Hi all!
The first month is already over and while this is somewhat shocking, it also means that we are coming closer to the return of the outdoor events. I can’t wait! :-)
Thanks for the people who offered to help! I will get back to you during the coming week. Four wonderful people offered to help and I will contact you all to see if and how we can work together. :-)
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I am soo grateful to the great people (the names are in the SUPPORT THE DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE section) who helped this week. The January bill got paid in full and the February bill was already reduced by EUR 80 to a remaining balance of EUR 160. That is sooo great news! Thanks!
Unfortunately these bills never stop and therefore – if you can – it would be great if you could help. I am suggesting a very fair EUR 12 for the year, that’s just 23 cent per Dublin Event Guide Edition or less than 3 pints for the whole year! That’s not much if you think about how much value the Dublin Event Guide brings you every week! ;-) Higher and lower donations are also appreciated! Every Euro counts!
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Without putting your hand in your pocket at all you can help the Dublin Event Guide! Just use the ad links in the Dublin News Section and the banner ads in other sections as often as possible when you buy/order goods. If you buy goods immediately (in the same session) after clicking on a link/ad that you find in this publication (for example for Groupon, LivingSocial, Amazon, Book Depository, LastMinute etc), then you help the Dublin Event Guide everytime.
This is how it works: The company you buy from will give a small commission (5-8%) to the Dublin Event Guide as a thanks for pointing you in their direction. This might only be 30 cent a go, but if many of you did it every time you buy something online, then it could make a big dent into the EUR 240 needed. Importantly, you do not pay more, but the merchant accepts a slightly smaller profit. So clicking on these ads is helping everybody! Thanks!
Have an event-full weekend and week,
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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-mail magazine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and there could be more in the coming week and this section is for the people that want to overcome the hurdles, achieve more and remember that despite all, life is great!
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I expect that “where you are coming from”, was referring to where your starting point was. And that is indeed important to realise: It doesn’t matter where you started! But you also could read a geographical meaning into that first sentence: It doesn’t matter from which part of Ireland or Dublin you are coming from and it also doesn’t matter from where in the world you are coming from! I know people who have hang-ups because they think they came from a place on this earth where they would automatically have less a chance to achieve big things. Not so!!
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To cover the cost for the Dublin Event Guide I need your help and every week generous and nice Dublin Event Guide readers help with a donation.
This week Catherine F, Stephen S, Juliana A Y, Caoimhe Ni M, Damien B, Shane O’B and Melanie S were so great to help with a donation! Thanks a lot!! You and all the other donors throughout the year are keeping the Dublin Event Guide alive! Without you, there would be no Dublin Event Guide!!
The cost for sending the weekly newsletter is EUR 240 per month and a donation from you of just EUR 12 per year will ensure that I will be able to pay the bills.
Has the Dublin Event Guide helped you to find events that you otherwise wouldn’t have known about, or have you saved money by finding great free events? Then please go to here and give something back if you can!
I appreciate ANY help: EUR 12 would be great (that’s just 25 cent per week!), but even if it is just the price of 2 pints it will help.
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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no guarantee for correctness can be given.
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.
This weekend there are some markets, like the Fabulous Market, the New Market Collective and the Alternative Flea Market and I would suggest that you take the last opportunity to see the current Science Gallery Exhibition. On Sunday, I will watch the Super Bowl, which seems to be super popular this year, going by the number of pubs that will show it.
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Is this the beginning of the end? – Faceboo Changes and the Dublin Event Guide
Facebook was one of the most important ways for me to spraed the word about the Dublin Event Guide in recent years. With nearly 75,000 Fans, the community on Facebook grew much bigger than the 24,000 e-mail magazine subscriber list and it is a more interactive community. BUT the downside is that on Facebook every Page owner is totally dependent on Facebook’s algorithm to reach people unless you can and are willing to pay to get your message in front of your audience. I know (small!!) companies who spend more than EUR 2,000 per month on Facebook ads, but that will never happen for the Dublin Event Guide.
So we are dependent on organic reach and that collapsed last week! Mark Zuckerberg had announced it about two weeks ago. They want to let us see more updates from our friends and less from Pages. That sounds good initially, but then you realise that Facebook is NOT a charity, so they will still need to make money through Pages paying for ads. I therefore don’t believe that “We now care for you, dear users!” line. It’s as believable as when Michael O’Leary from Ryanair says that he cares about Ryanair customers!
But the bottom line stays the same: Pages will be shown MUCH less…unless you pay. The Dublin Event Guide page’s daily post reached lately approx. 10,000-15,000 per day and on the day after the algorithm change, this dropped to just above 1,400. So that is a dramatic change.
If you don’t see the daily posts anymore, go to the Page, then make sure you have clicked on LIKE. Then click on FOLLOW and find “SEE FIRST”. When you have enabled that, you will see every daily Dublin Event Guide post. Also please tell your friends about it, because I will probably not get to reach them anymore. Quite annoying, but that’s the downside of Facebook! THEY control you! E-Mail Marketing is the only reliable way forward!
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Taxi Drivers of Change – Taxi Drivers and Aware
The mental health organisation Aware and is training taxi drivers to become “Drivers of Change”. 1 in 10 people in Ireland will be affected by depression at some point in their lives and since taxi drivers talk a LOT to many people, the programme will give prepare them to deal with customers with problems a lot better. The goal is to fight against the stigma against mental health in Ireland.
The video here tells the story of the programme.
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Vatican tries to ban former President Mary McAleese from conference – Doh!
Cardinal Kevin Farrell from Dublin, the most senior Irish person at the Vatican tried to ban former president Mary McAleese from the conference “Why Women Matter”, organised by “Voices of Faith” and scored an own goal. The conference was meant to take place in the Vatican and therefore the speakers had to be approved, but Farrell did not give his ok to Mary McAleese’s and two other speakers’ attendance.
The Voices of Faith group is trying to get the Vatican to understand that women have the expertise, skills and gifts to play a full leadership role in the church.
Mary McAleese was meant to be just a member on a discussion panel, but following the her non-approval, the organisers moved the conference to a location outside the Vatican and made Mary McAleese a keynote speaker.
Someone should tell the Vaticanians, that when you are already in a hole, it is advisable to stop digging! :-O
If you to congratulate the cardinal on his stupid move, you can find him here: twitter.com/bishop_farrell
The Irish Times reported the story here.
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Dublin Food Co-op Markets
The Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket Square has put a notice on their website that following an “incident” on 05 December, the structural integrity of part of the hall that was used for the markets every week and the cafe are not accessible anymore and it seems that means that the weekly markets (Pure Vintage Market, Rumble in the Jumble, Fusion Sunday Market and Dublin Flea Market) will be affected by this. The Flea Market will probably suffer the least because they always used the Green Door Market hall in addition to the Food Co-op hall, but the other markets will either not happen until further notice or will be severely curtailed due to lack of space.
I will keep you posted about the developments.
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Dun Laoghaire: Winter of Heritage
The “Winter of Heritage”, “Spring into Heritage” and “Summer of Heritage” programes, are a series of free guided tours run by the Heritage Office of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. From 22 January until 18 February, there a free tours every day in some of the following venues: James Joyce Tower & Museum, Cabinteely House, Marlay House and The Oratory. In addition there will be four public lectures.
The programme is here events.dlrcoco.ie/event/winter-heritage-2018 and a downloadable PDF version can be found here events.dlrcoco.ie/sites/default/files/WoH2018.pdf Admission is free to all tours and lectures.
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The Energia Map of Free events in Ireland will be back in March.
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is www.visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.
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Humans of Dublin by Peter Varga
08 January – 31 March
dlr LexIcon Library, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
An exhibition of 60 photos by Peter Varga from his “Humans of Dublin” series will be on show in dlr LexIcon from 08 January – 31 March 2018.
“Peter Varga was working in a Dublin café when he decided to follow his passion and dedicate himself to photography. Inspired by the success of the Humans of New York project, he began to walk the streets of Dublin interviewing and photographing those he met along the way. What he uncovered were the powerful stories that hide in plain sight as we rush about our busy lives, too busy to notice. So began the social media phenomenon that is Humans of Dublin whose social media pages have over 175,000 followers. There are tales of inspiration and joy and those of heartbreak and loss, all of human life is present in this remarkable portrait of a diverse and vibrant city.”
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La Danse contemporaine en questions
from 11 Jan
Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Over the past three decades, the world of contemporary dance has evolved spectacularly in leaps and bounds through a multitude of different creative approaches to choreography. The Alliance Française Dublin in partnership with the Fondation Alliance Française will showcase in January and February an exploration of this universe of movement and its evolution in France since the 80s.
The exhibition was designed and coproduced by Centre National de la Danse and the Institut Français.
Admission is free. www.alliance-francaise.ie/culture/
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Jacob’s Biscuit Factory & Dublin: An Assorted History
December 2017-March 2018 (Mon-Sat: 10:00-17:15)
Dublin City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
The extensive Jacob Biscuit Factory Archive held at Dublin City Library and Archive is thge basis of this exhibition that explores all aspects of the factory’s twentieth century history and its impact on lives of Dubliners. On panels the history of the factory, the workers, the products it produced and its role in Irish life are described.
Find out the history of the Jacobs cream-cracker, who was the marketing genius to develop the concept of Jim Figgerty, and how did major national and international events from World Wars to 1916 Rising impact the business, customers and staff.
The exhibition is in the Vaults of Dublin City Hall and will run from December until March. It will be closed from 22 December until 03 January 2018.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/jacob%E2%80%99s
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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght
 08:00 – 12:00, Sat 03 Feb
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.
www.irishcarboot.ie/
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 03 Feb
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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Park Runs: Malahide, Cabinteely, Shanganah, Marlay, Raheny
09:30 – 13:00, Sat 03 Feb
Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.
A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin
+ St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
+ Father Collins Park, Donaghmeade/Clongriffin, Dublin 13
+ Tymon Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24
+ Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6
+ Corcagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
www.parkrun.ie/
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 03 Feb
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 03 Feb
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 03 Feb
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.
It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 03 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.
www.jamestownmarket.com/
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sat 03 Feb
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/markets
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Needful Things Market
10:00 – 18:00, Sat 03 Feb
Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This market is described as “A market of the majestic and the macabre” and unfortunately I don’t have any more information for you.
Admission might be free, but not even that is certain. It is organised by “Women in Horror Month”.
www.facebook.com/events/1244643889015461/
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Temple Bar Markets
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 03 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
www.templebar.ie
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The Story of the Capital – Exhibition in Dublin City Hall
10:00 – 17:15, Sat 03 Feb
City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition that you should definitely check out at some stage.
To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2018.
Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture-cityhall/exhibition
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Art, Bites, Crafts – Drumcondra Market
10:30 – 15:30, Sat 03 Feb
Arts and Business Campus, 40 Drumcondra Road Lower
The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.
The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/abcdrumcondramarket
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 03 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Build a Bird Feeder – Children’s Workshop
11:00 – 13:00, Sat 03 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
The Children’s Workshops “Build a Bird Feeder” will take place on Saturday. Kids will make bird feeders to help our feathered friends during the cold winter months. Wear old clothes, it will get messy. Suitable for age 6-12 years.
Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 8570909
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm#3Feb
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Sat 03 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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The beautiful American wife of the Irish artist, W.J. Leech – Talk
11:30 – 12:30, Sat 03 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
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A Fabulous Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 03 Feb
The George, South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
On the first Saturday every month, the “A Fabulous Market” will take place in the George Bar in South Great George’s Street.
You will find all sorts of art and crafts at this market
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/AFabulousMarketdublin/
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Ha’penny Flea Market
12:00 – 17:00, Sat 03 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 03 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Last week of this exhibition, don’t miss out!!
The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” and it will run from 12 October until 11 February. The exhibition looks at doomsday and emergency scenarios. How can we prepare for such a worst case situation? It is a very interesting exhibition that I recommend. Some exhibits need you to think/reflect a little, but that is a good thing! :-)
Exhibits are for example
+ 22 Doomsday Clocks that show how close we got to the end of the world in the period from 1945-2017
+ a series of drawings teaching basic skills for challenging situations
+ Pandemic Spreading patterns in a globalised world
+ Microbiome Ark (a small satellite that carries human microbiome on board to kickstart life on earth again after a disaster)
+ a selection of Manuals for Civilisation
The website below lists all exhibits and provides their explanation so that you can either before or after your visit check further details.
There is also a Situation Room where you can partake in a Catastrophe Citizen Assembly to decide on complex questions that could affect the survival of humanity. The Situation Room assembly will convene every hour. Check with the mediators how you can take part.
All Science Gallery exhibitions are suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part/follow. For this exhibition, though, younger kids might need your help to understand some of the context.
I strongly suggest to use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.
The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.
Admission is free.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/icoe/
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The Bernard Shaw Flea Market
12:00 – 16:00, Sat 03 Feb
The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8
The Bernard Shaw Flea Market is a vintage and flea market with approx 16 stalls, music, pizzas from the Big Blue Bus and the Bernard Shaw Garden Bar. Expect vintage clothes, shoes, jewellery, art, records, bric-a-brac and more and DJs will provide the entertainment.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/400917193698454/
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Sat 03 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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Women in Medieval Ireland – Tour
13:00 – 13:45, Sat 03 Feb
National Museum, Kildare Street (Archaeology), Dublin 2
To celebrate St. Brigid’s day, the tour “Women in Medieval Ireland” with Museum educator Annie Birnery will explain to you what life was like for women in the middle ages and you will learn more about artefacts associated with women like the shrine of St. Brigid’s shoe.
Admission is free and places will be allocated on first-come, first-served basis. The tour is suitable for adults and young people aged 12+.
www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events?id=3574
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Chester Beatty Library – Guided Tour
14:00, Sat 03 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Every Saturday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 14:00.
In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Sundays at 15:00
www.cbl.ie/Plan-A-Visit/What-s-On.aspx
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Chester Beatty’s Gift to the Nation – Tour
14:00, Sat 03 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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Eason Story Time for children
14:00, Sat 03 Feb
Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Every Saturday a kid’s book will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.
Admission is free.
www.easonedition.com/events/
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Rugby Six Nations: France vs Ireland
17:30, Sat 03 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The Six Nations Rugby tournament is back and the France vs Ireland match takes place on Saturday.
Expect that nearly all pubs that have TV screens will show the match and admission will be free.
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Brain Donation / Dirty Sound Magnet – Gig
21:00, Sat 03 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Level Heads – Gig
21:00, Sat 03 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The Level Heads are allegedly playing a gig in the Harbour Bar (Rock, Blues, Indie). But oddly that seems to conflict with the Parchman Farm gig that is announced for the same venue at the same time.
Admission is free.
www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/level-heads
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 03 Feb
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.
www.stillorganorchard.com/specials/
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Parchman Farm – Gig
21:00, Sat 03 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Lilac / Stupid Son – Gig
22:30, Sat 03 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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The Clandestinos – Gig
23:00, Sat 03 Feb
The Bowery, 196 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Clandestinos will play a gig in the Bowery on Saturday.
Admission is free before 23:00. The gig will start at 23:30. However, be aware that there is a Crowblack Chicken gig before the Clandestinos gig from 20:00 with an admission charge of EUR 10.
thebowery.ie/calander/
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Car Boot Sales – Ballymun
08:00 – 13:00, Sun 04 Feb
Trinity Comprehensive Secondary School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9
In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.
Admission for buyers is free.
www.facebook.com/irishcarboot
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 04 Feb
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.
It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 04 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.
www.jamestownmarket.com
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sun 04 Feb
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/markets
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 04 Feb
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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Art, Bites, Crafts – Drumcondra Market
10:30 – 15:30, Sun 04 Feb
Arts and Business Campus, 40 Drumcondra Road Lower
The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.
The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/abcdrumcondramarket
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Dun Laoghaire Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sun 04 Feb
People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.
www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/markets
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Jazz + Bluegrass for Brunch on Sundays
11:00 – 16:30, Sun 04 Feb
Kilkenny Shop, Nassau Street, Dublin 2
The Kilkenny Shop Cafe is inviting to a Jazz Brunch Sunday every Sunday from 11:00-14:00 and from 14:30-16:30 a Bluegrass Band is taking over. Unfortuantely they don’t specify who the bands are.
Admission is free.
www.kilkennyshop.com/restaurant-jazzsundays
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Palestrina Choir
11:00, Sun 04 Feb
St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.
www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week
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The New Market Collective
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 04 Feb
Green Door Market, 18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The New Market Collective is a warehouse market on the first Sunday of each month. You will find there Clothes, Accessories, Vintage, Home-Decor, Craft. Irish Design, Art, Vinyl Records, Jewellery, Food & Coffee and Live Music. There is also a Craft Corner.
Admission is free. At the same weekend the Pure Vintage Market takes place in the Food Co-op on the other side of Teelings Distillery, so you get two markets in the same place.
www.facebook.com/thenewmarketcollective
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Drop-in family session: A Fish Supper
11:30 – 13:30, Sun 04 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The Drop-in family session “A Fish Supper” is an art-making workshop where children and their parents/guardians/carers are encouraged to work together on creative projects. The workshop will be based on the work of William Scott, and will be led by Kate Dick.
Drop-in and stay for as long (or as little!) as you wish! These workshops are suitable for children of all ages.
Admission is free and no booking is required.
www.nationalgallery.ie/drop-family-session-fish-supper
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Marbled Painting – Art&Craft workshop for kids
11:30 – 12:30, Sun 04 Feb
St. Saviours Priory, 9-11 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1
The Polish Peace Corps in Dublin is inviting parents and their children to an Irish-Polish Art&Crafts workshop for children on Sunday. The event is called “Mozaikowe malowanie/ Marbled painting” and it will start with Arts&Crafts and will be followed by story telling. For the parents there will be tea and coffee.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1735576143191596/
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Sun 04 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 04 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Guided Walks – Botanic Gardens
12:00 – 15:30, Sun 04 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Every Sunday, the National Botanic Gardens invite to two guided walks. The first one is at 12:00 and the second one at 14:30.
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/info.htm
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sun 04 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Last week of this exhibition, don’t miss out!!
The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” and it will run from 12 October until 11 February. The exhibition looks at doomsday and emergency scenarios. How can we prepare for such a worst case situation? It is a very interesting exhibition that I recommend. Some exhibits need you to think/reflect a little, but that is a good thing! :-)
Exhibits are for example
+ 22 Doomsday Clocks that show how close we got to the end of the world in the period from 1945-2017
+ a series of drawings teaching basic skills for challenging situations
+ Pandemic Spreading patterns in a globalised world
+ Microbiome Ark (a small satellite that carries human microbiome on board to kickstart life on earth again after a disaster)
+ a selection of Manuals for Civilisation
The website below lists all exhibits and provides their explanation so that you can either before or after your visit check further details.
There is also a Situation Room where you can partake in a Catastrophe Citizen Assembly to decide on complex questions that could affect the survival of humanity. The Situation Room assembly will convene every hour. Check with the mediators how you can take part.
All Science Gallery exhibitions are suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part/follow. For this exhibition, though, younger kids might need your help to understand some of the context.
I strongly suggest to use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.
The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.
Admission is free.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/icoe/
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Sunday at Noon – Classical Concerts
12:00 – 13:00, Sun 04 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.
The next concert will feature Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano) and David Bremner (piano). They will perform a Song-cycle by Christopher Fox on poetry by W. B. Yeats.
www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/2027-sundaysnoon-elizabeth-hilliard-soprano-david-bremner-piano
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The Dublin Alternative Flea Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sun 04 Feb
Vodoo Lounge, 39 Arran Quay, Dublin 1
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Family Tour – National Gallery
12:30 – 13:15, Sun 04 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
This Family Tour is specially designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers to make the works on display in the National Gallery fun and engaging for kids.
Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square information desk.
www.nationalgallery.ie/family-tour-17
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United Ireland – Documentary Screening
12:30 – 13:30, Sun 04 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The documentary “United Ireland” will be screened in the National Gallery.
In the summer of 1917, Catholics and Protestants united against a common enemy at the battles of Messines Ridge and Passchendaele. This is a story of triumph, lost lives and lost bodies.
This full-length documentary was made by The Irish Times and funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs with support from the Imperial War Museum. The film was made by journalist Ronan McGreevy and videographer Enda O’Dowd, both of The Irish Times.
Admission is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/documentary-united-ireland
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 04 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches.
There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website below or on their Facebook Page where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!
www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/
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Hugh Lane Gallery – Guided Tour
14:00, Sun 04 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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SoundTracks in the Tram Cafe – Gig
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 04 Feb
TramCafe, Wolfe Tone Square, Jervis Street, Dublin 1
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 04 Feb
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Chester Beatty Library – Guided Tour
15:00, Sun 04 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Every Sunday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 15:00.
In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Saturdays at 14:00
www.cbl.ie/Plan-A-Visit/What-s-On.aspx
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Jack Hickey – Artist Talk
15:00 – 15:45, Sun 04 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 04 Feb
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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Sunday Family Sketching – Hugh Lane Gallery
15:00 – 16:00, Sun 04 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Sunday Sketching for the whole family takes place every Sunday in the Hugh Lane Gallery and admission is free.
Families are invited to explore and respond together the gallery’s collection and temporary exhibitions through discussion and drawing. Bring your own sketchbook along or use the drawing materials provided. There will be a different topic every week
Admission is free and no booking required, although numbers may be limited. Suited for ages 6+.
www.hughlane.ie/all/2017-sunday-sketching-winter-landscape
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Bal Folk – European Folk Dance Session
16:00 – 18:30, Sun 04 Feb
The Cobblestone, 77 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the weekly Bal Folk Dance Sessions.
And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub.
www.facebook.com/groups/balfolkdublin/
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Super Spongey Sundays at The Mezz – Gigs
16:00, Sun 04 Feb
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This is a freestyle improv jam hosted by New Secret Weapon’s Griff (David Griffin) in the Mezz. In the course of the afternoon, evening and night you will experience everything from Moody Blues to Math-Rock.
This week’s Special Guests have not yet been announced.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/559247501088713/
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Blues Got Soul – Gig
17:00 – 20:15, Sun 04 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Blues Got Soul, a four-piece blues band from Dublin is performing the music of the founding fathers of blues and blues masters in the International Bar every Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
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The High Leeson – Bluegrass Gig
18:00, Sun 04 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
The High Leeson is a Bluegrass band that plays every Sunday in the Leeson Longe. It seems that the “High Leeson” renamed to “Mules & Men”, if anybody could confirm that, that would be great!
Admission is free, donations are appreciated.
www.facebook.com/The-Leeson-Lounge-114810058553792
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Dixieland Jazzmen – Gig
18:30 – 20:30, Sun 04 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Jawbone – Acoustic Folk & Blues Night
19:00 – 21:00, Sun 04 Feb
Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass
19:30 – 20:30, Sun 04 Feb
St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.
Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)
www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
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Pointbreak – Gig
20:00, Sun 04 Feb
Fibber Magee’s, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Sunday Roast – Gig Night
20:00, Sun 04 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Great news!! The Sunday Roast is back! For many years Sunday Roast was a weekly gig night in the Mercantile that featured some of Dublin’s finest musicians and bands and that always had a great selection of performers. Then suddenly the organisers ended the weekly event.
Now, 2 years later, it is back!! :-) It won’t be a weekly event, but a monthly one and will start on 04 February. In addition to the music, there will be free roast potatoes. The line-up has not been announced yet, but hopefully you will find it on the Facebook Page below soon.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thesundayroast/
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Apollo Sessions
20:30, Sun 04 Feb
Bleeding Horse, 24 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2
Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.
www.facebook.com/apollosessions
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Pete Cummins – Gig
20:30, Sun 04 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 04 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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The Catfish Blues Orchestra – Gig
21:00, Sun 04 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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The Night Before Larry Got Stretched – Singing Session
21:00, Sun 04 Feb
The Cobblestone, 77 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
The Night Before Larry Got Stretched, a traditional singing session is back with its first Singing Session of 2018 and guest singer is Julie Kavanagh. She is a singer and musician from Lahinch, Co. Clare and is one half of the group, Twin Headed Wolf, along with her sister Branwen.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/328121067674615/
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Super Bowl – American Football Final
22:00 – 03:00, Sun 04 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The Super Bowl LII (for 52) is the American Football Final for the 2017 season and it will take place on Sunday evening. The kick-off is at 23:30, but some pubs start the celebration way earlier and the TV programmes start at 23:00 or 23:15.
The two teams competing are the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.
A number of pubs in Dublin will show the game and I am listing a few of them below if admission is free, but make sure that you check that they will show the FULL game. It will most likely continue until at least 03:00 and that can be a problem for pubs on a Sunday evening
Alternatively you can watch the game on BBC1 from 23:15 for free or on Sky Sport Main Event from 23:00.
Pubs that will show the Super Bowl game:
+ Buskers on the Ball, Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
+ The Mezz, 23 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
+ McGowans, 18 Phibsboro Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
+ The Living Room, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1
+ Adelphi, 52 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
+ Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1
+ Sinnot’s, South King Street, Dublin 2
+ Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
+ Peadar Kearney, Dame Street, Dublin 2
+ McSorley’s, Ranelagh
+ Rody Bolan’s, Rathmines
Some other pubs charge EUR 10, but the whole list above has no admission charge.
I remember that just 3-4 years ago, you had to SEARCH for a pub in Dublin that would screen the full game. Such a change! This year the pubs are nearly falling over each other to get you to come to them. It shows how popular that game became.
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The Jive Cats – Gig
22:00, Sun 04 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig
22:30, Sun 04 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
The Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic Rock twist, sandwiched with Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and Rap of all eras.
Admission is free.
www.whelanslive.com/
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Mon 05 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Mon 05 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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Support the Dublin Event Guide – Buy your books here!
13:00, Mon 05 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
 
If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:
Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!
www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!
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Learning Languages in Early Modern England – Talk
17:00 – 18:30, Mon 05 Feb
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
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8 Steps to Mindful Eating & Weight Management – Talk
18:30, Mon 05 Feb
Finglas Library, Finglas Village Centre, Jamestowm Road, Finglas
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Mind Your Mental Health – Talk
18:30, Mon 05 Feb
Phibsboro Library, Blacquiere Bridge, Off North Circular Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7
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Sam Killeen / SYLK / Space Volk – Gig
20:00, Mon 05 Feb
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
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Song Cycle – Singer/Songwriter Showcase
20:00, Mon 05 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase in Wheelan’s.
Admission is free.
www.whelanslive.com
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The Circle Sessions – Open Mic
20:00 – 23:30, Mon 05 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
The Circle Sessions is an “Open Mic” that provides an opportunity for up and coming musicians, spoken word artists, poets and comedians to perform.
Come to this weekly show to perform or to simply watch a great mix of music, poetry, spoken word and comedy.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thecirclesessions/
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The Comedy Shed
20:30, Mon 05 Feb
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 05 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan – Gig
21:00, Mon 05 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan will perform in the Leeson Lounge.
They will play music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/The-Leeson-Lounge-114810058553792/
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Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social
21:00, Mon 05 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Every Monday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.
Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).
www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-Jam-Session-at-The-Grand-Social/224553674385198
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Trad Sessions
21:00 – 23:30, Mon 05 Feb
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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That’s It Recordings – Open Mic
22:00, Mon 05 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
That’s It Recordings is an open mic every Monday at Sin E. Just turn up and play. Sign up before 22:00 to ensure you get a slot. Bring a USB stick along and you will get a recording of your music to take home.
Admission is free.
sin-e.ie/events/
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Tue 06 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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Conversations on Art: Dementia-friendly tour
12:00, Tue 06 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
“Conversations on Art” is a dementia-friendly tour in the Chester Beatty Library for people living with dementia and their loved ones.
The tour will start with a relaxing tea or coffee in the Silk Road Café and will then look at the collections in the library. Limited to 10 Participants per tour,.
Admission is free, but booking is required via Heidi on 01 4070766.
www.cbl.ie/Plan-A-Visit/What-s-On.aspx#FebruaryAnchor
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Girl with a Red Ribbon – Pop-up Art Talk
13:15 – 13:45, Tue 06 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
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Feilire Oengusso: The Lost 600 Years – Talk
16:00 – 18:00, Tue 06 Feb
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
“Féilire Óengusso: The Lost 600 Years and the Limits of the Critical Edition” is a talk by Dr.Nicole Volmering Trinity Long Room Hub Resident as part of the School of Languages Research Seminar.
Félire Óengusso (‘Martyrology or Calendar of Óengus’) is an Old Irish text commemorating the saints. This unique martyrology, which was composed in verse in the early ninth century, was copied over a period of more than eight hundred years, but is largely preserved in late medieval and early modern manuscripts.
Admission is free more details on the website below.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=126699272
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Beyond the Book of Kells: A Wycliffite Psalter – Talk
18:30 – 20:00, Tue 06 Feb
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Beyond the Book of Kells: A Wycliffite Psalter is part of the lecture series “Beyond the Book of Kells: The stories of eight other medieval manuscripts from the library of Trinity College Dublin.”
“In this talk Dr Niamh Patwell from UCD will discuss TCD MS 70: A Wycliffite Psalter. The rejection of Latin as the language of religion in favour of vernaculars in the 1960s is well known; attempts to convey the word of God in English in the fourteenth century will be less familiar. TCD 70, with its basic instructional works introducing the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith and text of the Psalms in English, represents just such an early attempt to democratise access to scripture, at a time when there was the danger such activity would be condemned as heretical.”
Admission is free, but registration is required via the website below.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=124745599
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Irish Women at Work in 1918 – Talk
18:30, Tue 06 Feb
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
The lecture “Irish Women at Work in 1918: the impact of WWI on life outside the home” with Maeve Casserly (historian and NLI staff member) will take place. The lecture will mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act on 6th February 1918 and the start of women’s suffrage in Ireland and Great Britain. This talk will explore the huge impact of the First World War on Irish women in the workforce both at the front and the home front, inside and outside the home.
Admission is free.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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Reading Dante – in Italian
18:30, Tue 06 Feb
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
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Science Espresso with John Dinsmore – Talk
18:30, Tue 06 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
The next Science Espresso talk will be John Dinsmore talking about “ProACT: Advancing Proactive Digital Integrated Care for Older Persons Self-Managing with Multimorbidity”.
Science Espressos are a series of talks running alongside the SPARKS exhibition at the Science Gallery in January and February about topics from different areas of health research.
John Dinsmore (Assistant Professor in Digital Integrated Care and the Health Innovation Lead/Deputy Director of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI) at Trinity College Dublin) will look at advancing proactive digital integrated care for older persons self-managing with multimorbidity via the H2020 project ProACT. Following the talk, John will be joined on stage by a panel of ProACT researchers from Trinity College Dublin, IBM and DkIT, who will take part in a Q&A on the project and explain future ambitions for the consortium.
Admission is free, bu booking is required via the website below.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2018/01
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Spring Detox Yoga – Taster Class
18:40, Tue 06 Feb
Dublin Holistic Centre, 28 South William Street, Dublin 2
Yoga Teacher Sara Kelly is running “Spring Detox Yoga” classes as part of her Stress Management Yoga series. You will work through standing and seated poses, twists, backbends and inversions, working on strength, alignment and breathe centred movement. There will be a focus on twists, release work and letting go.
Admission is normally EUR 12, but Sara is making four places available for free for Dublin Event Guide readers to try out her class. If you want to take part in this taster class, contact Sara at sassyogadublin@gmail.com to check if she still has a place for you. Don’t forget to mention that you read about it in the Dublin Event Guide.
www.instagram.com/sassyogadublin/
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Green Drinks Dublin – Folklore of Irish Wildplants & Herbs
19:00, Tue 06 Feb
J.W. Sweetman, 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) continues to bring you Dublin Green Drinks on the first Tuesday of every month in J.W. Sweetman’s. Green Drinks is a monthly event in 711 cities around the world to bring people with an interest in green issues together.
The talk this month will be about the Great Auk. The great auk is the only Irish bird to have gone extinct worldwide within the last 500 years. Wildlife writer and photographer Conor O’Brien will discuss what drove this magnificent, flightless bird to extinction – and the attempts to bring it back from the dead.
Meet up on the top floor of J.W. Sweetman’s. Doors open at 18:30 and the talk is at 19:00. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Drinks-Dublin/73308564711
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The Dublin Language Exchange – Meetup
19:00, Tue 06 Feb
Czech Inn, Essex Gate, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
EveryTuesday at 19:00, The Dublin Language Exchange takes place in the Czech Inn. It is the biggest free meeting of people from all around Dublin that are interested in learning languages and communicate with speakers of other languages.
Admission is free and the meetup is completely informal. No booking required.
www.facebook.com/Dublin-Language-Exchange-131803433533696/
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Camden Comedy
20:00 – 22:30, Tue 06 Feb
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
Camden Comedy is a weekly comedy night on a Tuesday that I only found recently.
Every Tuesday they have a whole range of comedians and admission is free.
www.facebook.com/CamdenComedyDublin/
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Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig
20:00, Tue 06 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub
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Ukulele Tuesday – Jam&Gig
20:00 – 23:30, Tue 06 Feb
Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below.
www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday
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Light House Sessions – Open Mic Night
20:30, Tue 06 Feb
The Bowery, 196 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Light House Sessions is an Open Mic Night in the Bowery. There will be music, comedy and spoken word and admission is free.
thebowery.ie/calander/
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 06 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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The Lounge Quintet – Jazz Gig
21:00, Tue 06 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Tue 06 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.
Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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Woolshed Pub Quiz
21:30, Tue 06 Feb
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
Every Tuesday, a pub quiz is taking place in the Woolshed.
Admission is free. Max team size is 6 people.
www.woolshedbaa.com
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Free Wednesday – Free Entrance to some OPW Heritage Sites
09:00, Wed 07 Feb
Various heritage locations in Dublin
For years, this event was one of the most popular monthly events with a HUGE amount of people taking part. But since last year, it was more or less terminated for all of us in Dublin.
The Free Wednesday (currently) still continues outside of Dublin, but the interesting heritage sites in Dublin have been removed from the list. “Free Wednesday” is the first Wednesday every month when entry charges at some state-owned heritage sites are waived.
The sites are all owned by the state and managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Many OPW managed sites can already be visited for free (e.g. Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, National Botanic Gardens, Pearse Museum, etc), but some sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well.
Regrettably Kilmainham Gaol and Dublin Castle were removed from this great initiative and The Casino in Marino is still closed for an indefinite period of time, so the only site in Dublin that is still taking part (for another bit!?) is Rathfarnham Castle.
Outside but near to Dublin, you can visit
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow
free of charge. The full list of sites in Ireland is here.
However, as you can imagine, this event is very popular and therefore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore.
www.heritageireland.ie/
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Creative Den Drawing Session – Rua Red
11:00, Wed 07 Feb
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, D24
Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.
ruared.ie/
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Wed 07 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Wed 07 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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Secrets and Passions of National Botanic Gardens – Talks
15:00, Wed 07 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
At the “Lightning Talks” at the National Botanic Gardens, find out about the grand passions, obsessions, secrets and myths of some invited guests. With only 20 seconds per slide, these presentations will be short, insightful and fun.
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm#3Feb
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Band Aid/Live Aid and the World that Bob Geldof Made – Talk
16:00 – 17:30, Wed 07 Feb
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
“Band Aid/Live Aid and the World that Bob Geldof Made” with Dr Kevin O’Sullivan, NUI Galway is a lecture for the Centre for Contemporary Irish History. The Seminar Series acts as a forum where those engaged in research in Contemporary Irish History can discuss their work with likeminded people.
Admission is free.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=126543603
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Reading of stories by Sheridan Le Fanu
17:30 – 19:00, Wed 07 Feb
Mountpleasant Inn, Mountpleasant Avenue Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Howard Linnane, the organiser of the Halloween Festival of Gothic Horrors is inviting to a celebration of gothic storyteller Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, who died on 07 Feb 1873.
It will be a reading of stories by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/GothicHorrorsFest
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Embarrassment of Riches: Art Collecting in Gilded Age America – Talk
18:00, Wed 07 Feb
Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2
The yearly Chester Beatty Lecture takes place on Wednesday in the Dublin Castle Conference Centre. The topic is “An Embarrassment of Riches: Art Collecting in Gilded Age America” and the speaker will be Inge Reist (Director of the Frick Collection’s Centre for the History of Collecting).
A limited number of free places are available and you will have to request tickets via Caroline O’Hora on rsvp@cbl.ie
www.cbl.ie/Plan-A-Visit/What-s-On.aspx#FebruaryAnchor
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Career Toolkit Programme – Talks
18:30 – 20:00, Wed 07 Feb
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
Career Toolkit is a 4 week programme to assist you with your career choices. It is part of the Career Direction and Development programme at the Business Information Centre in the Central Library. The four interactive talks are hosted by Career & Life Coach Ilaria Dondero.
07 Feb: Career Choices and Decisions helping you move forward in 2018
14 Feb: Writing and Adapting Effective and Winning CVs, Resumes and Cover Letters
21 Feb: Interview Skills Techniques and Essential Tips to ensure a successful outcome
28 Feb: Opportunities for Post Graduates in a Competitive Jobs Market – what you need to know
Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01-8733996
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/career
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The History of History Lecture – Talk
18:30, Wed 07 Feb
Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Join Historian in Residence Maeve Casserly at this talk “The Legacy of History: the history wars, commemoration and beyond” about how we write history. What is historiography? What is revisionism and why is it so controversial? Take a step outside your history book and test the theories of some of the important (and sometimes forgotten) historians in Irish and international history. Were they always in pursuit of the facts, or just great storytellers?
Admission is free.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/history
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The Power of Positive Emotions – Talk
18:30, Wed 07 Feb
Cabra Library, Navan Road, Dublin 7
“This talk helps people to ‘grow the good’ in themselves by cultivating positive emotions which will ignite positive action, wellbeing and change. Sarah Murphy of Fired From Within will explore the emotions of joy and gratitude through a variety of research-based exercises which are proven to enhance our wellbeing. Discover how to rewire the brain to look for the good in our lives.”
Admission is free, but registration is required via 01-8691414
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/power
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Dublin Jam Session – Open Jam
19:30 – 22:30, Wed 07 Feb
Tivoli Backstage, 18/19 Francis Street, Dublin 8
The Dublin Jam Session is an open Jam with full back line. It is open to all levels of musicians and singers and all genres of music and the only rule is that you must jam with others (not all your own band).
It takes place every Wednesday and admission is free.
www.facebook.com/DublinJamSessions/
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Dwarf Jar Wednesday Jazz
19:30 – 22:00, Wed 07 Feb
The Dwarf Jar Cafe, 1 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
The Dwarf Jar House Trio (Daniel Rorke (sax), Cormac O’Brien (bass) and Matthew Jacobson(drums)) will play a weekly Jazz gig every Wednesday in Dwarf Jar Cafe and they usually have one or more guest musicians or singers supporting them.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/satumusikk/
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Jesters Open Mic Comedy Night
19:45 – 22:00, Wed 07 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Jesters is a weekly open mic comedy event where a lot of comedians do 5 minutes of material.
Admission is free. If you would like to perform then send a message to the Jesters Facebook Page via the link below.
www.facebook.com/jesterscomedy/
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BIMM Battle of the Bands – Gig
20:00, Wed 07 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Brand New Switcharoo – Roots Gig
20:00, Wed 07 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Anseo Comedy Club
20:30, Wed 07 Feb
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
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The Zodiac Sessions – Open Mic/Gig
20:30, Wed 07 Feb
Bruxelles, Harry Street, Dublin 2
“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.
www.facebook.com/zodiacsessions
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Forro Wednesday
21:00, Wed 07 Feb
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Los Paradiso – Gig
21:00, Wed 07 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Resident Open Mic – Mercantile
21:00, Wed 07 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
The Resident Open Mic is a new weekly open mic on Wednesdays with a bit of a difference: Each week a different established artist will go back to their roots by not just playing at the open mic but by hosting it. This gives the artists a chance to try out new songs, play some of their classics and most importantly it gives a chance for new songwriters to play their music in front of some of their favorite songwriters.
Admission is free.
dublinsessions.ie/the-mercantile-hotel/
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 07 Feb
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
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Wednesday Night Jazz
21:30, Wed 07 Feb
Chambers Pub, 13 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
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Parent and Toddler Yoga & Yoga Storytelling
11:00, Thu 08 Feb
Ballymun Library, Main Street, Ballymun
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Your Choice: Your Health – Cancer Prevention Talks
11:00, Thu 08 Feb
Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Thu 08 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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The Green Door Market
12:00 – 19:00, Thu 08 Feb
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Leonard Bernstein – Talk
13:00, Thu 08 Feb
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
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WWI Ireland: Public Tour
14:00, Thu 08 Feb
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
This is a tour of the exhibition “World War Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience”. Find out about the Irish experience ‘over there’ and on the home front during WWI through collections of letters, diaries, recruiting posters, newspaper reports, cartoons and leaflets.
WWIreland is at 2/3 Kildare Street.
Admission is free.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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Beyond 2022 – Archive of the Future – Discussion
15:00 – 17:00, Thu 08 Feb
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
On 30 June 1922, the Record Treasury next to Four Courts, that contained Ireland’s documentary heritage dating back to the thirteenth century was destroyed in an explosion and fire at the Four Courts in one afternoon. Millions of historical documents accumulatred over seven centuries were wiped out.
The Beyond 2022 project is working towards the creation of a new online resource – the Virtual Record Treasury – which will provide a digital reconstruction of the Record Treasury of the Public Record Office of Ireland as it existed in 1922, on the eve of the fire. The Beyond 2022 team is working to assemble a complete inventory of loss and survival of the 1922 fire.
To celebrate the launch of ‘Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury’ project, a panel discussion of leading practitioners will discuss the digital challenge presented by The Archive of the Future, and the opportunities offered by outreach and international collaboration.
More information about the event and how to register for it is on the website below. Admission is free.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=126658814
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Jazz Club at Sweetman’s – Gig
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 08 Feb
J.W. Sweetman’s, 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2
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Little Museum of Dublin – Free Admission
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 08 Feb
Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Every Thursday the Little Museum of Dublin waives their admission charges for two guided tours thanks to sponsorship from Guinness. The first tour is at 18:00 and the second tour is at 19:00. Make sure that you are there at least 10 minutes before the start of the tour to get one of the limited places.
The Little Museum of Dublin has a fascinating collection of artefacts from the last 100 years Dublin’s history.
On other days and other times, admission is EUR 10 for adults and admission is by guided tour only.
www.littlemuseum.ie/
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Anxiety – A Gut Feeling – Talk
18:30, Thu 08 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
The Health Research Board presents a public conversation on anxiety, stress and how the human microbiome relates to them.
“With the conversation becoming increasingly more open around many aspects of mental health and how it affects sufferers and their loved ones, we take a focused look at stress and severe anxiety. This lecture discusses some of the new research into gut bacteria and how it can influence behaviour associated with anxiety and fear as well as the simple actions we can take to manage the pressures of everyday life.”
Hosted by Dil Wickremasinghe,the panel of guests will include Aoife McElwain, author of the book Slow At Work; Gerard Clarke, a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry currently researching gut bacteria at the APC Microbiome Institute at University College Cork; and Ian Robertson, Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin.
Admission is free, but booking via the website below is required.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/Hrbredalertgutfeeling
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Evening Tour – National Gallery
18:30 – 19:15, Thu 08 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
Explore some of the highlights of the National Gallery exhibitons at this evening tour.
Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square information desk.
www.nationalgallery.ie/evening-tour-18
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Literature for and about Women in Italy 1470-1900 – Book Launch
18:30, Thu 08 Feb
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
The book “Conduct Literature for and about Women in Italy 1470-1900: Prescribing and Describing Life” offers an insight into the changing role of women across the centuries. The book traces some of the main features of conduct texts in the Italian tradition, from the last decades of the fifteenth century to the post-unification period.
The book is edited by Helena Sanson Reader in Italian Language, Literature, and Culture at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College) and Francesco Lucioli (Assistant Professor in Italian at University College Dublin).
Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below. The event will be in English.
www.iicdublino.esteri.it/iic_dublino/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2018/02/conduct-literature-for-and-about.html?modulo=1
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Tour for the hard of hearing
18:30 – 19:15, Thu 08 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
A “Tour for the hard of hearing” will take place and listening devices will be used to increase enjoyment and engagement with the reopened gallery and the national collection.
Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square Information Desk.
www.nationalgallery.ie/tour-hard-hearing-2
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Jess Kidd in Conversation with Rick O’Shea
19:00, Thu 08 Feb
Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
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New to Dublin? Dublin Expats Meeting
19:00, Thu 08 Feb
Living Room Pub, Cathal Brugha Street (off O’Connell Street), Dublin 1
An expatriate or expat is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship.
And this is a weekly meeting for all Expats in Dublin (new and old!). If you are new to the city, this is an excellent way to meet people.
Admission is free (no booking required!), but you are asked to give the same kind of welcoming to new members as is given to you.
www.eventbrite.com/e/dublin-expats-thursday-7pm-tickets-24745493437?ref=devg
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Thursday Night Board Gaming
19:00, Thu 08 Feb
Ryan’s, 19 Store Street, Dublin 1
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Table Quiz Thursday – Grand Social
20:00 – 23:00, Thu 08 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
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Crystal Skull Sessions – Band Competition
20:30, Thu 08 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Penrose – Gig
21:00, Thu 08 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Singer Songwriter Night – Mother Reilly’s
21:00, Thu 08 Feb
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Every Thursday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/motherreillysADMIN
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Brady’s Fun Pub Quiz
21:30, Thu 08 Feb
Brady’s Pub, 5 Terenure Place, Terenure, Dublin 6
A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.
There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)
www.facebook.com/pages/Bradys-Pub-Terenure/138965189474826
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Thu 08 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.
Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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McLoughlin’s Trad Night
21:30, Thu 08 Feb
McLoughlin’s Bar, 73 Upper George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire
A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.
www.mcloughlinsbar.ie
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McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions
21:30, Thu 08 Feb
J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7
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Woolshed Karaoke
21:30, Thu 08 Feb
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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The Story of the Capital – Exhibition in Dublin City Hall
10:00 – 17:15, Fri 09 Feb
City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition about Dublin’s History and you should definitely check it out at some stage.
To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2018.
Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture-cityhall/exhibition
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National Gallery Talks & Tour
11:30 – 16:50, Fri 09 Feb
National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.
Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
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The Green Door Market
12:00 – 19:00, Fri 09 Feb
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Basic Talks: Ann Maria Healy
13:00, Fri 09 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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13:00, Fri 09 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
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RÉALTA: Science Gallery Dublin’s 10th Birthday
18:00 – 18:30, Fri 09 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Time flies when you are having fun! It is incredible that the Science Gallery is already 10 years of age!
To celebrate the 10th Birthday, come to this Friday night event of fire, expolsions and special effects.
A performance at Trinity College’s Front Square will celebrate the birthday and will explore the stars.
“The college will be illuminated in a whole new way as artist Aoife van Linden Tol sets off three distinct explosions to celebrate the Dublin Science Gallery’s ten-year anniversary. Performers will dance and play with fire, setting off a chain reaction of pyrotechnic events. The site-specific explosive art installations are inspired by science and nature as well as the unique features of the square and surrounding buildings. These stunning series of fleeting yet powerful works inspired by the phenomena of the stars poetically reflect the Science Gallery Dublin’s programming which aims to ignite curiousity and discovery, explore the unknown, provoke difficult questions and involve the public in the joy and debate around art, science, technology and human progress.”
Admission is free, but registration is required via the website below.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/realta
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Fri 09 Feb
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.
www.cornucopia.ie
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Fri 09 Feb
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.
www.stillorganorchard.com/specials/
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Mekkan Ju – Gig
21:00, Fri 09 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Blues Got Soul – Gig
21:30, Fri 09 Feb
Patriot’s Inn, 760 South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
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Gavin Povey and the Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops
22:00, Fri 09 Feb
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
“Gavin Povey and The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops” will play New Orleans style Piano Rhythm & Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rock’n’ Roll. Gavin Povey has played piano with Van Morrison, Finbar Wright, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Cropper, Shakin’ Stevens and many more.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leeson-Lounge/114810058553792
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Mules & Men – Bluegrass Gig
23:55, Fri 09 Feb
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks
11+18+25 February
Every month the Dublin Mountain Partnership runs free guided walks in the Dublin Mountains often on some Saturdays or Sundays, but also on other days during the month. The walks have varying difficulty and duration and the details can be found on the Dublin Mountain Partnership website: www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1
The walks in January are on 11+18+25 February.
All walks are free, but pre-registration is required (details are on the website).
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Not free, but interesting nevertheless:
Subtitle Film Festival 2018: 01-04 February
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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. ;-) If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section and I am VERY serious about that!
National Broadband Plan: The wheels are falling off…and so they should!
A few years ago, the Irish Government decided that every single house in Ireland should get a minimum of 30 Mbit/s of broadband connection. It is a totally crazy idea (and I will explain why) and it didn’t go too smooth yet with delay after delay. A shortlist of companies that wanted to submit a bid to deliver that National Broadband Plan (NBP) was created already in 2016, but not too much happened. This year now the tender document was meant to be issued so that the shortlisted companies can prepare their proposals.
Two companies (Imagine and Gigabit Ethernet) didn’t make it on the shortlist and from three shortlisted companies (Eir, Enet and Siro), Siro (an ESB and Vodafone cooperation) already last year pulled out, which only left Eir and Enet on the list. This week Eir also declared that they are not interested any further and that just leaves Enet. A tender process still has to happen, but with just one bidder, it is virtually certain that Enet will win (as long as they fulfill all criteria). And it also means that Enet will be able to charge nearly whatever they want and the government will have to pay it. But that means YOU and I are paying it!
So that NBP process is already broken and can’t be fixed anymore. Abandoning the whole plan and starting from fresh should be the ONLY option!
How did it come to that mess?
It all started with the nonsensical promise of 30 Mbit/s to every house in Dublin. That is a stupid promise for soooo many reasons. Firstly, it assumes that the broadband service is NEEDED for something. Decades earlier a Universal Service Obligation (USO) forced Telecom Eireann (now Eir) to provide a landline to every house in the country no matter what the cost would be. At the time Telecom Eireann was owned by the government and a landline was seen as a requirement for people who lived in the middle of nowhere to stay in touch and to be able to notify emergency services if something happened. The price was high! Tax payers paid thousands to reach remote houses and it was never the house owner that had to pay, but he/she paid the same as someone in the City Centre where phone lines would be just a few metres away.
The successor to landline services are now broadband services and people living in the middle of nowhere therefore expect that they should now get broadband services for NO extra price. But imagine this scenario: You decide (free choice!) to live in the remotest place in Co. Kerry and you came up with the genius idea that setting up a haulage/transport company for customers on the East Coast of Ireland is the perfect business for you. The streets are not great where you live, but because you decided that trucks need to get to you FAST, you now demand from the government that they will build a motorway to your company. Imagine! Everybody would say you are crazy to expect that and that you chose the wrong place for your company. No taxpayer would agree to pay for essentially a private motor way to you.
If it is a ridiculous idea to build a HUGE road to the remotest place, why is it not a ridiculous idea to build broadband services to the remotest places? Sure if people want to pay the full price for it, they can have it. But to expect that all the other taxpayers will pay for their choice to live far away from infrastructure doesn’t seem to make sense. Right?
Now, we are not unreasonable people, so let’s give them SOME Internet connection. They should also be allowed to order their goods from Amazon of Bookdepository if they want, sending and receiving e-mails is also ok and checking the news on a website is perfectly fine too. But uploading or downloading huge files or Netflix streaming is really not a basic requirement to live!
It could be a requirement for a company, though. but that brings me back to the motorway example: If you need extraordinary infrastructure you either need to pay for it in full or need to go where the infrastructure can be provided in an economically feasible way.
Because you are MUCH nicer and more caring than I am, you probably are now wondering how many houses and businesses we are talking about. I am glad you asked! It is around 900,000 (!) connections that were originally in that National Broadband Plan. That’s a lot of subsidised connections!!
But then something important happened: When all these delays happened, the mobile phone companies, Imagine and Eir grabbed the opportunity and as fast as lightning (they are usually MUCH slower) they built infrastructure to the easy reachable customers. So now more than 300,000 easy reachable customers are already with services and with the low hanging fruit gone, the remaining 500k-600k connections are the ones that nobody really wants because you can’t build a business on that basis.
And suddenly Eir’s withdrawal from the shortlist makes sooo much sense. They don’t want the scraps, the left-overs, the bottom of the barrel. In addition Eir knows, that if Enet wins the contract, Enet will HAVE to use Eir infrastructure to reach these 500,000, so Eir wins ANYWAY. Smart, right!?
So why does the government not stop that silly National Broadband Plan? Because the 500k connections could be around 1mio voters! In addition they seem to think that Ireland depends on the small businesses in the middle of nowhere to remain competitive in the European/international market.
And what would make sense? It would be necessary to draw lines! That means that not EVERYONE will get broadband, but if you live to far away from a city or at least town, then you are on your own! Then the promised/guaranteed bandwidth should be reduced to what is needed, not what would be nice to have. (Nobody NEEDS 30 Mbit/s!) And finally, the National Broadband Plan should be re-started because one really important way to reach any remote locations is via mobile phone data services, so mobile phone service providers HAVE to get involved and the government has to entice them enough to get involved.
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