Is it a duck or a lockdown?
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Christmas Markets, Botanic Gardens Tours, Winter Solstice
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Hi all!
You know the “duck test”, right? If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. So based on that test, I think we can call what was announced last night a “lockdown”. Would you agree? Sure, you can still go to work and go to shops, but apart from that the rest of social life is largely locked down again and not just for a week or two, but until 30 January!! :-O You can imagine that with such short notice, I have to assume that ALL events after 20:00 next week will be cancelled.
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….until Santa arrives!!!
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Just in case you didn’t hear the news, this is it: From Monday, all hospitality (restaurants, bars, pubs, nightclubs) and all indoor events, concerts, cinema, theatre have to close/end/be finished by 20:00. Indoor events that take place earlier are told to limit the attendance to the lower of 50% of capacity or 1,000 people. Outdoor events have to be limited to the lower of 50% of venue capacity or 5,000 people. Religious services and business events are exempt. Weddings are allowed to continue after 20:00 but only with max 100 guests.
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So, if you had planned a Christmas event between Monday and Christmas Eve in a pub or restaurant, it is regrettably cancelled! If you thought you could meet friends between Christmas and New Year indoors in a “public venue”, it is cancelled. If you had plans for New Year’s Eve, they are cancelled if it was planned to happen in a “public” indoor venue. So this is a lockdown! If it looks like a lockdown, feels like a lockdown and sounds like a lockdown, then it probably is a lockdown!! UNTIL 30 January!!
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So this weekend will be MAYHEM in the city centre again. Imagine, the last party weekend before February!!! Looking at some pictures from night clubs on social media, you can see some sense in restrictions, but then I saw neatly arranged, distanced chairs in a live music venue and I remember the option of people dining outdoors (heaters or blankets would help!) which all are forbidden again and somehow the words “unreasonable” and “unexplainable” come to mind again. Interestingly, there are NO limits on the number of people meeting in private indoor events. So what will happen then? Sure, house parties everywhere!!!
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Donations in December
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(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)
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If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.
The counter on the left shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be subtracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.
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Last week the wonderful people that helped with a donation were Juliana, Mairin, Maria and Paul! Thank you very much! You are appreciated and your donation is as well!
With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses. The first of those bonuses is described above.
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And there is one other way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?
Thank you!!
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“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are currently sponsoring the Dublin Event Guide and this section of the weekly newsletter will contain relevant information about events in general or about EPIC-related news and happenings.
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+++ Kids’ books to inspire this Christmas!
Get 10% off at EPIC Museum Gift Shop this weekend, online and in-store.
Embark on an adventure around Ireland with the President’s cat, practise your Irish rhymes and find out what it really takes to become an astronaut and fly into space! Our selection of kids’ books will inspire and delight this Christmas. You can enjoy 10% off books, jewellery, homeware, sweet treats and more – and the best thing is, our gifts are Irish-made! Pick up an Irish best-seller for the book-lovers in your life, or choose from our sustainable gifting selection. shop.epicchq.com/
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+++ Dublin Winter Lights
EPIC and CHQ are delighted to be one of 21 locations for the Dublin Winter Lights festivities. Check out the other 20 locations and the wintry walking trails around the city dublin.ie/whats-on/winter-lights/
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+++ EPIC Open 7 days a week!
Mon-Sun – 10:00-17:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1
EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum is open from 10:00-17:00, seven days a week. Come and discover 1500 years of Irish history in the stunning interactive galleries, located in the historic vaults of CHQ Dublin. epicchq.com/
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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Saturday 18 December
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+ Irish Car Boot Sales – Market 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 irishcarboot.ie/
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (lower car park) www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
++ Glasnevin Indoor Outdoor Christmas Fair 10:00-18:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/events/920926581859299
++ Merchy Christams: An Artist Music Market – Band Merchandising Market 10:00-16:00 Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/302577015100213
+ Red Stables Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/RedStablesMarket
+ Live Animal Crib at the Mansion House – Irish Farmer’s Association – until 13:00 on 24 Dec – 11:00-17:00 Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.dublincity.ie/news/lord-mayor-welcomes-return-ifa-live-animal-crib
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens – 60 min Tour 11:30/15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/219791300697 (Booking required)
+ Christmas Street Jazz – Downtown Dixieland Band 11:30-13:30 Outside Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/260457236078282
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition, class and artificial intelligence – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
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+ The Unusual Suspects – Gig 21:00-23:00 Quinlan’s Black Lion, Orchard Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 www.facebook.com/quinlansclondalkin/
+ Quodlibet Vocal Ensemble – Carol Concert – Embassy of Ireland in Chile – To be Irish Festival 21:30 Online tobeirish.ie/event/an-evening-with-quodlibet-ensemble/
+ Fanning at Whelan’s – Episode 3 featuring Thumper, Wyvern Lingo, Andrea Corr, Autre Monde, Elaine Mai, Nealo, Ailbhe Reddy, Aidan Gillen 22:10 Virgin Media Two www.whelanslive.com/event/fanning-at-whelans-5/
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Sunday 19 December
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+ Irish Car Boot Sales – Market 08:00-13:00 Trinity Comprehensive Secondary School, Ballymun Rd, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie/
++ Glasnevin Indoor Outdoor Christmas Fair 10:00-18:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/events/920926581859299
+ Merchy Christams: An Artist Music Market – Band Merchandising Market 10:00-16:00 Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/302577015100213
++ Balbriggan Christmas Market 10:00-16:00 Bremore Castle, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/christmas
+ Fireside Tales: Girls Play Too with sports broadcaster Jacqui Hurley – Real-life stories of women in sport 11:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/220290303227 (Booking required)
+ To Be Irish: Online Winter Storytelling – Video – Chester Beatty Museum from 11:00 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/to-be-irish-online-winter-storytelling/
++ Live Animal Crib at the Mansion House – Irish Farmer’s Association – until 13:00 on 24 Dec – 11:00-17:00 Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.dublincity.ie/news/lord-mayor-welcomes-return-ifa-live-animal-crib
+ Herbert Park Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 11:00-16:00 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/Herbert-Park-Market-405930226496273
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
++ Dandelion Christmas Market 12:00-17:00 The Well, 130 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/614580246242029
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens – 60 min Tour 11:30/15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/219791300697 (Booking required)
++ Dandelion Christmas Market – 60 traders – Indoors 12:00-17:00 The Well, 130 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/614580239575363
++ Winteryard Flea Market – Weekly Flea Market with 20 traders – Bernard Shaw Pub 12:00-17:00 The Bernard Shaw, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/winteryard-flea-market/
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition, class and artificial intelligence – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
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+ Festival in a van – Poetry, Trad, Classical Singing – Collins Barracks (Outdoors) 13:00/14:30/16:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/122021/FESTIVAL-IN-A-VAN
+ Traditional Singing Session – Séamus Ennis Arts Centre 14:00-17:00 The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin www.tseac.ie/event/traditional-singing-session/ (Booking required)
+ Sunday Public Tour – Hugh Lane Gallery 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3350-sundays5
+ Cór Geal presents Whitechurch Carol Service 2021 – Whitechurch, Co. Cork 17:00+19:30 Online corgealchoir.ie/
+ Screaming Orphans Christmas Concert – Folk/Pop from Donegal 18:00 Online www.facebook.com/screamingorphans
+ The T.S. Eliot Lecture 2021 with artist and stage designer Es Devlin – Streamed from The Coronet Theatre, London 18:00 Online www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the-t-s-eliot-lecture-2021-with-es-devlin/
+ Organ Freeman – Weekly Jazz Sundays 18:00-20:00 The Big Romance, 98 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/residency/4141-organ-freeman-weekly-jazz-sundays.html
+ The Trubadours – Gig 19:00-21:00 Quinlan’s Black Lion, Orchard Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 www.facebook.com/quinlansclondalkin/
+ Gardiner Street Gospel Choir – Mass follwoed by Christmas Carols – Gardiner Street Church 19:30-20:30 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/TheGSGC
+ Mik Pyro – Gig 19:30 The Circular, 536 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/661738551849060 Bookings via thecircular.ie/
+ Christmas Concert with La Bamba & Friends – Trinity Arts Centre Castlerea 20:00 Online www.facebook.com/events/717387572986612 (Booking required)
+ Traditional Irish Music Slow Session – with Paudie O’Connor – Séamus Ennis Arts Centre 20:00-22:00 Online www.tseac.ie/event/traditional-irish-music-slow-session-5/ (Booking required)
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And lots of free events next week….
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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
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+++ Christmas at the Castle – Dublin Castle Christmas Market
The Christmas Market in the Courtyard of Dublin Castle is back from 08-21 December daily from 14:00-21:30, but unsurprisingly it is completely booked out for the remaining days and is therefore not mentioned anymore in the listings above. www.dublincastle.ie/christmas-at-the-castle-2021/ (Booking required)
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+++ The Moving Crib is back
For the 65th year the moving crib is back at the St Martin Apostolate at Parnell Square. It is a whole basement floor of a crib installation and many other scenes from the bible and many of the figures and installation have moving parts. Definitely something for kids, but I enjoyed it as well when I visited the Moving Crib a few years ago. Opening hours are 11:00-18:00 every day of the week from 23 Nov-09 Jan (closed on Christmas Day, St. Stephen’s Day and New Year’s Day). Admission is free, but booking is required. www.stmartin.ie/crib/
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+++ National Museum Online Activities & Videos
The National Museum his offering a number of online activities (Ice Age Ireland – Cool Fossils, Riddles in the Museum) and videos (Crafty Christmas Decorations, Winter Solstice Tour, The Nativity) on their website and they will also be available over Christmas if you or your children need some entertainment. Find them all via www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
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+++ Visit Dublin Castle for free
Time is running out! Only until the end of 2021, entry to Dublin Castle is free for all visitors. You will be able to visit the State Apartments on a self-guided tour. There are currently no guided tours and therefore the Medieval Undercroft and Chapel Royal are not accessible. Opening hours are Mon-Sun & Bank Holidays: 09:45-17:45 (last admission 17:15). Tickets can be booked at dublincastle.admit-one.eu/?p=calendar&ev=SELFGUIDE for free there will also a limited number of tickets available at the ticket desk.
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+++ The Treaty 1921: Records from the Archives – Exhibition
From 07 Dec to 27 March the Coach House in the gardens of Dublin Castle will be the home of a National Archives exhibition about “The Treaty 1921: Records from the Archives”. The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 is the centre piece of the exhibition. Find out more here www.dublincastle.ie/2022_centenary/ From now until 24 Dec and from 27 Dec there are still tickets available. Admission is free, but you need to book via www.nationalarchives.ie/2021commemorationprogramme/book-tickets/
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+++ Low Priced Books with free delivery
Book Depository is the place where you can buy low priced books, usually for better prices than on Amazon and Book Depository always delivers for free. And by buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository .
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+++ National Gallery tickets available here
The National Gallery is usually free anyway, but in current times you will have to book tickets to get access and you have to enter the building on the Merrion Street side. Tickets are available here: www.nationalgallery.ie/visit-us/book-your-ticket The National Gallery also is running events again and because the events have limited number of spaces, they can book out relatively fast, at least before I can write about the events, so check out the events 1-2 weeks in advance here www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on and then book tickets for them.
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+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or NLP or some Business related “soft skills”? Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest cost for courses this month will be around 12.99. Check out the website at shor.by/GqCk And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)
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And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.
Take care,
–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)
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