MAY WEEKENDER 2018

Culture Date with Dublin 8 took place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May 2018. It featured a host of free, family-friendly events, activities, guided tours and workshops, encouraging people to explore and connect to the cultural life and history of their local neighbourhood.

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

A family fun day with children’s entertainment, historical re-enactments, puppetry, circus skills, poetry and more at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens; An outdoor concert at the temple in Goldenbridge Cemetery; Bespoke guided tours of Kilmainham Gaol, including a literary tour featuring women writers, and a family tour aimed at children between the ages of six and 12; Walking tours on the history of the Grand Canal and Goldenbridge by Pat Liddy; Exclusive guided tours of IMMA’s exhibitions, free entry to their landmark exhibitions all weekend,; family workshops, activity packs and self-guided garden trails; A Genealogy workshop, musical, and dramatic tours of Richmond Barracks; Guided tours of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park.

HIGHLIGHTS REEL 2018

Check out our highlight's reel from Culture Date with Dublin 8, 2018. Big thanks to Bronto for capturing the weekends events and producing a fab animation of our Culture Date with Dublin 8 map.