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September 2010
Friday 1st January to Saturday 30th October
An Evening of Food, Folklore and Faires
Experience this unique and enchanting evening of Irish folklore and storytelling while enjoying a traditional Irish candlelit dinner in Dublin's oldest Pub, The Brazen Head.
Hear how Irish people lived off the land and why the humble potato so influenced our history.
Explore their beliefs and superstitions surrounding the other world of the fairies
Listen to the magical stories they told as they gathered around the fire at night.
Come back with us to the fascinating world of Ireland long ago when the culture was one of the mind, spirit, and the imagination and where the unseen world was never far away.
The Brazen Head, 20 Bridge Street, Dublin 8 Friday 1st January to Friday 31st December
Yeats: The Life And Works Of William Butler Yeats
The Yeats Collection at the Library includes more than 2000 items, stored in 100 archival boxes, occupying 24 metres of shelf space.
In the exhibition, visitors can trace WBY's descent from the conventional Pollexfen and Yeats families, through his unconventional father (a lawyer turned artist) and his increasingly silent and depressed mother, to WBY and his brother and sisters, who became the single most significant artistic family in twentieth-century Ireland.
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street Dublin 2 Wednesday 20th January to Friday 31st December
Discover your National Library
The Library’s new exhibition, Discover your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect provides a unique opportunity to view first-hand a representative selection of the Library’s holdings – the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Irish documentary material numbering almost eight million items including maps, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, books, newspapers and periodicals.
Among the artefacts to go on display are rare manuscripts such as the Book of Maguaran dating from the Middle Ages and a deed signed by Sir Walter Raleigh. There are also curiosities such as a 1795 lottery ticket (we don’t know if it won), and more contemporary items such as a set of cigarette cards illustrated by Jack Yeats from the 1920s.
Throughout, the exhibition makes extensive use of digital media, with special features including a series of screened talks by the Library’s curators. One of the most popular features is an interactive table using Microsoft Silverlight technology, which enables the visitor to zoom in on images of objects from the collections which can be seen in amazing detail.
National Library of Ireland Thursday 15th April to Thursday 30th September
Neillí Mulcahy
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Neillí Mulcahy was one of Ireland’s leading fashion designers, producing haute couture garments to the highest Parisian standards for her international and Irish clients.
Neillí was one of the first truly Irish designers, she was known for her pioneering use of Irish fabrics, and tweed in particular.
Neillí collaborated with the weavers, fabric and print designers and knitters to produce innovative fabrics in vibrant colours. The exhibition includes garments and accessories from throughout her career, from 1950s hand beaded and velvet ball gowns to crisply tailored ‘girl about town’ suits.
Opening Times
Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 2pm-5pm
Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays
National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History Saturday 1st May to Saturday 30th October
Dublin: the College and the City 1250 - 1950
Experience this unique and enchanting evening of Irish folklore and storytelling while enjoying a traditional Irish candlelit dinner in Dublin's oldest Pub, The Brazen Head.
Hear how Irish people lived off the land and why the humble potato so influenced our history.
Explore their beliefs and superstitions surrounding the other world of the fairies
Listen to the magical stories they told as they gathered around the fire at night.
Come back with us to the fascinating world of Ireland long ago when the culture was one of the mind, spirit, and the imagination and where the unseen world was never far away.
Dates Every night except Monday. Commencing May 1st till October 30th.
Time 7 pm – 10 pm
Price €44 (includes 3 course dinner with tea and coffee)
Advance bookings recommended
The Brazen Head Saturday 1st May to Friday 31st December
Yeats: The Life And Works Of William Butler Yeats
The National Library of Ireland has the largest collection of Yeats manuscripts in the world and, in addition, holds other fascinating Yeats material generously donated by Mrs George Yeats, wife of the poet, and Michael Yeats, the poet's son, over several years.
The Yeats Collection at the Library includes more than 2000 items, stored in 100 archival boxes, occupying 24 metres of shelf space.
In the exhibition, visitors can trace WBY's descent from the conventional Pollexfen and Yeats families, through his unconventional father (a lawyer turned artist) and his increasingly silent and depressed mother, to WBY and his brother and sisters, who became the single most significant artistic family in twentieth-century Ireland.
Opening Times
Monday -Wednesday 10am - 8.30pm
Thursday - Friday 10am - 4.45pm
Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
Admission
Admission is free
National Library of Ireland Thursday 27th May to Sunday 3rd October
India: The Famed Orient & European Perspectives
The links with South Asia and Trinity College are very old, reaching back at least to the establishment of the chair of oriental languages in 1762.
This exhibition will explore the links between Trinity, Ireland, Britain and Europe with India, concentrating on the wealth of printed books and other related material from the 19th and early 20th century that is held in the Library.
Trinity College Thursday 27th May to Sunday 3rd October
India: The Famed Orient & European Perspectives
The links with South Asia and Trinity College are very old, reaching back at least to the establishment of the chair of oriental languages in 1762.
This exhibition will explore the links between Trinity, Ireland, Britain and Europe with India, concentrating on the wealth of printed books and other related material from the 19th and early 20th century that is held in the Library.
Price: Adult €9.00 (Including the Book of Kells)
The Long Room, Trinity College Thursday 27th May to Sunday 3rd October
India: The Famed Orient & European Perspectives
The links with South Asia and Trinity College are very old, reaching back at least to the establishment of the chair of oriental languages in 1762.
This exhibition will explore the links between Trinity, Ireland, Britain and Europe with India, concentrating on the wealth of printed books and other related material from the 19th and early 20th century that is held in the Library.
The Long Room, Trinity College Saturday 11th September to Sunday 26th September
Dublin Fringe Festival
A barge, a bush, a French diva chocolate cake, gorillas, snakes, a show in a supermarket, contortionists, the sassiest hoola hooper in the world, robots, lions and Manchán Magan in a dress brandishing a chainsaw are among the elite cocktail mixers holding Dublin to ransom at FRINGE, the 16th edition of Dublin Fringe Festival
16-days & nights of explosive boundary pushing performing arts & music/
Audiences never know what to expect at FRINGE and this year the whole city comes alive with the most exhilarating festival in town and an edgy back-to-basics DIY theme to get the whole city moving again.
For 16 days and nights this city-wide multi-disciplinary festival will present works which confront, embrace and defy this period of remarkable change and challenges.
This annually anticipated, ram-packed line-up of contemporary performing arts and music includes the much-loved Spiegeltent, a gorgeous tent of mirrors, brought to you first by the Fringe (this year though is the last year FRINGE will pitch this tent). Going back to its spiritual home at George’s Dock adjacent to the IFSC it will be joined by its younger, sassier sister tent, the Metro Bosco Theatre.
Dublin City Centre
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