Just Saying is a short film that was released just over a month ago. You can find it on YouTube and you’ll see it’s had over 320,000 views since it was uploaded on December 27th. It’s quite poignant and quintessentially “Dublin”. It follows a young man as he walks the streets of Dublin at night. It’s been described as an “emigration film”, but it’s also full of hope… The star of the piece is an actor called Emmet Kirwan. And in it, he strolls around the streets of Dublin, pondering the move he is about to make: moving away from ...
Tom Rowley joins Mayor Buck and John to tell us about a new and completely unique way to explore the city of Dublin with the launch of the Storymap App, a huge library of 80 stories, presented in crisp audio or HD video, each tied to a location in the city and told by a different Dubliner.
A photograph of Dublin which appeared in the New York Times at the weekend in a listing of the 46 places you must visit was the subject of conversation on Liveline. Paudi McCaughey is a tour guide and he says he couldn't believe the photograph which was of a part of Smithfield which is particularly run down.
It is over 10 years since Dublin's landscape was changed forever & given a brand new, very shiny & very, very tall Spire! John Murray recently went to the Spire & met with engineer Michael O'Neill along with playwright & director Peter Sheridan. Peter Sheridan’s show, Break a Leg, can be seen at Dun Laoghaire’s Pavilion Theatre on Thursday 25th April at 8pm. Tickets from 01 231 2929 or www.paviliontheatre.ie. It then tours to the following venues… Saturday 27th April Draíocht, Blanchardstown Monday 29th April Bewleys Café Theatre – lunchtime until Friday 24th May Saturday 4th May Droichead Arts Centre ...
Why did Dublin in the early twentieth century have similar mortality rates to Calcutta? What reception did Dublin’s sizeable Jewish population receive? Why was Dublin’s Red Light District one of the largest in Europe? A new course at University College Dublin will answer these questions as well as giving an insight into Dublin’s hidden past through a series of discussions inside the classroom and walks around the city. This course is intended for anyone who is curious about Dublin’s past, particularly the city’s social history. It aims to shine a light on the lives of ordinary men, women and children ...