The 24th of June marks the centenary of the official opening of ten houses at St Barnabas Gardens in East Wall. Described by the Lord Mayor as “A beacon light, the influence of which would spread throughout their native land” these houses were the brainchild of Canon David H Hall of Dublin Docklands’ St …
Category Archive: St Barnabas Church
Mar 24
ROBERT HENDERSON : Died at Flanders , March 23rd 1918
On the 23rd March 1918 twenty five year old Robert Henderson was killed in Flanders, where he was serving as a private in the Royal Army Medical corps. The Henderson family were long-time residents of East Wall, and remain there to this day. Robert is one of those remembered on the memorial plaque which …
Jan 22
The 1916 Rising and the local area – January 2016 newsletter published
Easter Week Rising 1916, History, Irish Citizen Army, Sean O'Casey, St Barnabas Church
by EWALL4ALL
The second edition of the North Dock Peoples History newsletter has been published . Part of our programme of events and publications to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising , the newsletter is available in local schools , community facilities , some shops and will also be distributed door-to-door in some parts of the …
Jul 12
Sean O’Casey, St Barnabas Parish and the Loyal Orange Lodge
Sean O’Casey was a parishioner of St Barnabas Church from 1889 to 1919, initially living at Hawthorn Terrace and afterwards at Abercorn Road. He had a high opinion of the Reverend Edward Morgan Griffin who served as Rector here between 1899 and 1918. O’Casey dedicated the second volume of his autobiography (“Pictures in the Hallway”) …
Mar 08
“Sean O’Casey lived here – a community remembers” – Video now available
History, Irish Citizen Army, Sean O'Casey, Sean O'Casey autobiography, Sean O'Casey Theatre, St Barnabas Church, THEATRE
by EWALL4ALL
Last year saw the 50th anniversary of the death of playwright Sean O’Casey , an occasion marked by the local community . This 30 minute documentary by Near TV and Eoin McDonnell is a record of the community commemorations . It features performances in the Sean O’Casey Theatre and on the streets he once walked, …
Sep 18
Sean O’Casey anniversary – Performances and St Barnabas Church Plaque
History, Sean O'Casey, St Barnabas Church, THEATRE, Writing/Arts/Poetry/Theatre
by EWALL4ALL
“Even here, even now, when the sun had set and the evening star was chastely touching the bosom of the night, there were things to say, things to do. A drink first! What would he drink to – the past, the present, the future? To all of them! He would drink to the life that …
Aug 21
World War One, Sean O’Casey and the people of the North Docks
DOCKERS, East Wall, History, Sean O'Casey, St Barnabas Church, THEATRE, World War One, Writing/Arts/Poetry/Theatre
by EWALL4ALL
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Apr 22
Sean O’Casey and the 1916 Rising : Saint Barnabas Church , Snipers , and Soldiers.
Easter Week Rising 1916, History, Irish Citizen Army, Sean O'Casey, Sean O'Casey autobiography, St Barnabas Church
by EWALL4ALL
“I thought that no man liveth and dieth to himself, so I put behind what I thought and what I did , the panorama of the world I lived in- the things that made me.” Sean O’Casey (1948) Between 1939 and 1955 Sean O’Casey published six volumes of Autobiography. The first three in particular contain …
Apr 13
Sean O’Casey , Abercorn Road, and the ‘Battle of Clontarf’
East Wall, History, Sean O'Casey, Sean O'Casey autobiography, St Barnabas Church
by EWALL4ALL
“I thought that no man liveth and dieth to himself, so I put behind what I thought and what I did , the panorama of the world I lived in- the things that made me.” Sean O’Casey (1948) This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sean O’Casey in 1964 . O’Casey spent …
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