Dublin Festival of History 2024 Events at 14 Henrietta Street
NewsStoriesPublished 03 September 2024
This year’s Dublin festival of History will run from 27 September to 13 October 2024, with our Big Weekend at the Printworks, Dublin Castle from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September.
The Dublin Festival of History is an annual free festival, brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with the Dublin City Council Culture Company.
Now in its twelfth year, the festival has built a reputation for shining a fresh perspective on history and its importance in our everyday lives, attracting best-selling Irish and international historians to Dublin for a high-profile programme of history talks and debate each Autumn.
Below is a list of the Dublin Festival of History events at 14 Henrietta Street.
Turas Treoraithe Den Teach As Gaeilge
Nuair: Dé Luain 30 Meán Fómhair, 14:30
Tugann ár dturais threoraithe phearsanta thú ar aistear ó thús galánta Seoirseach an tí a fhad leis na háiteanna cónaithe tionóntáin a bhí ann ina dhiaidh sin. Nochtar na scéalta faoi stair cheilte an fhoirgnimh nuair a dhéantar ceangal le scéalta pearsanta na ndaoine siúd a chónaigh anseo in 14 Sráid Henrietta.
Irish Sign Language: ISL Guided Tour of 14 Henrietta Street
When: 2:30 pm, Tuesday 1 October
This tour will be delivered exclusively in ISL. When you enter 14 Henrietta Street you’ll experience over 300 years of city and family life in the walls of one address. Our intimate guided tours bring you on a journey from the house's grand Georgian beginnings to the tenement dwellings of its later years. See the house, reveal its stories and discover the layers of Dublin history within its walls.
Wild-Looking But Fine: Abbey Theatre Actresses of the 1930s
When: 5 pm Tuesday 1 October
Aideen O’Connor and Ria Mooney had different backgrounds,ambitions and creative visions. They came of age in an Ireland desperate to control and restrict women: their sexuality; their careers;their independent lives. They were united by one thing: a devotion to theatre and to Ireland’s National Theatre in particular. Aideen O’Connor joined the company through the Abbey School in the early 1930s and was the first actress to play the promiscuous Jessie Tate in Sean O’Casey’s The Silver Tassie. Ria Mooney was the first actress to play Rosie Redmond, the prostitute in The Plough and the Stars. Ciara O’Dowd is author of a new history book about these actresses and the Abbey Theatre.
A New Dawn in Irish Theatre: The Journey from Mountjoy to the Somme.
When: 1 pm, Monday 7 October
After O'Casey's exile from Ireland and the Abbey, Irish theatre entered a phase of mildly amusing, middle class comedies that endured until the early 1950s. However, the arrival of a radical new play and a daring production signaled a seismic shift, reshaping the Irish theatrical landscape forever. Jimmy Murphy's plays include The Kings of the Kilburn High Road and Brothers of the Brush and most recently The Chief (Decadent Theatre Co.)
The Grateful Water: Writing Nineteenth-Century Dublin in Fiction
When: 5 pm, Monday 7 October
Juliana Adelman is a historian interested in science, medicine and the environment especially in nineteenth-century Ireland. Now, she is the author of The Grateful Water, a novel set in 1866. When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot summer of 1866, the city of Dublin is gripped by a grimy case of infanticide. Detective Martin Peakin – an amateur entomologist and full of regret for his failed engagement – sets off in search of the murderer, eager to impress his superiors. Adelman will discuss the experience of a historian writing fiction.
Musical Memories at 14 Henrietta Street
When: 2:30 pm, Tuesday 8 October
Uncover the 300-year history of 14 Henrietta Street and the people who lived here, through songs performed by our award-winning tour guides. Hear the stories, relive the memories and sing along to the songs that once echoed within these walls.
Mick O'Dea in Conversation
When: 6 pm, Thursday 10 October
The story of Henrietta Street is the story not only of architectural and political history, but the arts. When campaigner Uinseann MacEoin saved a number of Henrietta Street homes in the 1960s and '70s, it began a process of revitalisation that drew artists to the street. Mick O'Dea, past president of the Royal Hibernian Academy, was one such artist. In this discussion with historian Donal Fallon, Mick will discuss the street and his work.