Dublin Festival of History website<\/a><\/p>\nBelow are the events that Mary is involved in:<\/p>\n
Special Event to Mark Publication of 50th Volume of Saothar <\/p>\n
Irish Labour History Society Premises, Beggars Bush, D04 DP27 Thursday 9 October, 17:30 <\/p>\n
Join us for a special event to mark the landmark 50th volume of Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History, a refereed journal dedicated to the study of Irish working-class history in its broadest sense, including Irish workers abroad and comparative history. This will bea bumper edition, including articles, essays, reviews, source studies and a selection of images from the society’s unique archive. The event will feature a wine reception, followed by the formal launch and a discussion on the history of Irish workers and their organisations over the past 50 years and into the future. All are welcome to the launch.<\/p>\n
Booking: Email secretary@irishlabourhistorysociety.com<\/p>\n
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes<\/p>\n
Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n
Dublin Street Traders from 1800 to 2000<\/p>\n
Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, D09 PT78 Thursday 2 October, 18:30 <\/p>\n
Dublin city has a long tradition of street trading, ranging from fruit and vegetable stalls to second-hand clothing to fish and meat among many other products. The street markets where the traders worked have changed a lot in the last 50 years or so but one thing that remains consistent is the extent to which many of the families engaged in the work have passed on their knowledge and their skills from generation to generation. Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr Mary Muldowney will discuss their history.<\/p>\n
Booking: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie<\/p>\n
Duration: 1 hour.<\/p>\n
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n
Contact: 01 222 8344<\/p>\n
Memories of the Ballymun Shopping Centre<\/p>\n
Ballymun Library, Ballymun Road, D11 DCR7 Saturday 11 October, 14:30<\/p>\n
This talk will be based on a lengthy interview with a man who grewup in one of the Tower Blocks and his remarkably sharp recall of the Shopping Centre and the businesses based there. Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr Mary Muldowney hopes that members of the audience will share some of their memories of growing up in and working in Ballymun, either at the event or later in a private recording session.<\/p>\n
Booking: Email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie or call 01 222 8355<\/p>\n
Duration: 1 hour<\/p>\n
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n
Contact: 01 222 8355<\/p>\n
Lost Industries from Dublin: Some Case Studies from Finglas <\/p>\n
Finglas Library, Seamus Ennis Road, Finglas, D11 C603 Monday 29 September, 18:30 <\/p>\n
In the 1970s the Janelle Centre was a significant employer in North West Dublin. It offered employment to many residents of the then new estates in Finglas, particularly women. When the factory closed, it was replaced by the Janelle Shopping Centre, which included a cinema, opened by then Lord Mayor of Dublin Bertie Ahern in 1987. Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr Mary Muldowney will explore the history of Janelle and other significant employers that once played a pivotal role in their communities but have since disappeared.<\/p>\n
Booking: Call 01 222 8330<\/p>\n
Duration: 1 hour<\/p>\n
Contact: 01 222 8330<\/p>\n
A Rebel Irishwoman \u2013 Edna O’Brien in the Mid- 20th Century <\/p>\n
Cabra Library, Navan Rd, D07 AYW1 Saturday 4 October, 14:30<\/p>\n
Edna O’Brien’s writing challenged sexual repression and the social control of the Catholic Church in Ireland in the 1950s\u20131970s. Her early books were banned in Ireland, but she achieved international acclaim not only for her revelations about women\u2019s status in her home country but for her imaginative exploration of women\u2019s lives and their relations with men.<\/p>\n
Dublin City Historian in Residence Dr Mary Muldowney will discuss how O\u2019Brien\u2019s literary work eventually earned approval in her home country, to such an extent that in the years before her death in 2024 she came to be regarded as a national treasure.<\/p>\n
Booking: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie<\/p>\n
Duration: 1 hour<\/p>\n
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n
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