Dublin City Libraries & Archives

Colonel Donal O’Carroll discusses the transformation of the Irish Army during the Emergency 1939 to 1945. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.

'Hostile aircraft approaching Irish coast’, Michael Kennedy discusses the air defence of Dublin during the time of the North Strand Bombing, 1941. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.

Dr Michael Kennedy is the Executive Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series – volume VII (1941-45), which covers the North Strand bombing. He has published widely on Irish political, diplomatic and military history. His ‘Guarding Neutral Ireland’ (published in 2008) was the first book to examine the North Strand bombing from a military perspective. Michael Kennedy and Victor Laing’s publication The Irish defence forces 1940-1949, the Chief of Staff’s reports is available for consultation in the Reading Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Kevin O’Connor examines the effects of war-time censorship on historical sources which reference the North Strand Bombing 1941. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.

Eoin Bairéad discusses the causes and consequences of the German bombings of Ireland during the period 1940 to 1941, including the bombings in Campile, Co. Wexford; Donore in Dublin and Belfast. Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 29 May 2010, as part of the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland Seminar.

Eoin Bairéad has an M.A. in Local History from NUI Maynooth where his main thesis concerned the bombing of Donore Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin in January 1941. The work is published as The bombing of Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin, 1941 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series, 2010.

Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin talks about his career publishing high quality translated books for the Irish market, while working in co-operation with international publishers. Recorded at the Central Library on 24 November 2010, as part of the series series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.

Author Hugo Hamilton talks about his "strange life in translation" and reads from his novels ‘The Speckled People’, ‘The Sailor in the Wardrobe’ and 'Hand in the Fire', before answering questions from the audience. Recorded at the Central Library on 17 November 2010, as part of the series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.

Hugo Hamilton is a writer of German-Irish descent and a member of Aosdána. He is the winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Hamilton’s memoirs, The Speckled People (2003) and The Sailor in the Wardrobe (2006), have become bestsellers and have fascinated readers all over the world. The Speckled People won the prestigious Prix Femina Étranger in France, as well as the Berto prize in Italy and has been translated into 15 languages to date. His latest novel, Hand in the Fire, was published this year by Fourth Estate. Hugo’s works have been translated into Dutch, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Serbian, Norwegian and Danish.

Author John Boyne reads from his novels ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘Noah Barleywater Runs Away’, and takes questions from the audience. Recorded at the Central Library on 10 November 2010, as part of the series 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library'.

John Boyne gained worldwide recognition for his fourth novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, published in 2006 and adapted for cinema in 2008. The book won the Irish Children’s Book Award in 2007 as well as the Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Award. Several of his children’s stories have been televised or adapted for radio. John Boyne’s most recent novel for adults, The House of Special Purpose, was published last year and his new novel for young readers, Noah Barleywater Runs Away, was published just last month. With the support of Ireland Literature Exchange, John’s works have been published in Slovenian, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Finnish.

On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.

Sa chlár seo tá Caitríona Ní Chléirchín ag léamh rogha dá cuid filíochta. In this episode Caitríona Ní Chléirchín reads from a selection of her poems.

As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.

As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

On 25th September 2009 Dublin city’s museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios, libraries and more, opened their doors late for a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure. Hundreds of free talks, tours, performances and events were enjoyed throughout the city.

As part of Culture Night, 'Songlines' - an evening of words and music took place in Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street. A group of new writers read from their work and musicians performed traditional and classical music. The writers featured are members Cumann Scríbhneoirí Úra na Gaeilge and students from the 2008-2009 MPhil in Creative Writing at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The musicians featured are students at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.