Dublin City Libraries & Archives

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...

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 rio...

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 20...

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 in...

'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 Docu...

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...

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-Iri...

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 2...

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 & Arch...

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 Chléirc...

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 & Arch...

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 & Arch...

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 op...

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 n...

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 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...