Oct 12
A special Halloween walking tour walking Saturday 30th October @ 6pm Meeting Place : Custom House (River Side) “An after dark stroll down by the Quayside like you’ve never experienced , for an exploration of a grim and haunted past that’s rarely discussed.” Hear true historical accounts of Ghoulish body snatchers , grisly murders and …
Feb 22
Supported by Central Area Councillors Discretionary Fund (Poster design: Ciarán Swan)
Feb 10
( Poster design :Ciarán Swan )
Jun 11
Three videos of some of the events at local schools during the 1916 centenary year . All produced by Eoin McDonnell , and features pupils from St Joseph’s Co-ed East Wall and St Laurence O’Toole’s CBS Seville Place. The local history groups involved can be contacted at : eastwallhistory@gmail.com northdockpeople@gmail.com
Jun 21
Would you like to get more involved with the East Wall History Group ? Here’s your chance – Thursday 25th June @ 7.30pm The Sean O’Casey Community Centre The East Wall History Group was established in 2011 , and we held our first annual festival that year. Since then we have become very much …
Mar 28
“Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman” Saturday July 18th – The 1st Sarah Lundberg Summer School, The Sean O’Casey Theatre, East Wall 10am to 4pm. Last year the East Wall History Group was shocked by the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Sarah Lundberg. We have decided to honour her memory by …
Nov 17
In June 1903 the DMP raided a house at 12 Upper Oriel Street. The object of their attention was the resident of the top floor flat, Daniel Courtney, who was running an illegal sheebeen from the premises. Courtney was a Casual Grain Labourer on the Docks and sought to extend his young families precarious …
