. Swan Press published her debut collection Solas Sólás in 2003.
Christine is also a long-time member of Rathmines Writer’s Workshop and has facilitated creative writing workshops using art media as inspiration for generating work. Her new book Lifting Light: Poems and Artwork was published by Swan Press in September, 2015.
Featured image: Bookcover Lifting Light by Christine Broe
Poet Ronan Brown reads from his collection in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 19 August 2015 as part of the Libraries' 'Speaking Words' Series.
Ronan Brown was born in Manchester and grew up in Dalkey in the 50s and 60s. He worked as a chartered surveyor but has been writing poetry since the 1970s. Browne was a former member of 'Chapter and Verse', the writers' group which met in the Killiney Court Hotel. His work has been published in anthologies.
Poet Rosemarie Rowley reads from her poetry in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 17 June 2015.
Rosemarie Rowley has been writing for four decades, often in formal verse, and often about women and their experiences. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she has worked abroad and presented papers at conferences worldwide.
Her poetry collections include 'The Broken Pledge' (1985), 'The Sea of Affliction', 'Flight into Reality' , 'Hot Cinquefoil Star' and 'In Memory of Her' (2008). Her most recent book is 'Girls of the Globe', where she gives a female voice to Shakespeare's heroines and a voice to those who are not often heard.
Tony Riley shares practical tips on safe Internet browsing and on how to control what information you share via social media. Recorded in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 13 June 2015.
Are you keen to get started on social media? Would you like to learn to tweet, comment on YouTube, share your photos and maintain your privacy on facebook? Are you looking for tips on how to protect your children online? Then this information session with teacher Tony Riley on 'how to use social media in a safe and fun way’ is for you.
This session will guide you on use of everyday apps and help you to be in control of what information you decide to share. Listen to Tony share practical tips on safe browsing and communicating with your children about online safety and limiting use of devices.
Australian poet Ross Donlon reads from his collection in Pearse Street Library on 13 May 2015 as part of the Libraries' 'Speaking Words' Series.
Ross Donlon lives in Castlemaine in Australia. His poems have been widely published in Australia and Ireland. The Blue Dressing Gown was published in 2011 by Profile Poetry. Tightrope Horizon (Five Islands Press) was published in 2003. Shh and Other Love Poems and My Ship were published by Mark Time Books in 2009. Shh has been anthologised in Poems for All Occasions and elsewhere. In 2014 Ross published Awakening: Poems from the collection of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Light Travelling: a sampler of new and collected poems. His latest book is Sjøvegan (The Sea Road). In 2009 Ross was awarded the Varuna Writers' House Dorothy Hewett Flagship Fellowship for Poetry, and in 2010 he was awarded the Wenlock Festival Poetry Prize at the Arvon International Poetry Competition by chief judge, Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
Image www.rossdonlon.com
The life of 19th century mathematician and poet William Rowan Hamilton told through a sequence of sonnets by poet Iggy McGovern and friends Paula Murphy and Noel Duffy. Recorded in front of a live audience in Pearse Street Library on 26 February 2015, as part of the 'Mind Yourself' Programme.
Mary Louise O’Donnell traces the history and evolution of Ireland's treasured national emblem, the harp and examines its glorious musical tradition. Includes harp recital. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library, on 12 March 2015.
The image of the harp – symbolic of the political and cultural landscape of Ireland for centuries – evokes strong sentiments in the collective Irish imagination. This iconic instrument became the emblem on Irish coinage in the sixteenth century. Since then it has been symbolic of Irish culture, music, and politics – finally evolving into a significant marker of national identity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Mary Louise O'Donnell holds a doctorate from the University of Limerick and is a former Irish Research Council postgraduate scholar and postdoctoral fellow. Her first book 'Ireland's Harp: the Shaping of Irish Identity c.1770 to 1880' was published by UCD Press in 2014.
In 'Dublin as a global city: through time and space', Kevin Whelan looks at the evolution of Dublin from humble origins to global city of today. The 18th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive on 22 January, 2015.
To mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of Finnegans Wake, Sinead Murphy and Darina Gallagher perform 'Here's Comes Everybody!', a musical journey through Finnegans Wake. Recorded in front of a live audience in Drumcondra Library on 22 May, 2014.
This performance explores the musical pulse at the heart of Finnegans Wake. The irreverence and subversion of Joyce's comic masterpiece is evoked through parlour song, music hall, nursery rhyme, folk song, street ballads, sea shanties, hymns, carols and the American songbook. James Joyce filled his work with music and in Finnegans Wake there are almost 1,000 song references and allusions. These songs create the dreamlike transformations of the Porter- Earwicker family and express the ambience and cadences peculiar to the city of Dublin.
What do we think of when we think of Dublin? How has the history and physical shape of the city influenced its poems, songs and stories? How do poems, songs, stories, history and the built environment create our sense of Dublin as a city? Join Garrett Fagan and panellists Nessa O'Mahony, Ellen Rowley, Kelly Fitzgerald and Niamh Puirséil for a lively discussion on what makes Dublin the city that it is. Recorded in front of a live audience at the National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street on Saturday 12 April 2014 as part of 'Dublin: One City, One Book'.
Dr Howard Clarke, Emeritus Professor, Department of Medieval History, UCD, re-examines the reputation of Queen Gormlaith and Brian Boru while looking at the rules of marriage, and the bewilderingly complicated nature of the relationships between some of the key players in the battle of Clontarf. Recorded in front of a live audience on 8 April 2014 as part of the Dublin City Hall lecture series.
Dr Colm Lennon, Emeritus Professor, Department of History, NUI Maynooth explores how the legend of Brian Boru and the battle of Clontarf have been adopted as a means of advancing different ideologies throughout Irish history, and how modern scholarly research is helping separate fact from myth. Recorded in front of a live audience on 1 April 2014, as part of the Dublin City Hall lecture series.
Rathmines can boast a rich literary heritage having played host to many leading literary figures including James Joyce, William Carleton, George Russell and Paul Durcan. "A Sense of Place", a literary evening held at Rathmines Library, honoured the rich literary life of the area. Local writers Evelyn Conlon, Adrian Kenny, Siobhán Parkinson and Fintan Vallely read selected pieces of their work and discussed the locality and how it may have influenced their writing. The evening was chaired by Niall MacMonagle and also featured Fintan Vallely playing a jig called "The Barley Grain" on the flute.
Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 23 October 2013.
James Connolly of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in the spring of 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.
Kathleen Clifford of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of her short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014.Sound effects by David McKeever.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.
Joe Donnellan of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads his piece about match day All Ireland 2013. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.
Francis Lawlor of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.
Brian Cushen of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.
Daniel Lloyd of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group reads from one of his short stories. Recorded in Cabra Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 869 1414 or email cabralibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Rose Kelleher of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group reads one of her short stories. Recorded in Cabra Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 869 1414 or email cabralibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Austin Moore of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads from his work. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Marie Partridge of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads one of her poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Bernadette Boland of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads from her work. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Bernadette O’Reilly of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads some of her poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Mary Oyediran of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads one of her poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Mary McCall and Nancy Matchton Owens of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group read an excerpt from a play they co-wrote. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Nancy Matchton Owens of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads one of her poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Seán Ó Flóinn of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads from his work. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Trish Kennedy of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads some of her poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Seán O'Donoghue of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads some of his poems. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.
Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.
Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie for further details
Marking the centenary of Rathmines Library, local historian Brendan Langley talks about the fascinating life of the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Brendan Langley is a local historian with a long association with the Rathmines, Ranelagh and Rathgar Historical Society.
Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 15 October 2013.
Marking the centenary of Rathmines Library, architect and former lecturer Brendan Grimes details the architectural history of the Library and outlines the history of Irish Carnegie Libraries.
Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 16 October 2013.
In this, the 17th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture - "Alleys, annals and anecdotes: a new look at Gilbert's History of Dublin", Séamas Ó Maitiú re-examines John Gilbert’s three volume History of Dublin and looks at the 19th century Dublin that inspired Gilbert.
Dr. Séamas Ó Maitiú holds an MA in local History and was awarded a PhD by the National University of Ireland for his thesis on the development of Dublin suburbs in the 19th century. He is the author of several books including Dublin's Suburban Towns, 1834-1930 and W. & R. Jacob: celebrating 150 years of Irish biscuit making.
Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 1, on 23 January, 2014.
For a taste of what to expect for the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival 2014, listen to storyteller Aideen McBride telling the tale of General Five Tiger, from Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Translated from the German by Desmond Parsons, 1937.
Author Kevin McCarthy reads from his crime novel 'Irregulars'. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 31 October 2013 as part of its 'Crime in the City: Crime and History' series.
Irregulars is set in Dublin in 1922 during the Civil War. Through his main characters Sean O'Keefe, a demobbed RIC man and Nora Flynn who works for the ruthless CID, Kevin explores this traumatic epoch of Irish history. Kevin also discusses the process of researching and writing historical novels. While researching the book he discovers CID files were burnt by order of the Minister of Home Affairs in the aftermath of the Civil War in an attempt to sanitise the records of vicious acts and move on with the founding of the Free State.
Kevin is author of the historical crime novels Peeler and Irregulars. Irregulars was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year in the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2013.
Author Michael Russell reads from his two novels, 'The City of Shadows' and 'The City of Strangers'. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 17 October 2013 as part of its 'Crime in the City: Crime and History' series.
These books form part of a series that take protagonist Garda Detective Stefan Gillespie through the early 1930s to the Second World War, 'the Emergency'. Along the way Gillespie encounters many real life historical figures as he visits locations such as Danzig, New York, London and Berlin.
Donal Fallon seeks to separate fact from folklore regarding the notorious 'Animal gangs' of the 1930s and 1940s in Dublin. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 10 October, 2013, as part of its 'Crime in the City: Crime and History' series.
Donal Fallon is co-author of 'Come Here To Me: Dublin's Other History' and a regular contributor to www.comeheretome.com. He also lectures with the UCD Adult Education Department.
author Joe Joyce reads from his thriller 'Echoland'. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 3 October, 2013 as part of its 'Crime in the City: Crime and History' series.
Echoland is set in Dublin in June 1940. Young lieutenant Paul Duggan, part of G2, the army's intelligence division is ordered to investigate a suspected German spy. His politician uncle is also making demands of Paul. His daughter Nuala has gone missing and he is desperate to keep the fact from the papers and the Blueshirts. Joe also spoke of how the rich history of Dublin during 'the Emergency' - the period of the Second World War - a time full of uncertainty and turbulence inspired the writing of this great new read.
Joe Joyce is author of 'The Boss', 'The Trigger Man', 'The Guinnesses: the untold story of Ireland's most successful family' and 'The Tower'. His most recent book is 'Echoland' was published in August 2013.
Francis Devine and Fergus Russell perform ballads and songs of the 1913 Lockout. Devine's accompanying historical commentary gives the background of the Lockout and the songs featured. Recorded by Dublin Community Television on 2 April 2013 as part of the City Hall Springtime Lecture series.
The Lockout 1913 inspired many poems, ballads, songs and rhymes. Many of which were published in The Irish Worker. These poems and ballads provide a vivid portrait of the conditions faced by Dubliners during the Lockout, the battle between the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union and the Dublin Employers’ Federation and the key personalities of the time.
Vincent Lavery talks about the politics and society of the United States of America from the 1950s to the 1970s. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, on 2 October 2013.
Vincent Lavery is a retired secondary school teacher who taught U.S. Government and Economics in the States. He is an active member of the United States of America Democratic Party. He worked with Senator Robert F Kennedy's campaign for president in 1968. He was a County Chairman in Central California and a delegate to the 1968 Convention in Chicago. He worked for Senator Kennedy for sixteen months. He promoted concerts in California during the 1960s and he turned down the opportunity to manage The Doors and Jim Morrison. He has coedited four books on soccer and football and coached soccer at several levels ranging from under 16 to adult.
In this, the 16th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, 'Dublin after Dark’, Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha offers us glimpses of life in an early modern city following sun down.
Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha has published many books on the history of Dublin including Early Modern Dubliners (2008) and Fingal, 1603-60, contending neighbours in North Dublin (2005).
The lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive on 23 January, 2013.
Welcome to the Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive Podcast. In this episode Simon Carswell, the Irish Times Finance Correspondent, talks about Anglo Irish Bank and the part it played in Ireland's economic collapse. This talk, one of a series on the Irish Economy, was recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 29 March 2012.
Gregory Connor, Professor of Finance at NUI, Maynooth, talks about the effect of Ireland joining the Euro, and how things may have worked out differently if our banking regulatory system had been stricter. He also addresses the housing situation, mortgage arrears and how Ireland might get out of debt. This talk, one of a series on the Irish Economy, was recorded in front of a live audience at the Central Library in March 2012.
Economist Ronan Lyons talks about the Irish property market, the changes over time to house prices in Ireland and what might happen in the future. This talk, one of a series on the Irish Economy, was recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 15 March 2012.
Johnny Connolly outlines current research and policy on the broad areas of crime and drugs, and also discusses crime statistics and recent trends in drug consumption. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Central Library on 8 September 2011 as part of its 'Crime and the City' series.
Johnny Connolly is a criminologist in the Alcohol and Drugs Research Unit of the Health Research Board. He has researched and written on community policing, drugs and crime and alternatives to imprisonment. He is a Board member of the Irish Penal Reform Trust.
Johnny outlines current research and policy on the broad areas of crime and drugs. He explains where the statistics in use come from, what they explain and what they may conceal. He also goes through recent trends in drug consumption (rise in the Celtic tiger years, subsequent fall and the ‘headshop’ phenomena) and the official response to this. His talk was followed by questions and answers.
Declan Burke, crime author and journalist, reads from his novel 'Absolute Zero Cool', and explains how he had come to write the book. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Central Library in September 2011 as part of its 'Crime and the City' series.
Declan Burke is an author, journalist and noted blogger. As the owner of the Crime Always Pays website he keeps tabs on the crime writing scene, paying special attention to works and writers of Irish interest. He also pens a monthly Crime Beat column for The Irish Times Review supplement. A multi-talented chap he edited the recent bestselling Down these Green Streets anthology which drew together contributions from the cream of Irish crime writers and commentators on the craft, context and critical relevance of the crime genre in this Emerald Isle.
Declan reads from his novel Absolute Zero Cool, which was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Irish Book Award and in between segments explains how he came to write this well regarded book.
Questions initially focused on the writing process, his publishing history, online promotion and his blog. Discussion afterwards ranged on everything from blowing up hospitals to crime writing in Ireland.
In this lecture, Brendan Twomey author of many books about Dublin, examines the life and works of Sir John T. Gilbert. The 15th Annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive on 23 January, 2012.
Born in 1829, Gilbert was author of the influential three volume 'History of the city of Dublin', published from 1857-59. He was a firm advocate of documenting the history of his native city using primary sources. His work on manuscripts relating to the city alerted him to the need for the preservation of Irish public records, many of which were in a neglected and vulnerable condition. He calendared the records of Dublin Corporation, which date from the twelfth century, and began the series of printed volumes The calendar of ancient records of the city of Dublin.
John T. Gilbert's valuable library of mainly 17th and 18th century books and manuscripts relating to Dublin and Ireland was purchased by Dublin Corporation after his death in 1898. It forms the nucleus of the special collections of Dublin City Public Libraries.
Brendan Twomey has published many books on the history of Dublin including 'Dublin in 1707: A year in the life of the city' (2009) and 'Smithfield and the Parish of St Paul, Dublin 1698-1750' (2005).
Author Cormac Millar reads from his novel 'An Irish Solution' and comments on the nature of crime and crime writing, the paradoxes raised when society attempts to control criminal activities and the failings of the political establishment. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Central Library in September 2011 as part of its 'Crime and the City' series.
Cormac Millar is the author of the critically acclaimed novels An Irish Solution and The Grounds. Cormac reads from An Irish Solution, interspersing it with comments and questions about the nature of crime and crime writing, the paradoxes raised when society attempts to control criminal activities and the failings of the political establishment.
John Lonergan. former Governor of Mountjoy Prison, talks of his time in the Prison Service and his philosophy on prison, dealing with prisoners and people in general. He touches on parenting, the importance of education, self-esteem and community. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Central Library in September 2011 as part of its 'Crime and the City' series.
John Lonergan entered the prison service in 1968 and became Governor of Mountjoy in 1984. After 42 years in the prison service he retired and wrote The Governor which told his life story from his upbringing in rural Tipperary to his retirement as the Governor of Mountjoy.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 1) Sinfonia from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 2) Chorus (SATB) Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 3) Aria (S) Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 4) Chorus (SATB) Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 5) Trio (ATB) Zedern müssen von den Winden from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No.6) Chorus (SATB) Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (No. 7) Chorus (SATB) Menie Tage in den Leiden from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (No. 4) Recitative (S) Ach! wer doch schon im Himmel wär! from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (No. 5) Aria (S) Ich säe meine Zähren from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (No.7) Aria (TB) Wie will ich mich freuen from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (No.8) Chorale (SATB) Lob und Dank sei dir gesungen from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
On 7 March 2010 the Orchestra of St Cecilia, Dublin completed its project of performing all two hundred of Bach’s Church Cantatas over ten years and sixty concerts!
Cantata 199 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (No 1) Recitative (S) Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut from highlights from the Orchestra of St Cecilia Complete Bach Cantatas Project 2001-2010 (Disc 1)
To mark the occasion of Colum McCann winning the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with his book Let the Great World Spin, Pearse Street Library played host to a reading by Colum McCann and a question and answer session between Niall MacMonagle and the author.
In this fascinating session Colum talks about his personal experience of 911, and how he chose to confront it obliquely in his writing, rather than head on as Roth and DeLillo chose to do. He discusses the process of developing and managing the many characters, voices and narrative strands of Let the Great World Spin. The conversation then turns to the issues of identity and place and a familiar motif in Irish writing, the writer leaving home to live and write abroad.
Author Paul Murray reads from his novel ‘Skippy Dies’, and takes questions from the audience. With an introduction by Rita McCann. Recorded in the Central Library on 27 of May 2011 as part of its 'Dublin Revealed' series.
Born in Dublin in 1975, Paul Murray studied English Literature in Trinity College. He later completed a postgraduate degree in Creative Writing at East Anglia University. His riotously funny début novel, An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003), was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and for the Kerry Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies (2010) was long-listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Neil Jordan is set to direct the film adaptation. Skippy Dies has been supported by ILE in Italian, German and Norwegian. "Skippy Dies is so appealing and surprising that the pages pass with ease", The Guardian.
Author Kevin Barry reads from his novel ‘City of Bohane’, and takes questions from the audience. With an introduction by Aoife Walsh. Recorded in the Central Library on 20 May 2011 as part of its 'Dublin Revealed' series.
Kevin Barry was born in Limerick in 1969 and now lives in Sligo. His first collection of short stories, There Are Little Kingdoms, won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2007. Fellow Irish short story writer Philip Ó Ceallaigh praised them as 'vibrant, original, and intelligent short stories that deserve to be read and reread and to outlast the strange years that made them'. He won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane. The novel is set in 2054 in the fictional city of Bohane in the West of Ireland, which is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. Irvine Welsh has described Barry as ‘the most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years’.
Author Carlo Gébler reads from his novel ‘The Dead Eight’, and takes questions from the audience. With an introduction by Sinéad Mac Aodha. Recorded in the Central Library on 13 May 2011 as part of its 'Dublin Revealed' series.
Born in Dublin in 1954, Carlo Gébler was brought up in London and studied at the University of York and the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield. His novels include The Eleventh Summer (1985), Work & Play (1987), Malachy and his Family (1990), Life of a Drum (1991), The Cure (1994), How to Murder a Man (1998) and A Good Day for a Dog (2008). He collaborated with Patrick Maguire to write the 2008 memoir, My Father's Watch: The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain, imbuing it with a "quiet emotionalism" (The Guardian). His books for children are well-known: Caught on a Train (2001) was short-listed for a Bisto prize. In addition, he has written articles and short stories for many national publications and a libretto for opera. He is a film-maker, producer and director of television documentaries. Carlo’s work has been supported by ILE in Italian and Hebrew. Carlo Gébler is a member of Aosdána and lives in Enniskillen.
'Mr J. Kennedy Miller's very capable company of Irish players', Christopher Fitz-Simon details Miller's successful Irish theatre company which toured Ireland and Britain during the period 1889 - 1906. The fourteenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 24 January 2011.
Hilary McDonagh looks at the history of the Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club 1918-1999 and at some of the Maids who made it on and off the pitch. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 11 September 2010, as part of the Sport and the City Seminar.
Ciarán Priestley outlines the history of Dublin’s Bohemian Football Club, looking at influential players, club rivalries and key games, since the club’s foundation in 1890. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 11 September 2010, as part of the Sport and the City Seminar.
'Where Dubliners have played', Dr Roisín Higgins relates the rich history of Dublin's sporting grounds, pitches and clubs and what they tell us about the social, economic and political life of city and its people. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 11 September 2010, as part of the Sport and the City Seminar.
Dr William Murphy charts the relationship between the GAA and revolutionary nationalism in Dublin in the years 1913-1923. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 11 September 2010, as part of the Sport and the City Seminar.
Colonel Donal O’Carroll discusses the transformation of the Irish Army during the Emergency 1939 to 1945. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.
'Hostile aircraft approaching Irish coast’, Michael Kennedy discusses the air defence of Dublin during the time of the North Strand Bombing, 1941. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.
Dr Michael Kennedy is the Executive Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series – volume VII (1941-45), which covers the North Strand bombing. He has published widely on Irish political, diplomatic and military history. His ‘Guarding Neutral Ireland’ (published in 2008) was the first book to examine the North Strand bombing from a military perspective. Michael Kennedy and Victor Laing’s publication The Irish defence forces 1940-1949, the Chief of Staff’s reports is available for consultation in the Reading Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Kevin O’Connor examines the effects of war-time censorship on historical sources which reference the North Strand Bombing 1941. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.
Eoin Bairéad discusses the causes and consequences of the German bombings of Ireland during the period 1940 to 1941, including the bombings in Campile, Co. Wexford; Donore in Dublin and Belfast. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.
Eoin Bairéad has an M.A. in Local History from NUI Maynooth where his main thesis concerned the bombing of Donore Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin in January 1941. The work is published as The bombing of Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin, 1941 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series, 2010.
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin talks about his career publishing high quality translated books for the Irish market, while working in co-operation with international publishers. Recorded at the Central Library on 24 November 2010, as part of the series series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.
Author Hugo Hamilton talks about his "strange life in translation" and reads from his novels ‘The Speckled People’, ‘The Sailor in the Wardrobe’ and 'Hand in the Fire', before answering questions from the audience. Recorded at the Central Library on 17 November 2010, as part of the series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.
Hugo Hamilton is a writer of German-Irish descent and a member of Aosdána. He is the winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Hamilton’s memoirs, The Speckled People (2003) and The Sailor in the Wardrobe (2006), have become bestsellers and have fascinated readers all over the world. The Speckled People won the prestigious Prix Femina Étranger in France, as well as the Berto prize in Italy and has been translated into 15 languages to date. His latest novel, Hand in the Fire, was published this year by Fourth Estate. Hugo’s works have been translated into Dutch, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Serbian, Norwegian and Danish.
Author John Boyne reads from his novels ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘Noah Barleywater Runs Away’, and takes questions from the audience. Recorded at the Central Library on 10 November 2010, as part of the series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.
John Boyne gained worldwide recognition for his fourth novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, published in 2006 and adapted for cinema in 2008. The book won the Irish Children’s Book Award in 2007 as well as the Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Award. Several of his children’s stories have been televised or adapted for radio. John Boyne’s most recent novel for adults, The House of Special Purpose, was published last year and his new novel for young readers, Noah Barleywater Runs Away, was published just last month. With the support of Ireland Literature Exchange, John’s works have been published in Slovenian, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Finnish.
On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.
Sa chlár seo tá Caitríona Ní Chléirchín ag léamh rogha dá cuid filíochta. In this episode Caitríona Ní Chléirchín reads from a selection of her poems.
As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.
As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.
As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.
As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. Students from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their own work, including the anthology, Sixteen after Ten and Blaiseadh Pinn: Nuascríbhneoireacht Ghaeilge, published by Cois Life.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh ag léimh as a gcéad cnuasach filíochta, Péacadh. In this episode Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh reads from her first collection of poetry, Péacadh
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Caitríona Ní Chléirchín ag léamh rogha dá cuid filíochta. In this episode Caitríona Ní Chléirchín reads a selection of her poems.
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Majella McDonnell ag léimh gearrscéal dár teideal 'Cuimhní Poirceallán'. In this episode Majella McDonnell reads her short story 'Cuimhní Poirceallán'
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Ríona Nic Congáil ag léamh as An Túr Solais, leabhar dó Phaistí. In this episode Ríona Nic Congáil reads from her children’s book An Túr Solais.
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta ag léamh as dialann briongloide agus alt faoi taisteal sa Nua-Shéalainn a scríobh sí do nuachtán Foinse. In this episode Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta reads two pieces from a dream diary and a newspaper article about travelling in New Zealand that she wrote for Foinse newspaper.
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
Sa chlár seo tá Scott de Butleir ag léamh rogha dá cuid filíochta. In this episode Scott de Butléir reads a selection of his poems.
Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.
John Gray was an ordinary working-class man who, as the alleged model for the “Dorian” of Oscar Wilde’s novel, became a household name. How did this happen? Did Wilde in fact invent John Gray? What forces colluded to help manufacture this new kind of fame –known to us now as “celebrity culture” – and what was its price? By retelling the story of the man who became Dorian Gray, Jerusha McCormack seeks to throw new light on the power of Wilde’s novel: to create as well as to destroy those around him – and finally to conscript the very life of the author himself.
Jerusha McCormack is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde and his circle, Jerusha McCormack has written the definitive biography of John Gray, the young working-class lad rumoured to be the model for The Picture of Dorian Gray. After 30 years as a lecturer in the School of English at University College, Dublin, Dr. McCormack now works as a Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she helped set up the first (and so far, the only, comprehensive Irish Studies Centre in China).
The lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library & Archive on 26 April 2010 as part of the Dublin: One City, One Book 2010 programme.
Image: John Gray
'Rediscovering Emmet's Dublin through the Collections of Dublin City Libraries' by Dr Máire Kennedy, Divisional Librarian with Dublin City Public Libraries in charge of Special Collections. Introduction by Aidan O'Hara, Emmet and Devlin Committee. In this talk, Máire Kennedy outlines key resources for researchers interested in Robert Emmet and the broader socio-political landscape of late 18th and early 19th century Dublin.
The 8th Annual Emmet and Devlin Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 15 March 2010.
In this lecture, 'Commodious temples' Brendan Grimes discusses the emergence of Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin following over 100 years of discrimination against Catholics and brings his audience on a fascinating tour of Dublin churches such as Saint Nicholas of Myra's, Saint Audeon's and Saint Francis Xavier's. The thirteenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 21 January 2010.
In this lecture, 'Dublin City Public Libraries 1884-2009: 125 years of service to the community', Deirdre Ellis-King, former Dublin City Librarian commemorates 125 years of Public Library Service in Dublin City. Recorded at Dublin City Public Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 26 September, 2009 as part of Local History Day.
Ceithre seachtaine, Carnán scéalta: Cromail i mBaile Atha Cliath, 1649' (Four Weeks, a collection of stories of Cromwell in Dublin 1649) by Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha. Thug Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, (léachtóir agus staraí), léacht gearr mar gheall ar na scéalta atá ag baint le saol Cromail i mBaile Átha Cliath. Is as Cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath ó dhúchas í Maighréad agus tá roinnt leabhar agus roinnt altanna sna hirisí stairiúla foilsithe aici.
In this Irish language lecture, 'Ceithre seachtaine, Carnán scéalta: Cromail i mBaile Atha Cliath, mile sé deág daichead a naoi' (Four Weeks, a collection of stories of Cromwell in Dublin, 1649) Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, recounts stories relating to Oliver Cromwell's time in Dublin in 1649.
Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 9 March 2009.
Maighréad is a native of Dublin and has published books and journal articles including Early Modern Dubliners, published by Dublin City Public Libraries.
Early modern Dublin was a massive time of growth from Dublin as it transformed from a small medieval city to the modern city we recognise today. In this lecture, 'Dublin's civic buildings in the early modern period' Professor Colm Lennon takes us on a journey through the city, highlighting the key buildings, many of which have become landmark features of Dublin. Professor Lennon draws on sources including Malton's prints and famous maps of Dublin by Rocque, Brooking and de Gomme to trace the development of civic buildings in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
The twelfth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture was recorded on 22 January 2009 at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.
This lecture was published by Dublin City Public Libraries in 2010.
Dublin City has a remarkable collection of historical documents, many of which are under the care of Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive. Dr Maighread Ní Mhurchadha has drawn on the contents of these and other records to tell the stories of some of Dublin's residents during the Renaissance period in her book Early Modern Dubliners. Despite many difficulties, including plague, riots, the threat of war and serious religious differences, the citizens maintained a spirit of independence, a belief in the importance of their city and a strong sense of community, often using unorthodox means to achieve their ends and, occasionally, even managing to enjoy themselves!
This talk marked the launch of the Early Modern Dubliners on the 28th August, 2008.
In this lecture "Through streets broad and narrow": a history of Dublin’s trams, Michael Corcoran discusses the history of Dublin's trams, the men who drove them and how they intersected with events in Dublin's history such as the 1913 Lockout and the 1916 Rising. Michael Corcoran is a retired staff member of Dublin City Council, and founding member of the National Transport Museum at Howth.
The tenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 23 January 2007.
This lecture was published by Dublin City Public Libraries in 2008.
In this lecture, 'River, rivalry and revolt: history of the built fabric of Dublin City' Dr Christine Casey looks at how three elements the river, rivalry with London and revolution helped influence and shape the topography of Dublin. Dr Christine Casey is lecturer at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD.
The eleventh annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive on On 23 January 2008.
This lecture was published by Dublin City Public Libraries in 2009.
A tips and advice session aimed at writers of children's literature presented by Barry Cunningham and Mary Byrne. The practical advice centred on elements of successful children's literature and the publishing and marketing process. In association with the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry. Recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive on 23 February 2008.
Mary Byrne worked in the children's publicity department of Puffin for years and she is now a PR consultant specialising in children's books. She plans campaigns for children's writers such as Cornelia Funke, Darren Shan, Cathy Hopkins, Derek Landy and Kate Thompson. She works closely with The Chicken House, Harper Collins and Picadilly Press.
Barry Cunningham was the Marketing Director for Puffin, while there he worked with many of the great names in children's publishing including Roald Dahl, Mary Norton and Spike Milligan. He then set up the children's publishing wing of Bloomsbury and while there he discovered JK Rowling. He set up his own publishing company The Chicken House in 2000. The Chicken House has published best selling books by Cornelia Funke, Kevin Brooks, Lucy Christopher and Rachel Ward and bestselling The Tunnels series by Roderick Gordon.
To celebrate the tercentenary of Charles Wesley's birth Dublin City Library presented The Underestimated Mr Wesley, a lecture by Dudley Levistone Cooney. Charles Wesley was a leader of the Methodist movement and younger brother of John Wesley. Wesley is primarily remembered as a writer of hymns including the Christmas favourite Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. He was also one of the most prolific poets in the English Language.
Dudley Levistone Cooney historian and writer is President of Wesley Historical Society in Ireland and President of Old Dublin Society and author of Methodists in Ireland: a short history.
The lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 on 18 December 2007, the 300th anniversary of the birth of Charles Wesley. Introduction by Alastair Smeaton, Dublin City Public Libraries.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
Anne and Niamh Buckley sing the grisly murder ballad 'The Spoons Murder' in front of a live audience at Marino Library on Culture Night, 20 September 2013.
The Spoons Murder is a grisly murder ballad written by an extraordinary Cork man, Con "Fada" Ó Drisceoil. Con is a singer, songwriter and accordian player and member of The Four Star Trio. Con's humourous songs and ballads are published in Spoons Murder and other mysteries which also features a CD (2006).
If you'd like to hear more, good listeners are always welcome at An Góilín, Traditional Singer's Club based in The Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
Anne and Niamh Buckley sing Child Ballad number 10, 'The Two Sisters', in front of a live audience at Marino Library on Culture Night, 20 September 2013.
The Two Sisters is Child Ballad number 10. The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 traditional songs collected by Francis James Child in the 19th century. They were originally published as Popular English and Scottish Ballads between 1882 and 1898.
If you'd like to hear more, good listeners are always welcome at An Góilín, Traditional Singer's Club based in The Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
Anne and Niamh Buckley sing 'Madam I'm a Darling' in front of a live audience at Marino Library on Culture Night, 20 September 2013.
This is Frank Harte's version of Madam I'm a Darling. Frank Harte (1933-2005) was a Irish traditional singer, song collecter, architect and lecturer from Chapelizod, Dublin. He collected and published traditional folk songs and ballads of Dublin in Songs of Dublin. He is celebrated every September with the annual Frank Harte Festival.
If you'd like to hear more, good listeners are always welcome at An Góilín, Traditional Singer's Club based in The Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
Anne and Niamh Buckley sing 'The Pirate Jenny' from The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Recorded in front of a live audience at Marino Library on Culture Night, 20 September 2013.
Pirate Jenny is fromThe Threepenny Opera by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill. It was adapted from The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay and was first performed in Berlin in 1928.
If you'd like to hear more, good listeners are always welcome at An Góilín, Traditional Singer's Club based in The Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
Anne and Niamh Buckley sing 'The Bonny Light Horseman', a traditional English lament from the Napoleonic wars, in front of a live audience at Marino Library on Culture Night, 20 September 2013.
The Bonny Light Horseman is a traditional English lament from the Napoleonic wars. This version is from Oisín and Geraldine MacGowan's 1980 LP Over the Moor to Maggie. Planxty also recorded a version on their 1979 album After the Break.
If you'd like to hear more, good listeners are always welcome at An Góilín, Traditional Singer's Club based in The Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances.
Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Lindsay Armstrong, Manager/Artistic Director
1st Violins Therésè Timony - leader symphonies 36 & 71 Margaret Burns - leader symphonies 3, 4 & 39 Sylvia Roberts Anita Vedres Sebastian Liebig Clodagh Vedres
2nd Violins Dara O’Connell Melanie Briggs Elena Quinn Jenny Burns
Violas Elizabeth Csibi Lisa Quinn
Cellos Niall O’Loughlin Claire Fitch Moya O’Grady
Bass Aura Stone
Harpsichord Gillian Smith Rachel Factor
Flute Madeleine Staunton
Oboes Patricia Corcoran Jenny Magee
Bassoons John Hearne
Horns Andre Cavanagh Tom Briggs Fearghal O Ceallacháin Declan McCarthy
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia undertook a challenge to play all 108 symphonies of Haydn. From 2011 to 2013, the first three series (18 concerts and 54 symphonies) were presented in the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013 the Orchestra of St Cecilia performed the first three series of Haydn symphonies (18 concerts and 54 symphonies)at the Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, a building possessing splendid acoustics and architectural magnificence.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia was formed in January 1995. Drawn from the finest of Dublin’s professional musicians, it has a notable reputation for the excellent quality of its performances
The Orchestra of St Cecilia Collection was kindly donated to Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street in 2016.