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25TH SEPTEMBER - 10TH OCTOBER

25 MEÁN FÓMHAIR – 10 DEIREADH FÓMHAIR

Brought to you by Dublin City Council

Féile na Staire Baile Átha Cliath 2015

INCLUDES NEW FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S

PROGRAMME

The Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council and is managed by Dublin City Public Libraries.

The Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street houses the City’s archives and extensive collections relating to Dublin and surrounding

areas. See www.dublincitypubliclibraries.ie for more information and databases.dublincity.ie for historical resources, genealogical information

and digital collections.

Thanks to Dublin Castle and OPW.

Please access the Printworks venue at Dublin Castle via the Palace Street entrance, off Dame Street.

Festival Bookshop: The Gutter Bookshop

Pop-up History Library: bring along your library card and borrow history books

and historical novels from the Festival’s History Library in Dublin Castle.

Events in Dublin Castle pages 4 to 10

Other events pages 11 to 16

Family and Children’s Programme pages 17 to 20

@HistFest

The Family and Children’s Programme for the Dublin Festival of History has been curated by Children’s Books Ireland, who run events and projects throughout the country bringing children closer to the books they love. Visit www.childrensbooksireland.ie to learn more.

Nach breá an áit é Baile Átha Cliath le haghaidh féile staire? Tá a shráideanna leathana agus cúnga ar maos sa stair agus baineann a shaoránaigh an-taitneamh as a iliomad scéalta a insint, a phlé agus a chur i láthair. Ba bhreá an rud é na mílte a d’fhreastail ar ócáid mhór Road to the Rising ar Shráid Uí Chonaill ar Luan na Cásca i mbliana, agus bhí Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath brodúil as tacú leis seo. Agus í ag cur le suim seo an phobail sa stair, tugann an tríú Féile Staire de chuid Chomhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath cuireadh do mhuintir Bhaile Átha Cliath agus do chuairteoirí araon teacht le chéile le héisteacht le stair na hÉireann agus í a phlé agus taitneamh a bhaint as réimse leathan téamaí stairiúla i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath, i mbrainsí leabharlainne na cathrach agus in ionaid eile.

I mbliana, don chéad uair, beidh clár Páistí ann mar chuid d’imeachtaí na Féile d’fhonn beocht na staire a chur ar a súile don dream óg. Chomh maith leis sin, tá réimse iontach ócáidí ag cur na staire i láthair i ngach aon áit sa chathair trí líonra na mbrainsí leabharlainne. Is áthas liom stair na mban a fheiceáil go sonrach i gclár na bliana seo freisin ina mbeidh léachtaí faoi ról na mban in 1916, faoin gceardchumannaí Helena Molony, faoi rannpháirtíocht pholaitiúil na mban agus faoin bpolaitíocht inscne.

Ba mhaith liom rath mór a ghuí ar chainteoirí agus ar lucht eagraithe, féachana agus éisteachta Fhéile Staire Bhaile Átha Cliath i rith Fhéile na bliana seo, agus molaim Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath as an bhféile a dhéanamh saor in aisce, inrochtana agus ar fáil do chách.

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PROGRAMME

2015

What better place for a history festival than the city of Dublin? Its streets broad and narrow are steeped in history and its citizens take great delight in uncovering, debating and living its many stories. It was great to see the thousands who attended the Road to the Rising extravaganza on O’Connell Street on Easter Monday this year which Dublin City Council was proud to support. Building on this public interest in history, Dublin City Council’s third Dublin Festival of History invites Dubliners and visitors alike to gather to listen and debate not only Irish history, but a wide range of historical themes in Dublin Castle, city branch libraries and other venues.

This year for the first time the Festival features a Children’s programme to bring history to life for the younger audiences. In addition, a wonderful range of events brings history to every corner of the city via the branch library network. And I am delighted to see women’s history featuring strongly in this year’s programme with lectures on women and 1916, trade unionist Helena Molony, women’s political participation and gender politics.

I wish the organisers, speakers and audiences of the Dublin Festival of History every success for this year’s Festival and I commend Dublin City Council on making this Festival free, accessible and open to all.

Críona Ní Dhálaigh Lord Mayor of Dublin

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The programme for the 2015 Dublin Festival of History is once again packed with interesting lectures, debate, film and walks providing the history lover with a great array of events to attend.

As the centenary of the 1916 Rising approaches, the festival will open with a panel of Irish historians reflecting on commemorative events to date, and looking ahead to the plans to mark the centenary of the Rising. Lectures in the branch libraries take up the 1916 theme with talks on the Pearse sisters and the women who took part in the rebellion. A particular focus will be on the historic past of some of Dublin’s civic buildings. We know that the HQ of Dublin City Council Public Libraries was once the HQ of the 3rd Dublin Brigade (during the War of Independence) and I am particularly interested in hearing that story at the lecture “The Pearse Street ambush at No. 144: 14 March 1921”.

The very fabric of the city that we live and work in everyday is steeped in history, a history that can be uncovered in the Dublin and Irish Collections at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street where we aim to preserve, share and promote the record of Dublin and Irish heritage and enable historical research.

This year we are delighted to introduce a Family and children’s programme to the festival. Children’s Books Ireland has worked with us to produce exciting and creative events ranging from Marita Conlon-McKenna speaking about the Great Famine to learning how to become your own family archivist. Children can build a Georgian city, try on historical dress or “Solve the History Mystery” in branch libraries.

The Dublin Festival of History is a wonderful opportunity for all to listen, participate and engage in historical debate right in the heart of the city. I invite you to come along and enjoy.

Margaret Hayes Dublin City Librarian

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WRITING HISTORICAL FICTIONCreative writing workshop with Lia Mills

All novels play with time but historical novels do it differently. History can help you write your story – or it can get in the way. In this session we’ll talk about how to go back in time to find a story that matters now. What’s the best way to tell it? We’ll talk about what brings a story to life in a reader’s mind and how to do the extra research a historical novel needs to make it credible. Which matters more, fact or fiction? How far can you go in one direction or the other?

Lia Mills’s most recent novel is Fallen, set in Dublin during the early years of the Great War and Easter Week, 1916. She has written two other novels, Another Alice and Nothing Simple, and a memoir, In Your Face.

Friday, September 25th at 10.15am in Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street. Course fee €25. Please book a place at the workshop at: www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

COMMEMORATING 1916With Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Dolan, John A. Murphy & Eamon Phoenix. Moderator Jane Ohlmeyer

In 2011 the Government announced its intention “to properly commemorate the centenary of the great events of 1916”. The emphasis on “proper” commemoration suggested a certain caution about what might be construed as “improper” appropriation of 1916. Since then the debate has raged on how to properly celebrate the foundation story of the Irish state with a broad spectrum of views expressed. Some advocate proud and unashamed celebration of the sacrifice of the men of 1916; others counter with concern about the legitimacy of violence and the need to respect sensitivities towards all-island perspectives. Consensus, for now, seems a long way off. A distinguished panel debates the issues.

Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. Anne Dolan is a lecturer in Modern Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin. John A. Murphy is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork. Eamon Phoenix is Principal Lecturer in History at Stranmillis University College, Queen’s University Belfast. Jane Ohlymeyer is Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin.

Friday, September 25th at 6.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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BLOODY SUNDAY 1920: THE DAY THAT SHOOK DUBLINWith Michael Foley, John Borgonovo and Padraig Yeates

In The Bloodied Field, award-winning journalist and author Michael Foley recounts the extraordinary story of Bloody Sunday, 21st November 1920 in Croke Park, and the 90 seconds of shooting that changed Ireland forever. In a deeply intimate portrait he tells the stories of those killed, the police and military personnel who were in Croke Park that day, and the families left shattered in its aftermath. Historian John Borgonovo will discuss the synchronised IRA attack that morning designed to cripple British intelligence services in Ireland. As fourteen men lay dead in their beds, trucks of police and military rumbled through the city streets to Croke Park as hundreds of people clamoured at the gates of Dublin Castle seeking refuge. Distinguished Dublin historian Padraig Yeates will moderate the discussion about this most extraordinary day in Irish history.

A former winner of the Boyle Sports Irish Sportsbook of the Year, Michael Foley is acting sports editor and GAA correspondent for the Irish edition of the Sunday Times. John Borgonovo teaches history at University College Cork and has written extensively on the Civil War period. Padraig Yeates is a distinguished social and labour historian and the author of City in Revolution which was published in 2014.

Saturday, September 26th at 11.00am in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME OR THE GARRISON GAME? A HISTORY OF LEAGUE OF IRELAND FOOTBALLWith Donal Fallon, Cormac Moore, Mick Wallace and Brian Hanley. Chaired by Tommy Graham

This year’s History Ireland Hedge School will focus on a discussion of the history of League of Ireland football. Why was it called the ‘garrison game’? What were the circumstances of the FAI split with the Belfast-based Irish Football Association in the 1920s? Why are League of Ireland clubs so poorly supported and resourced? Join Hedge School master, Tommy Graham, to address these and related questions with the panel: Mick Wallace (Dáil Eireann TD) and historians Donal Fallon (Come Here To Me blog), Brian Hanley and Cormac Moore.

Friday, September 25th at 8.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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BELFAST BOYS: HOW UNIONISTS AND NATIONALISTS FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER IN THE FIRST WORLD WARRichard Grayson in conversation with John Horne

This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast’s sectarian divide who went to fight in the Great War. Richard Grayson follows the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions who fought on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines, recovering the history of the forgotten West Belfast servicemen, and the traumatic lives they endured after the war. In so doing, he tells a new story which challenges popular perceptions of the war and explains why remembrance remains so controversial in Belfast today. September 2015 marks the centenary of the death of Grayson’s own great-uncle from Lurgan who served and died on the Western Front in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles.

Richard S. Grayson is Professor of Twentieth Century History at the University of London. John Horne is Professor of Modern European History at Trinity College, Dublin.

Saturday, September 26th at 1.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

KL: A HISTORY OF THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPSNikolaus Wachsmann in conversation with Robert Gerwarth

By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror in central Europe. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe were at the heart of the Nazi campaign of repression and intimidation. Dr Nikolaus Wachsmann is the first historian to write a complete history of the camps, examining the organisation of an immense genocidal machine, whilst drawing a vivid picture of life inside the camps for the individual prisoner. Wachsmann’s superb book looks set to become the standard work on one of humankind’s darkest hours.

Nikolaus Wachsmann is Professor of Modern European History in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of the Centre for War Studies.


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LORD EDWARD & “FAITHFUL TONY”The story of Tony Small, valet to Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Stella Tillyard in conversation with Marion Lyons

Citizen Lord is the title of Stella Tillyard’s bestselling biography of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, one of the most fascinating characters in Irish history. Tony Small was a runaway American slave who rescued Lord Edward from the battlefield in South Carolina in 1781 and nursed him back to health. Lord Edward offered him a job and for the next decade Tony was with Lord Edward constantly - in North America, in Paris after the Revolution, in Dublin and Kildare. At some point after Lord Edward’s death in 1798, Tony left Dublin for London and died there sometime after 1805. What might Tony’s story tell us about colonialism? How did people of colour and minorities experience Dublin in the late eighteenth century? What are the implications of Tony’s story for the writing of history?

Stella Tillyard is an historian and author of several books including the best-selling Aristocrats. Professor Marion Lyons is Head of the Department of History in Maynooth University.


DYNASTY: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF CAESARTom Holland in conversation with Zuleika Rodgers

After conquering the world, the great Roman republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace: Augustus – “The Divinely Favoured One”. The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded by Augustus has never faded. Now, in the sequel to Rubicon, Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty. Dynasty traces the full story of Roman rule: its allure and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. It is a world populated by murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators. Dynasty is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome.

Tom Holland is one of Britain’s greatest popular historians and a best-selling author of several works on classical and medieval history. He is also a novelist and documentary film-maker. Professor Zuleika Rodgers is Head of the Department of Near & Middle East Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.


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JOSEPH GOEBBELS: HITLER’S MESSENGERPeter Longerich

Joseph Goebbels was one of Hitler’s most loyal acolytes. But how did this clubfooted son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler’s minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor? In Goebbels, renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich sifts through the historical record – and thirty thousand pages of Goebbels’s own diary entries – to answer that question. Longerich paints a chilling picture of a man driven by a narcissistic desire for recognition who found the personal affirmation he craved within the National Socialist movement – and whose lifelong search for a charismatic father figure inexorably led him to Hitler. Longerich’s Goebbels is sure to become a standard for historians and students of the Holocaust for decades to come.

Peter Longerich is Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London, and founder of Royal Holloway’s Holocaust Research Centre.

Sunday, September 27th at 12.00 noon in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

NAPOLEON THE GREATWith Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts’ Napoleon the Great is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d’etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. In a series of dazzling battles he reinvented the art of warfare. In peace he completely remade the laws of France and modernized systems of education and administration. Napoleon is often portrayed as a despot but, Andrew Roberts conveys his tremendous energy, both physical and intellectual, and the attractiveness of his personality, even to his enemies.

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown and a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and Arts. His three-part series on Napoleon aired on BBC TV this Summer.

Sunday, September 27th at 2.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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THE SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLDPeter Frankopan in conversation with David McWilliams

For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west, in the New World of the Americas. Today, the east is taking centre stage in international politics, commerce and culture, shaping the modern world. This region, the true centre of the earth, is obscure to many in the west and yet this is where civilization itself began, where the world’s great religions were born and took root. The Silk Roads linked continents and oceans together. Along them flowed ideas, goods, disease and death. This was where empires were won – and where they were lost. As a new era emerges, the patterns of exchange are mirroring those that have criss-crossed Asia for millennia. The Silk Roads are rising again.

Dr. Peter Frankopane is Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. David McWilliams is an economist, author and broadcaster.

Sunday, September 27th at 4.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

FASCINATING FOOTNOTES FROM HISTORYWith Giles Milton

Did you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin robbed a bank? Were you aware that Agatha Christie went missing for eleven days? That Charlie Chaplin’s corpse was filched and held to ransom? Or that Churchill slaughtered sheep? Do you know who really killed Rasputin? Fascinating Footnotes From History details one hundred of the quirkiest historical nuggets; extraordinary stories that read like fiction but are one hundred per cent fact. Peopled with a gallery of spies, rogues, cannibals, adventurers and slaves, and spanning twenty centuries and six continents, the book sheds light on some of the most infamous stories and most flamboyant and colourful characters from history.

Giles Milton is a writer and historian. He is the internationally bestselling author of Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth, The Riddle and the Knight, White Gold, Samurai William, Paradise Lost, Wolfram and Russian Roulette.

Sunday, September 27th at 6pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO EXPERIENCEWith Peter Snow

Well-known military historian, journalist and broadcaster Peter Snow tells the story of one of the world’s most famous and important battles; the Battle of Waterloo. Snow examines the strengths and weaknesses of the leaders, the armies and their weapons. Like all the greatest battles, Waterloo is steeped in controversy—the battle ended in decisive victory, but it might so easily have turned out differently. Snow explores all the questions the battle raised. Who made mistakes? Whose victory really was it? Would Wellington have won without Blücher and his Prussians? What was the main cause of the French defeat? 200 years on, relive one of the great battles in history with Peter Snow.

Peter Snow was born in Harcourt Street, Dublin. In 1963 he began presenting and reporting the ITN News and later became the main presenter of BBC’s Newsnight. Lately he has continued a career in television and writing.

Wednesday, September 30th at 7.30pm in venue to be confirmed. Admission FREE but reservations essential. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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DUBLIN FESTIVAL OF HISTORY PROGRAMME 2015 TALKS Please book by contacting:

28th September at 1.10pm

Shane Kenna The life and afterlife of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa: a study in dissension

City Hall Shane Kenna holds a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. He has published biographies of O’Donovan Rossa and Thomas MacDonagh in addition to histories of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

No booking required. All welcome on a first come first served basis.


Rob Goodbody Physical growth to economic decline: Dublin in the 18th and 19th century

Central Library, ILAC Centre

Rob Goodbody is an historic building consultant and building historian. He received the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland’s medal for his publications, which include the Royal Irish Academy’s recent Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 26, Dublin, part III, 1756 to 1847.



Damien Burke Fr Michael Morrison SJ and the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Cabra Library Damien Burke is the Assistant Archivist at the Irish Jesuit Archives and edited Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War, Messenger Publications (2014).

[email protected] 8691414


Jennifer Redmond Sexual politics and emigrant bodies in twentieth-century Ireland

Terenure Library

Jennifer Redmond is a lecturer in twentieth-century Irish history at Maynooth University. She is the President of the Women’s History Association of Ireland. Her latest book, Sexual Politics in Modern Ireland (co-edited), was published by Irish Academic Press (2015).



Juliana Adelman & Catherine Cleary

Dublin’s hidden kitchens: food and social history in manuscript recipe books

Inchicore Library Juliana Adelman is a lecturer in history at St Patrick’s College Drumcondra. She is, with Catherine Cleary, the co-presenter/writer of the radio series “History on a plate” (RTÉ Radio 1). Catherine Cleary is an award winning journalist who has been writing about food for over a decade and writes a weekly restaurant column for the Irish Times.



Grace Ries

The Sinking of the SS Arandora Star (2nd July 1940): Conflicting patterns of remembrance

Dublin City Library & Archive

Grace is studying for an M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage at Trinity College Dublin, having previously studied Medieval History at the University of East Anglia in the UK. She is particularly interested in collective memory and the politics of commemoration.

No booking required. All welcome on a first come first served basis


Las Fallon

Guns and Hoses: the Dublin Fire Brigade 1916-23

Coolock Las Fallon is an operational firefighter with over 27 years service in the fire brigade. He was the curator of the Dublin Fire Brigade Museum from 2008-2011 and is the author of Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution (2012).


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Peter Costello The Municipal Joyce: James Joyce and the City Corporation

Mansion House

Peter Costello is a writer, critic and editor, who also acts as Honorary Librarian of the Central Catholic Library in Dublin. He is the author of over 30 books, most recently Conan Doyle Detective which has been translated into French and Spanish.


30th September at 11.00am

Brendan MacQuaile

March Away my Brothers: music and stories of Irishmen in the trenches

Raheny Library Brendan MacQuaile is a classically trained baritone who has performed widely in Ireland and abroad. His book March Away My Brothers (2011) is a reflection on the lives and music of Irish men who served in the First World War.



Mary-Louise O’Donnell

Sisters of the Revolutionaries: Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse

Rathmines Library Mary-Louise O’Donnell holds a doctorate from the University of Limerick and is the author of Ireland’s Harp: the Shaping of Irish Identity c.1770 to 1880, UCD Press (2014). She is a renowned harpist and has given lectures and recitals throughout Europe and North America.



Nell Regan Keeping the Spirit Alive: Helena Molony and commemorating the Rising

Finglas Library Nell Regan is an award-winning poet and her biography of Helena Molony was published in Female Activists, Irish Women and Change, Eds. Mary Cullen and Maria Luddy (2001).



Henrietta McKervey

What Becomes of Us Inchicore Library Henrietta McKervey won this year’s Hennessy First Fiction Award. Her first novel What Becomes Of Us is set in RTE in the 1960s as it prepares its coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Henrietta will discuss her research and writing and read from the book.


1st October at 6.30pm

Claire McGing Republicans and Widows: Women’s political participation and representation in Ireland, 1918-1973

Donaghmede Library

Claire McGing is based in the Department of Geography, Maynooth University. Her research focuses on women in Irish politics, north and south and she is currently researching a monograph on the eleven widows elected to Dáil Éireann between 1923 and 1977.

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Conor McNamara Under the Starry Plough: Labour and Easter Week 1916

Ballyfermot Library

Dr Conor McNamara is currently the NUI Galway, 1916 Scholar in Residence and has published extensively on the history of the Irish Revolution. This lecture is in response to the extensive range of books on Irish history and labour in the Sé Geraghty Collection in Ballyfermot Library.


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Dublin in 1890 - when Bohemians were born

Dalymount Park (Member’s Bar), Phibsboro

Panel discussion chaired by Tommy Graham (editor, History Ireland ), with Donal Fallon (Come Here To Me blog), Dr Ciaran Priestley (Bohemian FC), Dr David Dickson (TCD) and Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD).

Tickets €5 from Bohemian FC office at Dalymount Park and www.shop-bohemianfc.com

2nd October at 1.10pm

John Dorney The Pearse Street ambush at No. 144: 14 March 1921

Pearse St Library

John Dorney is the editor and main contributor to the Irish Story history website and co-host of “The Irish History Show” on Near FM. He is currently working on a history of the Irish Civil War in Dublin 1922-23, due to be published by Merrion Press in 2016.


3rd October at 10am - 12.30pm

Easter Week Remembered – a preview of the forthcoming exhibition at National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks

Join Museum curators Sandra Heise and Lar Joye and researchers Brenda Malone, Darragh Gannon and Conor Morrissey for presentations on the themes and artefacts of the new exhibition on the 1916 Rising, due to open at Collins Barracks in February 2016. Includes talk by Lar Joye “Flags Unfurled: the national flag collection and 1916”.

Free admission , please book at [email protected] www.museum.ie

3rd October at 12pm

Jason McElligott and Paul Murray

Puritanism, William of Orange and Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Council Chamber, City Hall

Bram Stoker visited Marsh’s Library several times in 1866/7. Newly-discovered documents reveal what he consulted on his visits and shed important light on the preoccupations and interests of the young Stoker. Paul Murray is the author of From the Shadow of Dracula: A Life of Bram Stoker (2004). Dr Jason McElligott is The Keeper of Marsh’s Library, Dublin.


5th October at 7.00pm

Joe Duignan Irish Doctors in the First World War

Walkinstown Library

Joe Duignan is a retired surgeon and former Council Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He has lectured on the nature and treatment of wounds and diseases of past military campaigns from the Crimea to World War Two and on the medical advances during this period.



Philip Lecane Beneath a Turkish Sky: The Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the assault on Gallipoli

Ballymun Library A committee member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association, Philip Lecane has written many articles on the Irish in World War 1 and on local history. His book Torpedoed! The R.M.S. Leinster Disaster (2005), tells the story of the Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead mail boat, sunk by a German submarine in the Irish Sea in 1918.


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Lisa-Marie Griffith Henry Gore Sankey: Portrait of a perfect Lord Mayor 1791-2

Mansion House

Dr Lisa-Marie Griffith is project manager on RSS updates for Dublin City University. Along with Dr Ruth McManus, she was contributing editor of Leaders of the City: Dublin’s first citizens, 1500-1950 (2013).


6th October at 11.00am

Ben Fagan Stories from behind the camera: Filming the Irish Revolution 1916-22

Charleville Mall Library

Ben Fagan is a historical writer, researcher and photographer based in Co. Wicklow. His current project is to create a photo record of the 2016 commemorations.



Neil Richardson Irishmen in the British Army, Dublin Easter 1916

Drumcondra Library

Neil Richardson is the author of the award-winning A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall: Stories of Irishmen in WW1. He is the in-house historian at the Irish Military War Museum in Co. Meath, and his latest book is According to Their Lights: Stories of Irishmen in the British Army, Easter 1916.



Sarah Hunter The Dublin University Mission: an Irish Christian mission in imperial India

Pembroke Library Sarah Hunter completed her BA and MA at Queen’s University, Belfast and is currently a final year PhD student in the Department of History, Trinity College, Dublin. Her PhD thesis examines the impact of Irish medical missionaries working among Indian women in British Bengal, 1885-1930.



Patrick Walsh Ireland and the first global financial crisis: the Irish experience of the South Sea Bubble of 1720

Phibsborough Library

Dr Patrick Walsh is a Research Fellow in the School of History at University College Dublin. He is the author of The South Sea Bubble and Ireland, Money, Banking and Investment, 1690-1721 (2014).



Fergus Dowd, Alan McLean, Maureen O’Sullivan, Brian Kerr and Peter Byrne

Patrick “Don Patricio” O’Connell: the Dubliner who saved FC Barcelona

Marino Library

Patrick “Don Patricio” O’ Connell (1887-1959), Irish footballer and manager from Drumcondra, played for renowned teams such as Belfast Celtic, Hull City and Manchester United. In Spain in the 1930s he managed Real Betis and FC Barcelona, saving the Barcelona club from bankruptcy. Despite reaching such high levels of success, Patrick died destitute and anonymous in London.



Marguerite Helmers

Harry Clarke’s illustrations for Ireland’s Memorial Records: Commemorating Irish soldiers who died in World War 1

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

Marguerite Helmers is Rosebush Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She specialises in word and image relationships, particularly relating to 20th century Ireland and England. Her book Harry Clarke’s War: Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918 will be published by the Irish Academic Press in September 2015.



Anne-Marie McInerney

Internment in Dublin during the Irish Civil War 1922 - 3

Walkinstown LIbrary

Anne-Maire has recently finished her PhD in Modern Irish History in Trinity College, Dublin. She has previously worked as a researcher and teaching assistant and presently works for Dublin City Public Libraries.


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Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe and Éadaoin Ní Chléirigh

Women and the Easter Rising: accompanied by a talk on the re-development of Richmond Barracks

Ballyfermot Library

Richmond Barracks is one of the State’s seven 2016 ‘Permanent Reminder’ projects opening in May 2016. Éadaoin Ní Chléirigh is the Executive Chair of the project. Liz Gillis is a tour guide in Kilmainham Gaol and Dr Mary McAuliffe is a lecturer in Women’s Studies in UCD.



Cecelia Hartsell Blood Sacrifice: comparing the political struggles of Irish Nationalists and African Americans during World War 1.

Rathmines Library Cecelia Hartsell is a researcher of American history, specialising in twentieth-century war and society. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and is completing her doctorate in American History at Fordham University in New York City.


Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th October at 8pm

The Great War Signal Corps

The Riding School at Collins Barracks The Great War Signal Corps is a musical composition for four voices, keyboard and analogue electronics. Performed in a minimalist dramatic setting, this exciting new piece explores the First World War from an Irish perspective using a text sourced from archival material in the National Library and Museum.

Composed and written by George Higgs

Voices: Tonnta Music, directed by Robbie Blake

Keyboard: David Bremner

Drama and electronics performed by members of Dublin Youth Theatre and the composer.

For information and booking contact Anna Murray 086 0816677


Steven O’Connor Revolutionaries in Khaki: Irish Great War veterans in the War of Independence

Raheny Library Dr Steven O’ Connor is a Government of Ireland Post-doctoral Fellow in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin. He holds a PhD from UCD and his first book, Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45, was published in 2014.


Walks

27th September & 11th October at 2.00pm

Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery

Grangegorman, Military Cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7

Phoenix Park tour guides will unlock this hidden history site, the final resting place of British soldiers killed in 1916 Rising and those who lost their lives on the RMS Leinster.

Booking required. Meet at the cemetery gates. 01-6770095

3rd October at 11.00am

Tour of Bohemian FC graves at Glasnevin Cemetery

Glasnevin Cemetery Club historians will lead a tour of graves of Bohemian players, officials and others associated with the club. These include a confidant of Michael Collins in the IRA, an Irish Parliamentary Party MP whose two sons were Bohemian captains, ‘Tod’ Andrews’ brother, and the only player to die of injuries received while playing for Bohemians.

Tickets €5 from Bohemian FC office at Dalymount Park and www.shop-bohemianfc.com

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Films

3rd October at 2.00pm

Colin Farrell & Dave Farrell

‘Doc Spot’ A Terrible Beauty: The challenges of making historical documentaries in Ireland. Includes screening of the docu-drama A Terrible Beauty (93 minutes)

Dublin City Library & Archive

Colin has worked in a variety of roles, both in front and behind the camera. He is currently working as Creative Director for multimedia company Tile Media, he heads up the team behind the ‘Stories from 1916’ project. Dave produced many award-winning history documentaries during his long career with Tile Films. In his role as Producer with Tile Media, he is currently developing a variety of history-based TV and film projects.

No booking required. All welcome on a first come first served basis

7th October at 2.00pm 8th October at 5.30pm

Pearse Street Library Film Club will show history films

Exhibitions - Printworks foyer Dublin Castle

25th - 27th September

Fragments: Stories from Gallipoli A powerful exhibition marking the centenary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landings at the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, this exhibition consists of personal diaries, photographs and letters from Irish-born soldiers who served in Gallipoli. Developed by Dublin City Public Libraries Service, the exhibition draws mainly on sources from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association Archive held at Dublin City Library and Archive.

Canakkale: Road to Peace out of War A photographic exhibition which has been funded by the Turkish Embassy in Ireland in remembrance of the gallantry and friendship that flourished on Turkish land. It reflects not only the military aspect of the Battle of Çanakkale in 1915 but also the humane relationship between the soldiers on both warring fronts.

8th October 6.30pm

Liam Breen Cabra Library Development of schools for the Deaf in Cabra from 1846. Liam Breen, Chairperson of Deaf Heritage Centre, will discuss his research on the early development of Deaf schools in Cabra. Liam is qualified archivist and curator. ISL interpretation provided.

Please book at: [email protected] 8691414

FOOD

Relax between lectures with refreshments in local cafes offering the following special deals to festival goers during the Dublin Castle weekend:

Silk Road Café, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, 20% discount

Tír na Nóg Caife, City Hall, buy one get one free on teas/coffees

FESTIVAL GOERS ...

Enjoy free entry to ‘The Story of the Capital’ Exhibition in City Hall

Avail of special concession rate of €3 for entry to Dublin Castle State Apartments and Medieval Undercroft

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DUBLIN HISTORY TRAIL FOR FAMILIES!Saturday 26th September and Sunday 27th September - available 11.00am - 6.00pm

A self-led history hunt for all the family, beginning at Dublin Castle where you can collect your maps and clues from Printworks. Follow the clues to find out more about life in Dublin through the ages and discover a new side to your city!

No booking required, suitable for all ages.

‘A CHILD’S VIEW OF DUBLIN LIFE THROUGH THE AGES’ Sunday 27th September 12.30pm - 1.30pm and 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Join this hour long, family walking tour outside Printworks, Dublin Castle. Suitable for ages 6+. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

POP-UP MUSEUM FROM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND - DECORATIVE ARTS & HISTORY, COLLINS BARRACKSSaturday 26th and Sunday 27th September 1.00pm - 4.00pm in Printworks, Dublin Castle

Drop in and explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators. A fascinating, drop-in handling session for all ages.

DRESSING FOR HISTORY

Saturday 26th September 11.30am - 12.30pm in the Vaults at City Hall

Style has changed drastically over the years and changing fashions reveal a lot about an historical period. Join clothing historian Laura Thorp to find an historical costume from the 19th century that appeals to you and write a story around the character this costume evokes.

Free entry to City Hall exhibitions with Festival brochure or Dublin History Trail. Suitable for ages 7+ To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME

Please note: Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for all events.

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FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMEBUILD GEORGIAN DUBLIN

Saturday 26th September 11.30am - 1.30pm in the Upper Yard at Dublin Castle (or Printworks,weather dependent)

Bring the whole family along to join picturebook creator Chris Judge in creating a mini, cardboard version of Georgian Dublin. Step back in time by creating and walking through Dublin of the 1700s and 1800s. In partnership with Ballyfermot College of Further Education.

Suitable for all ages. To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie also available to walk-ups.

GEORGIAN DECORATIONS WITH CRAFTS2CHERISH

Saturday 26th September 1.30pm - 3.30pm in Chester Beatty Library

Join Suzanna from Crafts2Cherish and create your own decorative panel. Participants will learn how to make a simple wall plaque inspired by Georgian architecture, using quick air dry clay.

Suitable for ages 6 – 11. Booking essential via www.cbl.ie

THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE

Saturday 26th September 2.00pm - 3.30pm in the Poddle Room, Printworks, Dublin Castle

To mark 170 years since the beginning of the Great Famine, join Marita Conlon-McKenna (Under the Hawthorn Tree, Wildflower Girl, Fields of Home) to find out more about the great hunger and the Irish diaspora abroad.

Suitable for ages 10+ To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie


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IS YOUR LIFE WORTH FIGHTING FOR?

Sunday 27th September 11.30am - 1.00pm in the Poddle Room, Printworks, Dublin Castle

Join Claire Hennessy, author of Seeds of Freedom and travel with her to the Boston Tea Party, the French Revolution and the Wexford Rebellion to find out what its like to be a child fighting for freedom.

Suitable for ages 10+ To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

FILL A VIKING SHIP

Sunday 27th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Dublinia

Join award winning illustrator and designer Mark Wickham and help him fill a Viking ship full of fearsome Viking warriors.

€1 off Dublinia admission price with Festival brochure or Dublin History Trail. Suitable for ages 8+ No booking required.

DROP IN DRAWING WITH ROXANA MANOUCHEHRI: GEORGIAN MOTIFS

Sunday 27th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Chester Beatty Library

Meet artist Roxana Manouchehri and learn drawing techniques including line, shading and decorations. This relaxed and informal session will explore Georgian motifs.

Suitable for teens and adults; all levels of experience welcome. Free, no booking required. Materials provided, but please feel free to bring your own sketch book.



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I AM THE FAMILY ARCHIVIST!

Sunday 27th September 3.00pm - 4.30pm in Courtyard Room 1, Printworks, Dublin Castle

Bring your family to meet curator Bernadette Larkin and create your own time capsule capturing your experiences of everyday life in Dublin in 2015. Bring along one or more items that represent your life, for example a photograph or your favourite book. Leave with some tips to help you become your own family’s archivist!

Suitable for families with children ages 6+ To book visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

SOLVE THE HISTORY MYSTERY

Cabra Library, Thursday 1st October, 3.00pm - 4.00pm Rathmines Library, Tuesday 6th October, 3.00pm - 4.00pm

Become a history detective in a drop-in workshop for families, exploring all kinds of fascinating objects with educators from the National Museum at Collins Barracks. No booking required.

Suitable for families with children aged 7 – 11 years.

The Family and Children’s Programme for the Dublin Festival of History has been curated by Children’s Books Ireland.



Image courtesy of Frank Miller, Irish Times

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For 2016 Dublin City Council presents lectures, exhibitions, artistic works, digitised documents, walks, drama and much more to remember the 1916 Rising in the capital.

Keep informed of centenary events by signing up for the mailing list at: www.dublincity.ie/decadeofcommemorations

www.richmondbarracks.ie

Cuimhnímis ar Éirí Amach na Cásca i mBaile Átha Cliath

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