Culture Date with Dublin 8 took place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May 2022. It featured a host of free, family-friendly events, concerts, activities, guided tours and workshops, encouraging people to explore and connect to the cultural life and history of their local neighbourhood.

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PROGRAMME 2022

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Highlights of Culture Date with Dublin 8’s May line-up included

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An outdoor concert at the temple in Goldenbridge Cemetery featuring a performance by harpist Valerie Armstrong and spoken word performances of work by the recently deceased Dublin 8 native, Thomas Kinsella, by actresses Mary Murray, Una Crawford O’Brien and Emmet Kirwan

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Flagship 'Sing Again' concert by The Guinness Choir at St Patrick's Cathedral and free admission into the cathedral

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'Twilight Market' at The Digital Hub, featuring D8 makers and creatives  by We Love Markets

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A D8 lego hunt, featuring significant Irish figures from the library's past at Marsh's Library

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A Walking Tour of Viking City & Self-Guided visit to Dublinia

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The launch of ‘Illuminations’ - A Richmond Barracks Writing Group Publication and a children's history workshop 'What was there before Inchicore?' at Richmond Barracks

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A walking tour 'Dublin 8’s Liberties’ Quarter with the Guinness Archives'

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Walking tours "With or Without the Walls, The Liberties in Context" and "The Guinness Legacy in the Liberties" by The Liberties Cultural Association

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A guided tour of The Irish National War Memorial Gardens and Bookrooms

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Guided tours of The Edward Worth Library

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Walking Tour of The Liberties by In Our Shoes Walking Tours

 

Free guided tours of the exhibition 'Queer Embodiment: Chapter One', Family Explorer Workshop and 'Exploring the Green Cube' Bio-diversity tour of the gardens at IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art

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Free Entrance and new audio guide tour at Christchurch Cathedral 

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Open Studio with local artist Pat Curran with CommonGround at The Lodge, Goldenbridge Cemetery

 

Guided tours of Kilmainham Gaol for children aged 8 -12 years old. 

 

Guided Tour of St Mary's Hospital and tour of the new Biodiversity Centre at The Phoenix Park

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