Dublin Event Guide 809: Quick question for you.. – Dawn & Dusk Chorus Walks, Bealtaine Festival

May 6th, 2023

Quick question for you.. –

Dawn & Dusk Chorus Walks, Bealtaine Festival

Hi!!

Earlier today, at exactly 04:15 tens of thousands of people met at 11 locations in Dublin and many many more across the country to join a “Darkness into light” walk. This yearly event is organised by Pieta (formerly Pieta House), which was created in 2006 to provide support to people affected by suicide and self-harm.

The “Darkness into light” walks are the main fundraiser for Pieta and if you got up super early this morning to join a walk or if you donated any other way, then let me say “Thanks!” for stepping in for us and helping such a worthwhile cause. www.pieta.ie/

As far as I can see, it seems that the vast majority of Dublin Event Guide readers is primarily interested in finding out about weekend events. And it seems that only a very small minority is also checking out the event listings for weekdays. Is that correct? Does that apply to you?

If that is correct, then the amount of time it takes to find and list weekday events is not really justified. I would love it if you could tell me what you use in the Dublin Event Guide? Weekend events only? Both? Or maybe mainly weekday events? Please vote here: www.getthislink.com/WeekdayEventsVote

This week is a “normal” weekend, but watch out for the weekend of 13+14 May, it will be a big one: On the same weekend will be the Harold’s Cross Community Festival, the Culture Date with Dublin 8 and Phizzfest in Phibsborough. On top of that there will be the Bike Week from 13-21 May. Busy!!!

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The EPIC Zone

“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.

++ Exhibition: “Borders: Studying Margins To Question The World”
until 05 June 2023 – daily 10:00-17:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: General Museum Admission
Borders are to be found everywhere: in the shadows of the walls being built all over the world, on the fingerprints of travellers and asylum seekers, or in the everyday lives of cross-border workers. Borders change and move within time and space, depending on political and economic events. Nowadays, they emerge across diverse places and in different shapes, impacting our individual and collective lives.
Although we are meant to be in a globalised world, borders are being reactivated and strengthened for some people while they open and disappear for others.
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Designed by the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (French National Museum of the History of Immigration), this exhibition draws on historic, geographical, economic and human perspectives. It is an invitation to deepen our understanding of how borders are constructed and evolve, beyond the dichotomy between open or closed, nationals and foreigners, economic migrants and political refugees. The cartographic work raises the issue of orders of magnitude, of proportions in representations, and highlights the relativity of data.
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This exhibition will be on show in EPIC until 05 June and admission is included in the normal admission charges. epicchq.com/exhibition/borders-studying-margins-to-question-the-world/

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 06 May

+ Car Boot Sales Tallaght 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 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

+ Free Comic Book Day 2023 – Get a free Comic Book at participating shops 09:30-18:00 Forbidden Planet, 5-7 Crampton Quay, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/880377503029039

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ Bushy Park Market – 30 stalls with hot food, artisan produce, crafters and makers 10:00-16:00 Bushy Park, Rathdown Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket
+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 10:30+12:00 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ 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/
+ Themed Gallery Tour:LGBTQIA+ – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Leinster Pipe Band Championships 12:00-18:00 Newbridge House & Farm, Hearse Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin www.visitdublin.com/leinster-pipe-band-championships
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 14:00+15:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Storytelling and art workshop for families (Age: 3-6) 14:30-16:00 County Library Tallaght, Library Square, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.eventbrite.ie/e/598337332067 (Booking required)

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) and the Power of the Invisible – Talk – New Acropolis Ireland 15:00-16:30 New Acropolis, 43 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.eventbrite.ie/e/620582608287 (Booking required)
+ Organ Open Evening for Age 13-18 – preferably with some keyboard skills 18:30 Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/519329083719321

+ Fornoth, Eternal Helceraxe, Lavein, Jealous Fish – Gigs 19:00 Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1053854121954761/

+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin

+ Donal Kirk Band – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

Sunday 07 May

++ Dawn Chorus Walk – Birdwatch Ireland & Dublin City Council 04:30-06:00 St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3 (Meeting Point: corner of St. Anne’s Park, where Mount Prospect Avenue meets Clontarf Road) www.facebook.com/events/766964381728483
++ Dawn Chorus at Rathfarnham Castle 04:30-06:00 Rathfarnham Castle, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/events/177238665203686

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 07:00-12:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ Farmleigh House Food & Craft Market 10:00-17:00 Farmleigh Estate, Northern end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 www.farmleigh.ie/events/food-craft-market-2/

+ parkHIIT Phoenix Park – Resistance Training 10:00-10:30 DASH Container Cafe, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7, D07 V663 Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/627931629407 (Booking required)

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

+ St Mary’s Hospital Guided Tour (formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School) 11:00 Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf
+ Gardening for Kids – Children’s Erasmus Education Garden Drop By Activity – 20min session (Age 4 and up) 11:00/11:40/15:30/16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/246343167753151
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Family Drop-in Art Workshop – All Ages – National Gallery 11:30-13:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/sunday-family-drop
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Clown Chorus . Performance 12:00-16:00 Farmleigh House, Northern end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 www.farmleigh.ie/events/clown-chorus/
+ Pop-up Vinyl & CD Market 12:00-17:00 Brewdog Dublin Outpost, 4 Three Lock’s Square, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/963476224653400
+ Sundays at Noon: Deirdre O’Leary, clarinets and Alex Petcu, percussion – Concert 12:00-13:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/623242193177 (Booking required)

+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ “From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks” Tour – National Museum 14:00 National Museum Decorative Arts, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/May-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited places)

+ Themed Gallery Tour: Mindfulness 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ “Eileen Gray” Tour – National Museum 15:00 National Museum Decorative Arts, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/May-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

+ Still at the Music – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

And the free events for next week….

Monday 08 May

+ Sound Meditation 12:00-12:30+12:45-13:15 Kevin Street Library, 18 Lower Kevin Street, Dublin 8 www.dublincity.ie/events/sound-meditation (Booking required)
+ New Parents’ Tour – National Gallery 14:00-14:45 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/new-parents-tour
+ Audio description for people with a visual impairment of exhibition “Richard Gorman: Living Through Painting(ing)” – Hugh Lane Gallery 16:00-17:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/625393738507 (Booking required)

+ Open Mic Comedy “Live: At the International” 19:00 The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 liveattheinternational.com/
+ Cross Guns Ukulele Club 20:00 Bernard Shaw Pub, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/whats-on/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

Tuesday 09 May

+ Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Exhibition Tour – National Library 11:00 Bank Of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street entrance, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/may-person-tours-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again
+ Lunchtime Concert: Chris Comhaill – DLR Emerging Musician-in-Residence – Celtic music for solo guitar 13:00-13:30 dlr Lexicon, Queens Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin events.dlrcoco.ie/event/free-lunchtime-concert-chris-comhaill
+ Cathal Brugha: An Indomitable spirit – Talk 18:30 Dundrum Library, Churchtown Rd Upper, Dundrum, Dublin 14 events.dlrcoco.ie/event/cathal-brugha-indomitable-spirit (Booking required)
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:15-22:30 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/groups/915434861959818

++ Dusk Chorus Merrion Square Park – Birdwatch Ireland 20:00 Merrion Square Park, Dublin 2 (Meet at Oscar Wilde Memorial statue) www.dublincity.ie/events/dusk-chorus-merrion-square-park

+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/

+ Bits & Pints – Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic Night 20:00-23:00 The Black Sheep, 61 Capel Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/554328053530817

Wednesday 10 May

+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013

+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 sillybillyparties.ie/#price
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 12:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 12:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ The Moore Letters Project – Discussion – The Moore Letters are 830 letters written from 1798 to 1845 between two families in Derry and Baltimore 14:30-16:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellow Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/623514357227 (Booking required)
+ Biodiversity Month Lecture: Citizen Science and the Spring Flowers Project 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/biodiversity-month-lecture-citizen-science-and-the-spring-flowers-project/ (Booking required)
+ Bealtaine Festival: Book versus Film – Book & Film Club 17:00 Cabra Library, Navan Road, Dublin 7 www.dublincity.ie/events/bealtaine-festival-book-versus-film
+ Modern Egypt in Objects – Lecture 18:00 Online and In-person at Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/modern-egypt-in-objects/ (Booking required for online lecture)
+ A Night of Traditional Irish Music – Tribute to Seamus Ennis 19:30 Erin’s Isle GAA Club, Farnham Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11 www.tseac.ie/musicaltribute (Booking required)
+ Danado De Bom Forró – Dance Social 19:30-22:30 Hill 16 Pub, 30 Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085927031035

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 11 May

+ Meet a Geologist – Ask all your geology questions 10:00-17:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-December-2022
+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 The Square Tallaght, Tallaght, Dublin 24 sillybillyparties.ie/

+ Guided Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery 11:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf

+ Curator’s introduction to Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker – Talk – National Gallery 12:00-13:00 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/curators-introduction-lavinia-fontana-trailblazer-rule-breaker (Booking required)
+ Online Tour: Yeats & Theatre – National Library 13:00-13:50 Online www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/online-tour-yeats-theatre-1 (Booking required)
+ Painting with John Carpenter – Bealtaine Festival 14:00-16:00 Shankill Library, Library Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin events.dlrcoco.ie/event/painting-john-carpenter (Booking required)
+ Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China – Talk 16:00-17:00 Arts Building (6th floor), TRiSS Seminar Room , TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/Asian/events/
+ Welcome Tour of National Library of Ireland 16:30 National Library, 7 Kildare Street , Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873646697 (Booking required)
+ Is it “Their Song”?: Richard Dyer on Film Music and Character – Talk 17:00-18:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Campus, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/624331511357
+ Comedy at Bar Rua – Stand-Up Comedy Open-Mic Night 19:30-22:00 Bar Rua, 32 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/1305978656619452
+ Crash & Burn Comedy – Stand-up Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club 19:30-22:30 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/269577001067
+ Rock’n’Rollover in Sin E with Sam Clifford and Altered Lines – Gig 21:00 Sin E, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 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

Friday 12 May

+ Celebrating International Day of Plant Health 2023: Healthy Plants, Healthy Planet – Symposium, Guided Tour & Lunch 09:00-13:00 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/celebrating-international-day-of-plant-health-2023-healthy-plants-healthy-planet/ (Booking required)

+ Children’s Storytelling Session 10:30 Walkinstown Library, Percy French Road, Dublin 12 www.dublincity.ie/events/childrens-storytelling-session-walkinstown-library

+ Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery 11:00 Arbour Hill Cemetery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf+ Hugh Lane Gallery Tour for People with a Hearing Impairment 11:00-12:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/545939960117 (Booking required)
+ Bealtaine Drop-In Event: Rediscovering Ancient Crafts of Early Medieval Ireland 11:30-12:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Bealtaine-Drop-In-Event-Rediscovering-Ancient-(1)
+ Basic Talks with Palestinian conceptual multidisciplinary artist Manal Mahamid 13:00-14:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/566358843547 (Booking required)
+ Visit to Hugh Lane Gallery for people with a Visual Impairment 14:30-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/625414560787 (Booking required)

And there is more…

+++ TogetHER in Politics – Conference for Women
A one-day conference “focusing on Women to promote Gender Equality & Diversity in Local Government” will happen in Dun Laoghaire on Sat 20 May from 11:00-15:00. If you are interested, register at www.eventbrite.ie/e/621762276707
Admission is free. The event will take place in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire. It is intended to empower women to join Local Government. Many events are free.

+++ Bealtaine Festival
Every year in May the Bealtaine Festival takes place in Ireland. It “celebrates the arts and creativity as we age”. Once upon a time it as an arts festival for seniors and seniors were described as people 55+. But who nowadays wants to be called a senior at 55? ;-) So now it is for all “older people” with no age specified anymore.
If you are “older” (don’t ask “in comparison to what?”!!!) then this festival is for you.
There will be lots of events throughout May. I will list some in the Dublin Event Guide, but won’t be able to list all 90 events for Greater Dublin. You can find the full list at bealtaine.ie/events-2/ Many events are free.

+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
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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!

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+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries

+++ Spring into Heritage – Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown – Free tours
Usually twice a year, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown offers free guided tours at major local heritage landmarks. The spring version is taking place from 10 April until 07 May. The tours are really interesting. They take place at at specific times and the sites covered are National Maritime Museum, Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre, Cabinteely House, James Joyce Tower and Museum, The Oratory, Marlay House, Fernhill Park & Gardens.
Tours need to be pre-booked and the online brochure and the booking link are on events.dlrcoco.ie/event/spring-heritage-2023
There are also two history talks (“The Metals” on 19 April and “The Borough Environment Through The 20th Century” on 03 May). Both talks need to be pre-booked as well and you should do that soon if you are interested. The booking link is on the same website above.

+++ Irish Glass Biennale – Exhibition
The National College of Art & Design and the OPW (Office of Public Works) are inviting to an exhibition of work from some of the worlds most innovative glass artists. The Irish Glass Biennale will be on show at the Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle from 28 April to 20 August. It will be open daily from 10:00-17:00 (Closed for lunch from 13:15-to 13:45.) and admission is free. The Coach House Gallery is in the Garden of Dublin Castle, next to the Chester Beatty Museum. www.gov.ie/en/press-release/981dc-ireland-glass-biennale-2023/