Get your vote in for this year’s Irish Architecture Awards! Every year The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) asks the public to vote for their favourite architectural project. 36 projects have been shortlisted for the Public Choice […]
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There is a new artist in Dublin 4 and his name is John Frazer. John, right, originally from Northern Ireland but who has been a Sandymount resident for the last four years, has recently catered to his creative streak and […]
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Residents of Dublin 4 and Donnybrook in particular may be unaware that someone on the road to sainthood is amongst us. No, Bono hasn’t moved in to the area, it’s Mary Aikenhead, above, or to apply her brand new title, […]
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To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sandymount’s most lauded poetic son, W.B Yeats, local residents have issued an open invitation to attend their Yeats Day Party on June 13th. The event takes place in association with SAMRA and goes on […]
Read more →The summer movie drought continues with some mediocre new releases this week, but thankfully there are a couple of classics playing at the Irish Film Institute. Tod Browning’s 1932 masterpiece Freaks has been digitally restored. Browning’s movie is set in the world […]
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Beyond the local happenings on June 13th, there is a host of events taking place around Dublin and Ireland as part of the Yeats 150 annual festival and celebrations. 2015 is a blue moon year, which means 13 full moons […]
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Celebrate one of the greatest works of the 20th Century with the Bloomsday Festival 2015! The Bloomsday celebrations kick off today at 11 with The Footsteps of Leopold Bloom walking tour, starting out from the James Joyce Centre on North […]
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BirdWatch Ireland and Dublin City Council’s Biodiversity Team invite you to take in the sights and sounds of the Dodder! Saturday’s Dodder River Birds Walk will be a great opportunity to learn about the wildlife that makes its home along […]
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A global search is on for relatives of Mary Flannery Woods. Better known as Molly Woods, she was a key player immediately after the Rising and into the War of Independence, a member of Cumann na mBan and confidant of […]
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Traces of a bleaker past and glimpses of intriguing eras can be discerned in the street names of the Dublin Docklands area, now commonly referred to as the Silicon Docks. The irony or mirth of a street named Misery Hill […]
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