Trinity Comprehensive School Tour
Collins Barracks – Trinity Comprehensive School Experience the story of 1916 come to life before your very eyes. Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun Dublin, recreate...
11:00 - 16:00
Exhibitions
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100 Years of Weddings
Buswells Hotel, The Meeting Room Irish Destinies – fifty years of trust in the Irish Nation – wedding photographs from the period 1916-1966 by...
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Sit Still – 20 lives / 20 chairs
O’Connell Street “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana 20 revolutionary lives reflected through the work of Griffith...
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1916 Sackville Street Art Project
There were more civilians killed during the 1916 Easter Rising than British Soldiers or Irish Volunteers. These 262 men, women and children who were...
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The Fruit Market
Explore the Fruit Market which has been transformed into an interactive performance space for the day. This historic building dates back to 1892 –...
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Reflecting 1916: Photography and the Revolutionary Generation
Reflecting 1916: Photography and the Revolutionary Generation This exhibition questions the role photography has played in the representation, construction and re-construction of our history, and...
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1916: A Country is Born A Cartoon History of the Easter Rising
The beautiful Georgian walls of The Ireland Funds Gallery in the Little Museum of Dublin are now dominated by 60 giant drawings and texts...
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St Stephen’s Green Circus
St Stephen’s Green, Family Zone Back in the early 1900s, the circus was a time when families could escape from reality, take some time...
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Inspiring Ireland 1916 Exhibition
Royal Irish Academy, Reading Room As part of ‘Reflecting the Rising’, the Digital Repository of Ireland invites members of the public to enjoy ‘pop-up’ talks...
12:00 - 16:00
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Making the 1916 Portraits
RIA, Council & Members Room Introduced by Della Kilroy Illustrator David Rooney talks about creating portraits of 42 people involved in the Rising for the...
14:00 - 15:00
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Letters of 1916: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times
RIA Lecture Hall Introduced by Avril Hoare Letters of 1916 is a new online database that provides unprecedented access to the private thoughts, dreams,...
17:00 - 18:00
Tour of ‘Proclaiming A Republic: The 1916 Rising’ / ‘Dearbhú na Poblachta: Éirí Amach 1916’
Collins Barracks ‘Proclaiming A Republic: The 1916 Rising’ / ‘Dearbhú na Poblachta: Éirí Amach 1916’ Take a tour of the fascinating new exhibition “Proclaiming the...
15:00 - 0:00
Speaking Forever: The Abbey Rebels / Representing the Rising: The Visual Arts in 1916
The Gresham, O’Connell Suite Introduced by Dr. Gavin Jennings, RTÉ Speaking Forever: The Abbey Rebels Author Fearghal McGarry considers the Abbey rebels’ memories of the...
15:00 - 16:30
1916 Exhibition Tours
Gallery of Photography Tours begin at 12pm and 5pm Free tours of the Reflecting 1916 exhibition with relatives of 1916 rebels and the curatorial...
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Family Photographs and the Revolution
Gallery of Photography This talk will examine snapshots, family albums and the work of photographic studios that were active in Dublin both before and...
14:00 - 15:00
Dublin City Public Libraries’ Learning Bus Zone
Smithfield Square Find out what Dublin was like 100 years ago by visiting Dublin City Public Libraries’ Learning Bus Zone. The...
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Walk and Talk (inEnglish)
The RHA Gallery Walk and Talk tour of the 186th RHA Annual Exhibition presenting the RHA Annual Exhibition in the broader context of history...
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Walk and Talk (as Gaeilge)
The RHA Gallery Walk and Talk tour in Irish of the 186th RHA Annual Exhibition presenting the RHA Annual Exhibition in the broader context...
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“27th of April Last”
The RHA Gallery The Royal Hibernian Academy, more than any other cultural institution in Ireland experienced the magnitude of the 1916 Rising. Academy House,...
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186th RHA Annual Exhibition
The RHA Gallery To commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising, the 186th RHA Annual Exhibition will return to its original time of year and will...
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We Kill All Our Own / Fighting and Writing / The photographs of the widows and children of the 1916 leaders in The Catholic Bulletin.
National Library of Ireland, Lecture Theatre Introduced by Sean Rocks, Presenter, Arena, RTÉ Radio 1 We Kill All Our Own What it Said in thePapers:...
16:00 - 18:00
7 Signatories Exhibitions
National Library of Ireland: Front Hall 7 Signatories of the Proclamation against a backdrop of music from the period. Photograph courtesy of the RTÉ Archives
11:00 - 18:00
Irish Citizen Army and Union Memorabilia
Liberty Hall An exhibition of Irish Citizen Army and union memorabilia from 1916, including photographs, paintings and other items of historical interest, will be...
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To Speak of Easter Week – Part 4
DIT Level 2: Room 2-020 “The hardest task was to surrender” – Sean Holohan, son of Paddy Holohan Captain C Company, 1st Battalion Dublin Brigade...
17:00 - 18:00
Interactive History of Conradh na Gaeilge
6 Harcourt Street/6 Sráid Fhearchair Number 6 Harcourt Street, the Ceannáras of Conradh na Gaeilge, was the headquarters and bank of Sinn Féin in...
11:00 - 18:00
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The Car and the 1916 Rising / The Rising Value of Rising Collectables
Buswells Hotel, The Georgian Suite (Conference Room) Introduced by Yvonne Judge, RTÉ The Car and the 1916 Rising Motorised transport, in particular the motorcar,...
16:00 - 17:00
St Stephen’s Green Tented Village – A Glimpse into 1916 Professions
Come and explore our tented village demonstrating 1916 professions. National Print Museum Printers played a central role in the 1916 Rising. Come and see...
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