Come Here To Me!

News coverage of Church Street collapse. (Posted with permission from Irish Capuchin Archive)

As part of Heritage Week, a nice calendar of events has been put together by a few of us in the Historical Insights team, in conjunction with the National Museum of Ireland and others. This programme largely involves events with a focus on the Dublin 7 area around the Collins Barracks branch of the National Museum, ranging from the revolutionary history of the area to its rich social history. There are also walking tours of the area, with John Gibney exploring the area around the Museum, while I’ll be looking at the housing in Dublin historically. If you’d like to attend any events on the below programme, email bookings@museum.ie

I’m participating in two events for this programme. The times and meeting information can be found in the poster below.

Heritage Week Tour: A look at the Tenement City
Join this outdoor walking tour with Donal Fallon of Historical Insights/’Come here to me!’ and explore Dublin’s tenements history, including the Church Street disaster of 1913. Booking requried. Adult tour.

History Ireland Hedge School: ’To Hell or Kimmage’: responses to the Church Street disaster of 1913
A round table discussion on housing in Dublin 7 and its surrounds during the early part of the 20th century. Speakers include Donal Fallon of ’Come here to me!’, Gary Granville, National College of Art and Design and Ellen Rowley, Trinity College, Dublin. Lecture Theatre.Booking required.

Programme of events