Dublin City Libraries & Archives

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 signif...

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 signif...

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...

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 signif...

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 signif...

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 signif...

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 f...

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 piec...

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 n...

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 se...

'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...

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...

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 ro...

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 i...

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 threa...

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 t...

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 Lib...

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 dep...

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 poe...

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 reput...

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 reput...

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 1...

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 Spoo...

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....