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Dublin Festival of History returns 27 Sept - 13 Oct 2024. A @dubcitycouncil event, organised by @dubcilib in partnership with @dcccultureco . #HistFest24
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Many of the talks during the previous festivals were recorded, and are now available as podcasts. There are over 35 episodes to choose from.
LISTEN TODAY!
@dubcilib
@DCLAReadingRoom
@DubHistorians
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**Announcement**
We're absolutely delighted to launch the programme for Dublin Festival of History 2022, taking place from 26 September - 16 October!
Check out our full programme now
👉
#HistFest2022
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We're delighted to announce that our
#Histfest2021
will run from 20th September to 10th October. We're working hard behind the scenes on the programme, but if there's someone or some topic you'd like us to feature, please let us know. Festival partners - we'll be in touch!
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And that brings 20 days of free history talks, tours and exhibitions to a close. We've had over 8,000 visitors to more than 150 events across Dublin since 1st Oct. Thank you to all of our speakers, moderators, partners and to everyone who attended any of the
#HistFest2019
events.
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We're working flat-out to get the programme to the printers, it's a bumper edition with 150 free history events, all will be revealed on 27 August!
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And we are live! Check our website for over 140 free history events taking place all across Dublin from Sept 24th
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Interesting new exhibition in Pearse St Library on Women and the Vote: Suffragist City curated by
@DCLAReadingRoom
, FREE, on until end Feb
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The Dublin Festival of History kicks off this week so a quick
#thread
on all our events that are happening this week.
As always, all our events are free and many are online
Our programme is available on our website
#HistFest2020
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Just in case you are wondering, our 2018 programme is launching on 23 AUGUST and it is fantastic!! Over 140 FREE history events
#histfest2018
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This year's festival is set to be the biggest yet. With 195+ FREE events, it's going to be three weeks of talks, tours, workshops, screenings, theatre, and more!
Programme to launch soon.
Sign up to the newsletter, be the first to know:
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...and we're live!
We're delighted to share the programme for
#HistFest21
, running 20 Sep - 10 Oct!
Brought to you by
@DubCityCouncil
and organised by
@dubcilib
in partnership with
@DCCCultureCo
.
Tickets free but booking required. Explore the programme:
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Delighted to announce that Anne Applebaum, Michael Palin & Helen Rappaport will be speaking at
#histfest2018
, can't wait! Remember all our events are FREE
#twitterstorians
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Dublin Festival of History 2022 is finally upon us!!
Kicking off from today, we've got over 130 FREE in-person and online events happening all around Dublin for the next 3 weeks!
Check out the full programme right now 👉
#histfest22
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And we're live! The Dublin Festival of History 2020 programme is now available on our website - Lots of great history events and all free! We're still adding events so follow us to keep up to date
#histfest2020
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This year's festival will take place between 11 Sept.-4 Oct. Working with our fantastic partners, we are organising a diverse range of free online talks, guided walks, and events, subject to guidelines.
Our programme will launch on the 26 August. All events will be on our website
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Honoured that
@PresidentIRL
Michael D. Higgins will deliver closing address for
#Histfest2018
in Dublin Castle Printworks on 7th Oct at 7pm, FREE, come along
#Twitterstorians
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#OnThisDay
- 26 October 1881 – The South City Market was opened by
@LordMayorDublin
George Moyers, LL.D., J.P. Better known as the George's Street Arcade, it's a great place to shop and sup.
@SimonsPlacecafe
@georgesarcade
@tim_carey1
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#OnThisDay
1933 – The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Parnell Square, Dublin, was opened by Lord Mayor Alfie Byrne. A jewel in Dublin's crown, we look forward to it reopening soon.
@TheHughLane
@DubCityCouncil
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Lot's of brill history talks on this week as
#histfest2019
gets under way, good luck to all our speakers, partners, venues and libraries. Oh, and did we mention that everything is FREE!!
#twitterstorians
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Hot off the Press! The brochures have arrived with the wholesome smell of new books! Will be available from your local library Aug 30 onwards.
Sign up to our newsletter:
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Hot off the presses! Here's a new book on Dublin history from
@DubHistorians
and it's FREE, pick it up in your local
@dubcilib
, Santa says it's a great stocking filler!!
#twitterstorians
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Exciting opportunities for historians!
@DubCityCouncil
is establishing a panel of historians, closing date for applications 1st March
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"Mary had a little bag,
And in it was a hammer,
For Mary was a suffragette,
For votes she used to clamour,
She broke a pane of glass one day,
Like any naughty boy,
A constable came along,
And now she's in Mountjoy"
Happy International Women's Day!
#internationalwomensday
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#OnThisDay
- 25 October 1987 – Death of Ivan Beshoff, founder of the fish and chip shops in Dublin which bear his name. He was believed to be the last-surviving mutineer of the 1905 Potemkin mutiny.
@BeshoffBros
@loveclontarf_ie
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This alternative view of the Dublin Book Shop on Aston Quay features a bicycle advertising Fred Hanna's - another legendary Dublin bookshop, now no more. Photo (1965) from
@Failte_Ireland
collection at
@dubcilib
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We're not on this list (don't know why) but our 2021 Festival will take place in late September to early October... dates to be confirmed next week.
A round-up of festivals for 2021 - including
@1dublin1book
@ILFDublin
@firstfortnight
@mountainstosea
@CuirtFestival
@Writingandideas
@wcorklitfest
@dalkeybookfest
It's a challenging time but let's stay hopeful!
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Historian and author Katja Hoyer spoke about why she wrote the book 'Beyond the Wall', East Germany beyond the Cold War caricature and surviving war under Hitler and Stalin.
#HistFest
#HistFest2023
Sign up to the newsletter for upcoming free events:
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Starting the Dublin Festival of History 2023 with a table quiz! By
@mcculld
and
@cormacmoore
, there's a buzz in the Mansion House.
Who's going to win?
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Delighted to announce that
@DrJaninaRamirez
, Ian Kershaw and Robert Service will be speaking at
#histfest2017
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We always get a kick from seeing our posters out in the wild. This year’s poster might be my favourite of them all.
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Kathleen Clarke was Lord Mayor of Dublin 1939-41 - she is pictured here wearing the chain of the President of the Court of Conscience as she refused to wear the Mayoral chain.
@DubCityCouncil
is commissioning a portrait of her to hang in the Council Chamber
@AilbheRogers
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Dublin Festival of History 2023 is LIVE!
Launched by Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithí de Róiste, Jim Lockhart and Barry Devlin from Horslips, Brendan Teeling, Deputy City Librarian, Linda Devlin, Director,
@DCCCultureCo
.
200+ FREE events:
Pics:
@Julienbehal
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Delighted to launch our 2019 programme, close to 160 free history events across the city in October and best of all, everything is FREE! Have a browse on our new-look website
#histfest2019
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Woohoo! Dates announced for 2019 Dublin Festival of History: 7 - 20 October, book the annual leave and the flights now folks!
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At 72 pages, it's a bumper programme for
#histfest2019
so get out the highlighter and start planning for Oct!!
#twitterstorians
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It's just two weeks until
#HistFest21
!
Our programme of 100+ FREE events runs from 20 September - 10 October, both online and in-person.
Brought to you by
@DubCityCouncil
and organised by
@dubcilib
in partnership with
@DCCCultureCo
.
Tickets and info:
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Nothing new about water shortages...this is from The Lepracaun magazine in 1914, stop watering the gardens in Clontarf, Glasnevin & Phibsboro! See more cartoons
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Plans for Liffey Street announced by
@DubCityCouncil
- here are some photos of how it has and hasn't changed over the years from
@dubcilib
@DCLAReadingRoom
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Lots of interesting docs, images and artefacts in new exh in Pearse St Library: Doing Their Bit, Irish women and
#WWI
, the banners are great
#twitterstorians
#LoveDublinHistory
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That's a wrap on
#HistFest21
, brought to you by
@DubCityCouncil
and organised by
@dubcilib
in partnership with
@DCCCultureCo
.
Thank you to our wonderful speakers, programming partners, audiences and everyone working behind the scenes to deliver 120+ events!
📷:
@GHollandPhoto
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BIG WEEKEND: The Irish Government launched Decade of Centenaries in 2012.
@lizgillis191623
,
@MaryMcAuliffe4
and Sinead McCoole in conversation with
@MargaretWard1
about the changing nature of women’s representation.
Sat 30 Sept @ 12:00
@dubcilib
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While we are still looking for our poster image for 2020, we'll use last year's image to ANNOUNCE THE 2020 DATES!! 7 - 27 September with The Big Weekend in Printworks on 26 & 27 Sept, get booking your hols now!
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#OnThisDay
-
24 October 1707 – the Ballast Office (demolished 1979) was established at the north-west corner of Westmoreland Street, Dublin. A copper ball on the roof dropped every day at 1pm - GMT, not 'Dunsink Time' as Bloom mistakenly thought
@DIASDunsink
@DublinPortCo
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#OnThisDay
8 December 1933 – Gloucester Street was renamed Sean MacDermott Street. The photographs from
@DCLAReadingRoom
show the "27 Steps" linking Summerhill and the Gloucester Diamond.
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And so, today, we begin!
@HistFest
2020 runs from today until the 4th October with 67 great events scheduled. Kicking things off this evening, we have a talk on Helena Molony: The Contradictory Associations of a Rebel Irishwoman, with
@dub_hir
Mary Muldowney;
#HistFest2020
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Well it seems
#HistFest2020
isn't over yet.
@FXMC1957
will be with us on Friday 4th December at 7 pm to discuss Vol. 2 of The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-45. He will be joined by actor and narrator of The Hitler Years audiobooks, Paul McGann
Register at
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#OnThisDay
8 November 1847 - Birth at Marino Crescent, Dublin, of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula. Stoker was baptised at the old
@clontarfparish
church on Castle Avenue.
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Great pics from
@RTEArchives
of renowned uilleann piper, Séamus Ennis, on view in Finglas Library now. This week it's 100 years since the birth of Finglas' famous son & new plaque will be unveiled at his birthplace on Friday by
@DubCityCouncil
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Today’s events include a discussion of the 1920 Partition of Ireland; an ‘as gaeilge’ event with Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh on the history of the Irish language in the Dail; and a discussion with journalist
@anneapplebaum
and Minister
@Paschald
on the polarisation of politics.
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During his years living in Dublin, Erwin Schrödinger cycled daily from his home in Clontarf to DIAS at Merrion Square.
@dias_dublin
are launching this cycle route to give people a glimpse into his life in Dublin, and the history of DIAS.
#HistFest21
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We're delighted to begin sharing fully-captioned event recordings from
#HistFest21
on the
@dubcilib
YouTube Channel.
You can now watch back 'I Live A New Life: Frederick Douglass in Ireland', presented by
@citygirl2270
:
Stay tuned for more recordings!
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Starting this Friday for 3 days only - free tours of Mansion House to commemorate First Dail, free commemorative pin and booklet for all who attend,
@LordMayorDublin
coach there on Sat
#D
áil100, please R/T
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Looking for a programme? You can pick one up in any library in Dublin, also lots of museums, IFI, cafes, tourist offices have them
#twitterstorians
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Lots of people have been asking about the women in our cover pic: it was printed in Dublin Evening Mail in 1933, taken at College Green in Dublin, original image is a glass plate negative 1/2
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We've a fantastic podcast episode out today featuring the brilliant
@FXMC1957
talking to
@teaandnerdery
about his book 'The Hitler Years': get it here - - or wherever you get your podcasts.
#WW2
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The snow in 1987(?) made
@tcddublin
look very ... snowy - from the
@Failte_Ireland
photo collection at
@dubcilib
#BeastFromTheEast
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#OnThisDay
22 October 1937 –
@DubCityCouncil
Ringsend & Marino libraries were opened by
@LordMayorDublin
Alfie Byrne. Closed due to Level 5, all at
@dubcilib
look forward to welcoming people back as soon as possible.
@MarinoLiving
#Ringsend
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Interested in the history of Coolock? 23 Nov, Parnell's GAA Club, hear Ruth McManus' talk "From Fields to Family Homes: Developing Coolock, Artane and surrounds from 1950s" FREE, also setting up new Coolock History Society
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There's a reading list to accompany the
@DubHistorians
War of Independence lecture series, borrow the books for free in your local
@Dubcilib
, talks deets here
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Sad to see the demise of Debenhams. They took over
#RochesStores
, in Henry Street in 2006, which had been trading there since the early 20th Century. Here's some photos from our digital collection.
@thejournal_ie
@dubcilib
@DubCityCouncil
@DublinTown
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We're delighted to announce that
@ScuffilC
will be back next Monday 1st June at 6pm with part 4 of her Dublin Place names series looking at "Rebellion, Emancipation and Townships"
#Takeacloserlook
#LoveDublinHistory
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The first
#histfest2019
podcast dropped this morning. It features a great conversation about the War of Independence with Historians Anne Dolan, Diarmaid Ferriter, and
@JohnDorney2
, chaired by
@RMcGreevy1301
- get it here
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The Book of Durrow is a bit of a mystery, we don't know exactly where it was before it ended up in Durrow
#histfest2017
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Congratulations to our
@DubCityCouncil
colleague Charles Duggan
@heritage_dublin
& all involved in No. 14 Henrietta St project - well-deserved recognition of a fantastic job!
#lovedublinhistory
The winner of the Overall Winner of the
#RIAIAWARDS
goes to No.14 Henrietta Street Tenement Museum
@DubCityCouncil
@heritage_dublin
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@rteliveline
@joeliveline
There' have been flower sellers on Grafton Street for donkey's years - here's a great photograph from 1963, from the
@Failte_Ireland
collection in
@DCLAReadingRoom
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Application closes TOMORROW!
Become the next
@DubCityCouncil
's Historian in Residence!
5 historians will be selected for a year in residence, engaging with local communities, conducting research and promoting access to historical collections.
DETAILS:
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#OnThisDay
1919 - birth in
#Phibsboro
, Dublin, of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch. On 11th July 2019
@DubCityCouncil
unveiled a commemorative plaque, and
@Postvox
a stamp, to mark her centenary
@DublinCityofLit
@dubcilib
(the plaque is currently in Blessington Basin)
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This is on Monday next folks and it's free, don't miss this amazing story of 4 women who barricaded themselves against the police on the roof of Liberty Hall to remember James Connolly
#twitterstorians
@DubHistorians
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Great event marking the
#Beatles
in Dublin and well done to the
@DubCityCouncil
team who organised the plaque and the unveiling
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The programmes have landed! Collect a copy in your local library or other heritage sites around the city
#HistFest2018
#31daystogo
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Starting next week from 13th August, new War of Independence exhibition in
@DCLAReadingRoom
tells the story of this bloody conflict in the city, also tours with
@DubHistorians
, book on Eventbrite
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#OnThisDay
21 October 1809 – Nelson’s Pillar was opened to the public for the first time, on the fifth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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#OnThisDay
19 August 1907 – The Royal Dublin Fusiliers’ Memorial Arch at St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, was officially opened. A memorial to the men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fell in the Boer War, it remains an iconic landmark at the top of Grafton Street.
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Sister Against Sister: Women and the Irish civil war featuring Dr Leeann Lane (DCU); Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD); Dr Margaret Ward (QUB) and moderated by Dr Fionnuala Walsh (UCD) is streaming live on
@dubcilib
Youtube channel now for
#histfest22
📺👉
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It's just one week until
#HistFest21
!
Our programme of 100+ FREE events runs from 20 September - 10 October, both online and in-person.
Brought to you by
@DubCityCouncil
and organised by
@dubcilib
in partnership with
@DCCCultureCo
.
Tickets and info:
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Thanks to
@LordMayorDublin
Paul McAuliffe
@joeliveline
and
@dubcilib
Mairead Owens for launching our 2019 programme yesterday in the atmospheric
@PRA_Ireland
, check out our full programme here
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It's easy to apply! Get a grant for your school/club/group to put on history events thanks to
@DubCityCouncil
Decade of Commemorations fund, thanks
@LordMayorDublin
for starring in our promo! Pls R/T
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As the year draws to a close, let's look back at the 2018 Festival, our biggest so far!
@dubcilib
@DCLAReadingRoom
@helloalicepr
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Here's some more images from
#histfest2018
programme, we are launching 23 August, lots of planning going on in the office now!
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New episodes of the Dublin Festival of History Podcast are released each Tuesday and Thursday.
Today we revisit a
#HistFest21
event, with
@gillianmobrien
discussing her book 'The Darkness Echoing' with Michael Staunton.
Listen:
@dubcilib
@DCCCultureCo
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You Need To Be Here: the library at 144 Pearse Street to see new exhibition on War of Independence in Dublin
#goodbyeDublin1921
, incls excellent map with details of ambushes, safehouses etc
#twitterstorians
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Burning the midnight oil in the festival office working on
#histfest2018
...it's gonna be a mighty programme! Launching on 23rd August and all events are FREE!
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#OnThisDay
1879 the first Butt Bridge over the River Liffey was officially opened. Designed by Bindon Blood Stoney, it was replaced by the current bridge in the 1930s
@dubcilib
@DubCityCouncil
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Here's 4 more of the
@DubHistorians
#HistoryonYourDoorstep
panels in Sean MacDermott St, Ringsend, Cabra & Finglas, looking good!
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Join historian
@lizgillis191623
to find out about the important role played by the 3rd Battalionin the fight for Irish freedom in and around the
#Ringsend
area.
Presented by Ringsend Library, Mon 4 Oct, as part of
#HistFest21
. Free tickets:
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This year, many of the talks during the festival were recorded, from the Big Weekend to online Zoom ones. You can listen to them now at leisure.
More coming soon as podcasts.
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Give
@DubHistorians
a follow and find out about lots of Dublin
#history
events, they can meet your group/school and give a history talk for free!
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Good morning!
It's the first day of
#HistFest21
.
We're kicking off our programme of 100+ FREE online and in-person events.
Explore the full programme at
#Dublin
#History
#LoveDublin
@DubCityCouncil
@dubcilib
@DCCCultureCo
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Opened in 1904, the
@dubcilib
Kevin Street library has seen a lot of history, and it’s great to see it refurbished so beautifully. Credit to the libraries’ team & to
@DubCityCouncil
City Architects team as well!
#teamwork
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The
@HistFest
team (well Tara!) are SEW excited about this seminar "Fabric & Fashion: from silk weaving to Singer" looking at 3 aspects of dress, fashion and fabric making with
@ScuffilC
@Rachel_With_AnE
&
@rua_ruth
Madame Nora's shop might get a mention!
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