Tuesday 3 March 2015

Dublin City & Irish Folklore: April Lunchtime Lectures

Dublin City and Irish Folklore is the theme of next month's lunchtime lectures at City Hall, Dublin. Each lecture is free and is presented in the Council Chamber. There's no need to book. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speakers and topics are:

Tuesday 7 April: Remembering 1916: The Urban Folklore Project, with Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh

Tuesday 14 April: 'One Day for recreation': Eilís Brady and Frank Harte as chroniclers of Dublin, with Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

Tuesday 21 April: Bytes of Dublin – digitising Dublin content in the National Folklore Collection UCD: samples of audio, visual and manuscript material, with Anna Bale

Tuesday 28 April: Grand dwellings and intimate settings: Stories of urban living, with Kelly Fitzgerald.