Join us on Culture Night for a virtual journey through time and space in the Dublin Docklands. Using extracts from previously published literature which span over two centuries, we will sample the rich tapestry of stories and characters that have given this area its unique flavour. The carefully chosen selection of material range in time …
Tag Archive: “Short stories and Tall tales”
Sep 03
“Waterloo, John Rennie , Black Drop Opium and the Docklands dislocated Doorway “.
John Rennie was an innovative Scottish civil engineer , responsible for key works in Britain, Scotland and Dublin , including within the North Docks. His “Doorway into the Docklands” (1813) was never really meant as the tribute to a future victory over the French as is suggested today. However, that victory which would come in …
Aug 28
The story of Clontarf Island
CONTAGION , CROMWELL AND THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING ISLAND : In this talk , Caitriona Ni Cassaithe traces the history of the now disappeared Clontarf Island which was a prominent feature of Dublin Bay right up until the late 1800s. The island served many uses over time and was used as a bathing spot, …
Jun 14
“Matt Talbot, James Joyce, and a very different Pint of Plain.”
Take a walk on the Joyceside of Dublin’s Docklands in a pre-Bloomsday contemplation of two iconic Dubs. They both have their own statue, they both have bridges named after them , and both men had a deep understanding and experience of the darker side of Docklands culture . Hugo McGuinness will deliver a 15 minute …
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- Rory O'Connor , Jack Nalty and the chess-set fit for heroes
- "A DUBLIN TRAGEDY" : The infamous 1908 Fish Street Murder
- "Fighting and hoping" - James Connolly to Chris Caffrey , March 1916
- Felo de Se & a Stake through the Heart : The Ballybough Suicide Plot.
- “HE WAS BURIED FROM STEPHENS GREEN” - The life and death of James Corcoran – North Dock resident, trade unionist and Citizen Army volunteer.
- Eddie Byrne brings Olympics honour to East Wall
- Easter 1916: Stories from the North Dock
- World War One fatalities from Saint Barnabas Parish
- "North Wall eye-opener" - a Dockland Pub to remember
- Together in Arms: Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine ffrench-Mullen