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NEW EVENT: A discussion about the tragic fire at the Stardust nightclub on Valentine’s Day 1981 in a working-class suburb of Dublin that resulted in the deaths of 48 young people. With Christine Bohan, Sean Murray and Nicky Ryan. Fri 27 Sept, 8pm Book: dublincity.spydus.ie/cgi-bin/spydus…

#OnThisDay 30 September 1910 Resolution of Dublin City Council granted Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin to Charles A. Cameron. Sir Charles Cameron (1830–1921) was a medical officer, chemist, and writer who fought for better housing and sanitary conditions for the poor.

Reminder that my Dublin Festival of History talk on the death of footballer Sam O'Brien in 1924 will be taking place in Drumcondra Library tomorrow evening. dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/sam-obri…

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A reminder that tomorrow, Monday 7th at 18.30 in Dalymount Park (in Mono's bar) Gary Spain & Africa Institute in Ireland will be giving a talk on the Gold Coast football team that came to Dublin in 1951 not long before 🇬🇭 independence More here, dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/fai-amat… Dublin Festival of History

My lecture on the Freeman’s Journal in Dublin Festival of History — Pearse Street Library, 6.30pm, Thursday, October 10th. All welcome, no booking required. dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/a-great-…

The ceremony was the occasion of what the Evening Telegraph described as scenes 'unheard in the history of Nationalist demonstrations in Dublin' as the Lord Mayor was met with 'hissing, hooting, and booing' by supporters of the Boers. There was even a display of 'fisticuffs'!

William Rowan Hamilton plaque to be unveiled on Wed 16 Oct at 11am, marking the birthplace of Mathematician and Astronomer William Rowan Hamilton, on Dominick Street, Dublin 1. All are welcome to come along to the ceremony. plaquesofdublin.ie/news/william-r…

Listening to WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk and James Holland talking about the merchant navy and his next book and thought of the memorial here in Dublin for those lost on Irish merchant ships during the war.

My third (and final) talk for this year's #DublinFestivalOfHistory takes place on Friday evening in #Marino's Carleton Hall at 7pm. All welcome! @histfest Living In Marino 🌺 ᖴᗩᎥᖇᐯᎥᗴᗯ ᗰᗩᖇᎥᑎᗝ Casino Marino Dublin City Libraries Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU

Photos: Patrick Skelly Seeing Double ? Why do the public libraries in Drumcondra, Phibsborough, Inchicore, and Ringsend look so similar ? Well, Dublin Corporation built all of these between 1935 and 1940 on the art deco designs of architect Robert Lawrie. National Built Heritage Service #HI6171

Today's reading is The Irish Writers Handbook edited by Ruth McKee Books Ireland ♥️ I'll be making my RTE Arena debut tomorrow night talking about my piece in the book about libraries and pursuing a creative life. Dublin City Libraries Libraries Ireland

Happy birthday to a great friend of Dublin Festival of History Roger Moorhouse 🇺🇦 - you can watch his appearance at our 2023 Festival on YouTube at youtube.com/live/nqG90JM3M…

I’ll be eternally grateful to Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 for introducing me, by Tweet, to this album and the work of Steven Wilson It’s wonderful.

If you're interested in Hamilton, why not come along to the unveiling of a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque in his honour, at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Dominick Street; you'll have plenty of time to get to the walk afterwards!

The Irish writers in Seoul for the Irish literature festival, at the wonderful Kyobo bookshop; Anne Griffin; Sinead Gleeson, and Rónán Hession, with Irish ambassador Michelle Winthrop. Irish Embassy Korea Michelle Winthrop, Ambassador of 🇮🇪 to 🇰🇷

The very first thing I was asked to do as a library assistant, in Coolock Library, was storytime. I didn’t expect to find myself doing it again forty years later to a group of Korean children! It was great fun. Dublin City Libraries Dublin UNESCO Irish Embassy Korea Michelle Winthrop, Ambassador of 🇮🇪 to 🇰🇷

This Charles II charter (1661) was given to Dublin by the monarch. Written in English, it grants command of a foot company to the Mayor of Dublin and his successors. This was done as a way of commemorating the role of Alderman Robert Deey, in securing the King’s restoration.