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As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. Sixteen after Ten is a significant milestone in the writing life of its contributors. Students from the centre who read on Culture Night were Niall Duff, Philip St John, Mary Turley-McGrath, Phyl Herbert, Carmen Cullen, Andrew Fox and Emily Firetog.

As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

Sa chlár seo tá Ríona Nic Congáil ag léamh as An Túr Solais, leabhar dó Phaistí. In this episode Ríona Nic Congáil reads from her children’s book An Túr Solais.

Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.

As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

Sa chlár seo tá Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta ag léamh as dialann briongloide agus alt faoi taisteal sa Nua-Shéalainn a scríobh sí do nuachtán Foinse.

In this episode Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta reads two pieces from a dream diary and a newspaper article about travelling in New Zealand that she wrote for Foinse newspaper.

Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.

As part of Culture Night, 19 September 2008 a group of new writers from the Oscar Wilde Centre and members of Scríbhneoirí Óga read from their work at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

Sa chlár seo tá Scott de Butleir ag léamh rogha dá cuid filíochta. In this episode Scott de Butléir reads a selection of his poems.

Scríbhneoirí Óga is Úra na Gaeilge was founded in 2007 to cultivate new Irish-language literature. Its members are young and have diverse literary interests including drama and poetry. Reading on Culture Night were Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Majella McDonnell, Ríona Nic Congáil, Ruth Nic Giolla Iasachta and Scott de Buitléir.

John Gray was an ordinary working-class man who, as the alleged model for the “Dorian” of Oscar Wilde’s novel, became a household name. How did this happen? Did Wilde in fact invent John Gray? What forces colluded to help manufacture this new kind of fame –known to us now as “celebrity culture” – and what was its price? By retelling the story of the man who became Dorian Gray, Jerusha McCormack seeks to throw new light on the power of Wilde’s novel: to create as well as to destroy those around him – and finally to conscript the very life of the author himself.

Jerusha McCormack is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde and his circle, Jerusha McCormack has written the definitive biography of John Gray, the young working-class lad rumoured to be the model for The Picture of Dorian Gray. After 30 years as a lecturer in the School of English at University College, Dublin, Dr. McCormack now works as a Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she helped set up the first (and so far, the only, comprehensive Irish Studies Centre in China).

The lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library & Archive on 26 April 2010 as part of the Dublin: One City, One Book 2010 programme.

Image: John Gray

'Rediscovering Emmet's Dublin through the Collections of Dublin City Libraries' by Dr Máire Kennedy, Divisional Librarian with Dublin City Public Libraries in charge of Special Collections. Introduction by Aidan O'Hara, Emmet and Devlin Committee. In this talk, Máire Kennedy outlines key resources for researchers interested in Robert Emmet and the broader socio-political landscape of late 18th and early 19th century Dublin.

The 8th Annual Emmet and Devlin Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 15 March 2010.

In this lecture, 'Commodious temples' Brendan Grimes discusses the emergence of Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin following over 100 years of discrimination against Catholics and brings his audience on a fascinating tour of Dublin churches such as Saint Nicholas of Myra's, Saint Audeon's and Saint Francis Xavier's.

The thirteenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture, was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 21 January 2010.

In this lecture, 'Dublin City Public Libraries 1884-2009: 125 years of service to the community', Deirdre Ellis-King, former Dublin City Librarian commemorates 125 years of Public Library Service in Dublin City. Recorded at Dublin City Public Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 26 September, 2009 as part of Local History Day.

Ceithre seachtaine, Carnán scéalta: Cromail i mBaile Atha Cliath, 1649' (Four Weeks, a collection of stories of Cromwell in Dublin 1649) by Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha. Thug Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, (léachtóir agus staraí), léacht gearr mar gheall ar na scéalta atá ag baint le saol Cromail i mBaile Átha Cliath. Is as Cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath ó dhúchas í Maighréad agus tá roinnt leabhar agus roinnt altanna sna hirisí stairiúla foilsithe aici.

In this Irish language lecture, 'Ceithre seachtaine, Carnán scéalta: Cromail i mBaile Atha Cliath, mile sé deág daichead a naoi' (Four Weeks, a collection of stories of Cromwell in Dublin, 1649) Dr Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, recounts stories relating to Oliver Cromwell's time in Dublin in 1649.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street on 9 March 2009.

Maighréad is a native of Dublin and has published books and journal articles including Early Modern Dubliners, published by Dublin City Public Libraries.

Early modern Dublin was a massive time of growth from Dublin as it transformed from a small medieval city to the modern city we recognise today. In this lecture, 'Dublin's civic buildings in the early modern period' Professor Colm Lennon takes us on a journey through the city, highlighting the key buildings, many of which have become landmark features of Dublin. Professor Lennon draws on sources including Malton's prints and famous maps of Dublin by Rocque, Brooking and de Gomme to trace the development of civic buildings in the 17th and early 18th centuries.

The twelfth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture was recorded on 22 January 2009 at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

This lecture was published by Dublin City Public Libraries in 2010.