Dublin City Libraries & Archives

Dr Colm Lennon, Emeritus Professor, Department of History, NUI Maynooth explores how the legend of Brian Boru and the battle of Clontarf have been adopted as a means of advancing different ideologies throughout Irish history, and how modern scholarly research is helping separate fact from myth. Recorded in front of a live audience on 1 April 2014, as part of the Dublin City Hall lecture series.

Rathmines can boast a rich literary heritage having played host to many leading literary figures including James Joyce, William Carleton, George Russell and Paul Durcan. "A Sense of Place", a literary evening held at Rathmines Library, honoured the rich literary life of the area. Local writers Evelyn Conlon, Adrian Kenny, Siobhán Parkinson and Fintan Vallely read selected pieces of their work and discussed the locality and how it may have influenced their writing. The evening was chaired by Niall MacMonagle and also featured Fintan Vallely playing a jig called "The Barley Grain" on the flute.

Recorded in front of a live audience in Rathmines Library on 23 October 2013.

James Connolly of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in the spring of 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.

Kathleen Clifford of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of her short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014.Sound effects by David McKeever.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.

Joe Donnellan of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads his piece about match day All Ireland 2013. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.

Francis Lawlor of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.

Brian Cushen of Kevin Street Library Creative Writing Group reads one of his short stories. Recorded in Greenside House, Cuffe Street, in spring 2014. Sound effects by David McKeever.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Kevin Street Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week.

Daniel Lloyd of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group reads from one of his short stories. Recorded in Cabra Library in spring 2014.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 869 1414 or email [email protected] for further details

Rose Kelleher of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group reads one of her short stories. Recorded in Cabra Library in spring 2014.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Cabra Library Creative Writers' Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 869 1414 or email [email protected] for further details

Austin Moore of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group reads from his work. Recorded in Ballymun Library in spring 2014.

Dublin is a city that is famed for its poets, writers and storytellers - it is a city of literature after all. In Dublin City Public Libraries members of writers' groups meet informally to talk about their writings, improve their skills, and to offer encouragement to one another, facilitated by Orla Ní hAonigh.

Listen to some short stories and poems written by members of Ballymun Library Creative Writing Group. The group meet once a week for further details Tel. 01 842 1890 or email [email protected] for further details