2013 Events
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Programme of Events 2013
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Monday 1st April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Tuesday 2nd April 10:30am
Dublin at the time of James Plunkett’s Strumpet City with Dr. Paul Rouse (UCD).
National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary
Tuesday 2nd April 1:10-1:50pm
Who Feared to Wear the Red Hand Badge! Songs and Poems of 1913 Lockout performed with historical commentary by Francis Devine with guest singers.
Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. Info email: cityarchives@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 2nd April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 3rd April 11am
Life in Dublin’s Tenements – Irish History Live, a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Pembroke Library, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6689575
Wednesday 3rd April 1pm
Life in Dublin’s Tenements – Irish History Live a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Rathmines Library, 157 Lwr Rathmines Road.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 4973539
Wednesday 3rd April 3pm
Life in Dublin’s tenements – Irish History Live a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Walkinstown Library, Percy French Road.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: walkinstownlibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 4558159
Wednesday 3rd April 7:30pm (Booking opens Monday 4th March) BOOKED OUT
Bread and Roses: Strumpet City Revisited. Broadcaster Sean Rocks, writers Christine Dwyer Hickey, Diarmuid Ferriter and Peter Sheridan discuss the importance of Strumpet City – the book. Readings by Bryan Murray (Fitz in the TV series), theme music from the TV series played by the orchestra of the RIAM and conducted by the composer Proinnsias O Duinn.
St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle, Dame Street (Cork Hill Gate Entrace, Beside City Hall).
Admission free. Booking essential. Limit of 4 tickets per person. Email: cityofliterature@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6744862
Wednesday 3rd April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Thursday 4th April 11am
Life in Dublin’s Tenements – Irish History Live a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Finglas Library, Main Shopping Centre, Jamestown Road, Finglas.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: finglaslibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8344906
Thursday 4th April 1pm
Life in Dublin’s Tenements – Irish History Live a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: drumcondralibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8377206
Thursday 4th April 3pm
Life in Dublin’s tenements – Irish History Live a show suitable for children aged 8+.
Donaghmede Library, Donaghmede Shopping Centre, Grange Road.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8482833
Thursday 4th April 4:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery. The Bailey Bar, 1-4 Duke Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Friday 5th April 11:30am
Big Jim & Jimmy’s Novel: The story behind Strumpet City with James Curry.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Saturday 6th April 12 - 1pm & 1:30 – 2:30pm
Boys and Girls come out to play! Traditional games and rhymes from the early 20th Century with Stephen Holland, Blackthorn Arts. Also a play area with Dublin City Council Play Office. Suitable for children 4 - 12 years of age, parental supervision essential. City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: cityofliterature@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6744877 / 6744862
Monday 8th April 2:30pm
'Infernos of Degradation’: Life in the Dublin Slums with Dr. Enda Leaney, Dublin City Public Libraries
Ballymun Library, Ballymun Road.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8421890
Monday 8th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Tuesday 9th April 1:10-1:50pm
Conradh na Gaeilge san Ardchathair i 1913: Fiche Bliain Ag Fás? Trácht as Gaeilge: beidh aistriuchán as Béarla leis an doctúir Seamus Ó Maitiú.
Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. Info email: cityarchives@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 9th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Rathmines Library, 157 Lwr Rathmines Road. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 4973539
Tuesday 9th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 10th 7pm
Reading of the first finalists in the James Plunkett Short Story Award for new and emerging writing talent. Irish Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square.
Wednesday 10th April 7:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Ringsend Library, Fitzwilliam Street. Admission free. Booking necessary. Email: ringsendlibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6680063
Wednesday 10th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 10th April 7:30pm
Rashers, Royalty and Revolution: Kingstown/Dún Laoghaire in the Early 20th Century with Colin Scudds, Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society. Assembly Hall, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: libraries@dlrcoco.ie Tel: 01 2147970
Thursday 11th April 6pm
The Dublin Lockout Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh with James Curry.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Friday 12th April 1pm
Stories, songs, speeches which inspired Strumpet City with historian Padraig Yeates, actor Jer O’Leary and Fergus Whelan (ICTU).
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Saturday 13th April 10am-4.30pm
A Capital in Conflict: Dublin city and the 1913 Lockout
Seminar associated with the launch of the book of the same title. Speakers: Francis Devine, Karen Hunt, Ann Matthews, Niamh Puirséil and Colin Whiston. Guest speaker Padraig Yeates.
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary.Info Email: dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie Tel: 474 4999
Sunday 14th April 7pm
Strumpet City - Extracts, Banners, Ballads and Banter. Dublin’s best balladeers, Jimmy Kelly, Fergus Russell and Fergus Whelan sing rousing ballads of the time. Jer O'Leary is an actor and banner maker, living in the North Strand. Mick O’Reilly, President of DCTU, talks with Jer, as a slide show of his banners depict how he was influenced by Larkin's writings. Extracts read by drama students, Marino College. Directed by Roisin Lonergan, produced by Mary Enright.
Sean O ‘Casey Theatre, East Wall
Admission €10. Booking essential. Email: fivelampsartsfestival@gmail.com
Sunday 14th April 2-5pm
Strumpet City at the National Print Museum.Print your own keepsake, listen to a performed reading and drink tea from a jam jar or fine bone china, with artist and letterpress printer Mary Plunkett.
National Print Museum, Garrison Chapel, Beggar’s Bush Barracks, Haddington Road.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Monday 15th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Monday 15th April until Saturday 20th April 7:30pm
Lockout - a new play from writer Ann Matthews. Hear the story of Dublin working class wives and mothers during the Lockout.
The New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street,
Booking: 01 670 3361 Email: info@thenewtheatre.com
Tuesday 16th April 1:10-1:50pm
The 1913 Tapestry: the story in art. Video followed with short talks by artists with Robert Ballagh and Cathy Henderson.
Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. Info email: cityarchives@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 16th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Paul Rouse evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Cabra Library, Navan Road.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: cabralibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8691414
Tuesday 16th April 7:30pm
From Mrs Bradshaw to Rashers Tierney: Gender, Poverty and Power in Dublin in the Early 20th Century with Dr Caitriona Clear (NUI Galway). Assembly Hall, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: libraries@dlrcoco.ie Tel: 01 2147970
Tuesday 16th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 17th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Paul Rouse evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Coolock Library, Barryscourt Road. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: coolocklibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8477781
Wednesday 17th April 7pm
Two Faces of a Winding Clock – Moore Street and the Dublin of Strumpet City, a discussion on Dublin markets with Barry Kennerk.
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 17th April 7pm (duration approx 90 minutes)
Let’s Walk & Talk: Strumpet City & the Lockout around the North Inner City. This walking tour around the North Strand area will examine the events leading to the Great Lockout of 1913 and the devastating effect it had on the area. This walk will be led by historian Pat Liddy. Meet at the Five Lamps, North Strand. Admission free. Booking not necessary. www.letswalkandtalk.ie
Wednesday 17th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Thursday 18th April 6pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Paul Rouse evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Thursday 18th April 6pm - Booked Out
How the Poor Lived: tenements, public health and medicine in Lockout Dublin 1913 with Lydia Carroll and David Durnin. Royal College of Physicians, Kildare Street. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6744806
Friday 19th April 1pm
Big Jim & Jimmy’s Novel: The story behind Strumpet City with James Curry.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary.
Monday 22nd April 12pm (duration approx 90 minutes)
Let’s Walk & Talk: Memories of Strumpet City. Strumpet City deals powerfully with the era of tenements, widespread unemployment, poverty and the Great Lockout. This tour takes us through parts of the city still awash with memories of more desperate times for Dublin's working classes before concluding at The Church Café & Bar, Mary Street for complimentary tea & coffee and an Irish music session. A special lunch offer will also be available. This walk will be led by historian Pat Liddy. Meet outside St. Kevin's Church, Harrington Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. www.letswalkandtalk.ie
Monday 22nd April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Tuesday 23rd April 1:10-1:150pm
The 1913 Lockout - a spiritual revolution reflections by Des Geraghty
Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. Info email: cityarchives@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 23rd April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Paul Rouse evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: drumcondralibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8377206
Tuesday 23rd April 7:30pm
The Catholic Church and the 1913 Lockout as illustrated in Strumpet City with Patsy McGarry of The Irish Times.
Assembly Hall, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire. Email: libraries@dlrcoco.ie Tel: 01 2147970
Tuesday 23rd April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Wednesday 24th April 1pm
The Contemporary Music Centre presents Musical Tales 2013 – two concerts in Dublin City Libraries as part of One City One Book – featuring Royal Irish Academy of Music Miriam Kaczor (flute), Vincent Kennedy (trumpet), Evelina Ndlova (electric piano) and Margaret Bridge, (choral conductor with a choir of eight singers), presented by composer Benjamin Dwyer
Central Library, Ilac Centre.
Admission free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 8734333 Email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie
Wednesday 24th April 3pm
The Dublin Lockout Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh with James Curry.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary.
Wednesday 24th April 6:30pm
Strumpet City – the TV series Bryan Murray (Fitz), John Kelleher (executive producer) and Tony Barry (producer) tell the story of the making of the iconic TV series – the most successful ever made by RTÉ. Other cast and crew members will be in the audience.
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary, Places are limited and are given on a first come basis
Wednesday 24th April 7:30pm
Irish Traditional Music with readings from Strumpet City.
The Church Café & Bar, junction of Mary Street & Jervis Street.
Admission free. Booking not necessary
Thursday 25th April 1pm
The Contemporary Music Centre presents Musical Tales 2013 – two concerts in Dublin City Libraries as part of One City One Book – featuring Royal Irish Academy of Music Miriam Kaczor (flute), Vincent Kennedy (trumpet) Evelina Ndlova (electric piano) and Margaret Bridge, (choral conductor with a choir of eight singers), presented by composer Benjamin Dwyer.
Rathmines Library, 157 Lwr Rathmines Road. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 4973539
Thursday 25th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Raheny Library, Howth Road. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8315521
Thursday 25th April 6.30pm
An Evening with Rashers Tierney - readings and songs from James Plunkett's Strumpet City. The classic novel of Dublin city life in the early 1900's through the words of the irrepressible Rashers Tierney. Waterways Ireland Visitors Centre, Grand Canal Quay. Admission free. Booking advisable. Email: visitorcentre@waterwaysireland.org Tel: 01 6777510
Thursday 25th April 8.30pm Readings from Strumpet City with Val O'Donnell with accompanying Dublin songs performed by singer Barry Gleeson. Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham Road, Dublin 14. Admission Free. Booking Advisable. Tel: 01 4939642 or email rathfarnhamcastle@opw.ie
Saturday 27th April 11am – 4:30pm
Strumpet City: A People’s History of the 1913 Lockout. A day of papers and debate organised by Garrett Fagan (UCD). Screening of Ian Graham's documentary James Plunkett Conscience of a City; talks on Strumpet City. History Ireland Hedge School Debate: 'Strumpet City: Was it Really Like that?' chaired by Tommy Graham, Editor, History Ireland. Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: cityofliterature@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6744862. For programme details see http://bit.ly/ZDttwa
Monday 29th April 11:30am
To coincide with the city celebrations for Dublin: One City, One Book and the 1913 Lock Out RADE will perform a duologue by Rashers and Hennessy from The Risen People by James Plunkett at the official launch of Social Inclusion Week. Location: City Hall, Dame St. Admission free. All welcome. More details on RADE at www.rade.ie
Monday 29th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Phibsboro Library, Blacquiere Bridge, Off North Circular Road, Phibsboro.
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: phibsborolibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 8304341
Tuesday 30th April 1:10-1:50pm
Janey Mary, a short story by James Plunkett read by actor Bryan Murray.
Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Booking not necessary. Info email: cityarchives@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 30th April 6:30pm
Dramatic readings from Strumpet City. Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.
Pembroke Library, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge
Admission free. Booking essential. Email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 6689575
Tuesday 30th April 7:30pm
Poems and the City: 'September 1913' and beyond with Prof Gerry Dawe (TCD). Assembly Hall, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire. Admission free. Booking essential. Email: libraries@dlrcoco.ie Tel: 01 2147970
Bike Tours
Dublin City Bike Tours
Explore James Plunkett's Strumpet City. Meet outside Isaac’s Hostel, Frenchman’s Lane, off Lower Gardiner Street. Each Friday in April at 10am, duration 2.5 hours. Fee €24. Booking www.dublincitybiketours.com Tel: 087 1341866
Tenement Tours
Tour of former tenement house No. 14 Henrietta Street. Wednesday 10th, 17th and 24th from 12:30 - 2pm. Numbers limited. Booking essential. Email: heritage@dublincity.ie Tel: 01 222 3824
Walking Tours
Glasnevin Cemetery will commemorate the centenary of events that inspired Strumpet City, with a tour each Sunday in April. Amongst the graves visited is Countess Markievicz, the world’s first female minister, Helena Maloney, founding member of the Irish Women Workers Union, Sean Connolly, the first casualty of the Easter Rising, and Charlotte Despard, sister of Lord French, and revolutionary socialist agitator. The tour culminates at the grave of James Larkin where actor Jer O’Leary will perform Larkin’s famous speech. Sunday 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th April at 1pm. Tickets €12/€8 concession. Booking advised. Email: booking@glasnevintrust.ie Tel: 01 882 6550
Exhibitions
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street
'Infernos of Degradation': Dublin 1913. Images of Dublin in 1913 - the slums, tenements, and rookeries of the city. This exhibition highlights the everyday privations and hardships endured by Dublin's poor in the 'Strumpet City'. 2nd – 30th April Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm. Fri & Sat: 10am-5pm. Admission free.
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street
Strumpet City - exhibition matching quotations from James Plunkett's Strumpet City with images from the Dublin City Council Photographic Collection showing how little the city has changed over many decades.
2nd – 30th April Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm. Fri & Sat: 10am-5pm. Admission free.
Competition
James Plunkett Short Story Award for emerging writers. Prize fund €3,500. Full details on www.ireland-writers.com
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