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Good Morning!! :-)
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I would like to wish you, your friends and your families a MERRY CHRISTMAS! And if you call this time by any different name or if Christmas is not your thing, then Merry Whatever-you-are-having! ;-) I bet even the people who are not into Christmas (for whatever reason) will spend the next few day a little different than other times of the year.
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As you can imagine, the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)” will be a little different than normally.
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The number of events are going right down to close to Zero. I always pity tourists that come to visit Ireland over Christmas, not knowing that you can’t even find an open restaurant on Christmas Day and there is NOTHING else to do on that day if you are not celebrating Christmas in a family or with close friends. (In most countries, Christmas Day is a “normal” holiday, so restaurants and other venues are often open.)
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Thanks a lot for all the donations you gave me throughout the year. Every cent goes into the Dublin Event Guide, but the fact that every month we have reached the required EUR 200 in 2022 is like a Christmas present to me. It takes a worry off my shoulder and allows me to focus on the content for the Dublin Event Guide! Thank you!
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Now, have a wonderful Christmas, take some time off (if you are not the family hero who has to prepare the Christmas Dinner!) and when you talk about all sorts of things over Christmas, including cultural events in Dublin ;-) don’t forget to tell your family members and friends about the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). :-)
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Donations in December:
EUR 203
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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.
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The counter here 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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The great people that donated last week were Thomas, Marian, Pery, Marta, Julia, and Cathal! Thank you so much! Your donation will keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and will motivate me to continue week after week. I appreciate you and your support!
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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.
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Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 3. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.
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To donate, use the Dublin Event Guide Donation Page here: gturl.eu/DEGdonate. It is really easy to use and uses Stripe’s trustworthy payment processing. You can even sign up for a yearly subscription on the donation page! Yearly subscriptions will give some important financial stability and reliability to the Dublin Event Guide and are therefore very much appreciated! (Look for the RED subscription buttons at the bottom of the Donation Page.)
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In case the donation page doesn’t work for you, the old links are here: You can donate via www.paypal.me/DublinEventGuide or for Revolut users among you, just use @joergbrb or now also revolut.me/joergbrb
(If possible, please send your full name and e-mail address as a message with the payment via PayPal or Revolut so that I can tell you about bonuses for donors when available.)
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To buy one or two or even three virtual coffees for the Dublin Event Guide, come to the “Buy Me a Coffee” page here www.buymeacoffee.com/DublinEventG
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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 supporting 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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+++ EPIC is there for you (nearly) all the time! – Opening Hours
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is there for you daily throughout the year and they only take a very short break at Christmas. On 24, 25 and 26 December, the museum is closed, but from 27 December and every day over New Year, full and normal opening hours will resume.
And for next year, the event calendar is FULL. Events will restart in EPIC on 08 Jan and you will find out about them all in the Dublin Event Guide. epicchq.com
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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Sunday 25 December
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
This is the one day in the year when every cultural venue, every pub, every restaurant, every big shop, every supermarket and after approximately 12:00 even many of the small grocery shops and convenience stores are closed.
If you know that a neighbour or someone else you know is alone and would like to have company (not everybody wants company), then give them a call and show that you care!
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+ Christmas Day Swim – A tradition for many is a Sea Swim on Christmas Day morning. At a water temperature of currently 8.5 degrees, this is only for the tough ones among us, but if that is your thing, then go to one of the well known bathing points (e.g. Forty Foot in Sandycove; Balscadden Beach in Howth; Bull Island in Dublin 3) and throw yourselves in the cold water.
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And the free events for next week….
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Monday 26 December
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+ St. Stephen’s Day (NOT Boxing Day! ;-) ) still has many shops and all cultural venues closed. But many large shops and shopping centres (e.g. Dundrum Town Centre, Jervis Shopping Centre, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Arnotts, Brown Thomas and more) will re-open at 10:00.
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Glam Metal Experience – St. Stephen’s Day Rock Feast – with Sunset Riders 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell St, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1271320050391354
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Tuesday 27 December
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+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 18:15-22:15 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/742056113439741
+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/ (Not confirmed, so please check!)
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Wednesday 28 December
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+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013
+ Meet a Geologist in person – Q&A with a Geologist at the National Museum 10:00-17:00 National Museum Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/122022/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-December-2022
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Chester Beatty Museum Public Tour 17:30-18:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (No booking required, but limited spaces)
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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
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Thursday 29 December
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+ Meet a Geologist in person – Q&A with a Geologist at the National Museum 10:00-17:00 National Museum Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/122022/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-December-2022
+ Highlight Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – for Families with children from 8 years of age 10:30/12:00/14:00/15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2022/10-122022/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(5)
+ Pop-up chat at the Wonder Cabinet – Natural History Museum 10:30-11:15/12:00-12:45 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2022/202212/Wonder-Cabinet-Pop-Up-Chats
+ Fava Bean Hummus: Cooking Demonstration – Chester Beatty Museum 11:00 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/fava-bean-hummus-cooking-demonstration/
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Rock’n’Rollover with Sam Clifford & Altered Lines – Gig 21:00 Sin E, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1243071373208574/
+ Ma Thursdays Open Mic – Mother Reilly’s Bar 21:00-23:30 Mother Reilly’s Bar & Restaurant, 26 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/events/762459318527294
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Friday 30 December
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+ Highlight Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – for Families with children from 8 years of age 10:30/12:00/14:00/15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2022/10-122022/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(5)
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Thomas House Vinyl & Cassette Market 11:00-16:00 Thomas House Pub, 86 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/2345496765605549
+ From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks – Family Tour at National Museum Decorative Arts & History 13:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/122022/December-Family-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-Histo
+ Recovered Voices: Stories and Experiences of the Irish during World War One – Family Tour at National Museum Decorative Arts & History 13:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/122022/December-Family-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-Histo
+ Metal Legacy (Rock/Metal Tribute Band) – support from Tvashtar Paterae – Gigs 20:00 Fibber Magees, 81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/816784326062465
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+++ Dublin Zoo Half Price Tickets
Dublin Zoo is trying to tempt you to visit the Zoo after Christmas with half price tickets from 27 December to 01 January. Due to the weather and the general Christmas laziness it is probably a period when a lot less visitors make it to the zoo, but with half price tickets, it is definitely an interesting idea.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1186341485423321
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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. By buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you, so two good reasons in one. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository .
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+++ Santa Tracker for tonight!
If you want to tell your kids tonight where Santa is (or if you want to know yourself!) and how he is doing, then check out the NORAD Santa Tracker at www.noradsanta.org/en/
NORAD is the “North American Aerospace Defense Command” and year after year they track Santa on his flight across the world. ;-)
Even the story how it came to the Santa Tracking by NORAD is interesting: www.norad.mil/About-NORAD/NORAD-Tracks-Santa/
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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 something completely different? Nearly every subject is there! 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 price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get!
Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 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,
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