Dublin Culture Night once again saw venues right across the city enjoying record attendance numbers coming through their doors, with a total attendance figure of over 160,000 people visiting 156 venues in Dublin alone. There were over 6,000 visitors to Trinity College Library and the Book of Kells. The Irish Museum of Modern Art saw [...]
As part of Dublin Culture Night 2011, Radio Culture Night brought the buzz of the Dublin streets to the airwaves across Dublin city. Near FM, in association with Dublin South FM, Phoenix FM, West Dublin Access Radio, Radio Na Life and Temple Bar Cultural Trust broadcast live from Dublin Culture Night in Temple Bar. This [...]
Earlier this month we asked for your reviews, your favourite Dublin Culture Night 2010 venues and tips for this year and now we’re thrilled to share these! Over the next few days will be spilling the beans on what you thought were the best venues and your top tips! Today we have two reviews focusing on [...]
WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF! Craft your county colours in celebration of Year of Craft 2011 on Culture Night 2011. To celebrate Year of Craft 2011 on Culture Night, several craft organisations are running free craft workshops, where participants will use their county colours to create a piece of craft. Participating venues include: Venue: The [...]
Earlier this month we asked for your reviews, your favourite Dublin Culture Night 2010 venues and tips for this year and now we’re thrilled to share these! Over the next few days will be spilling the beans on what you thought were the best venues and your top tips! Today we have two reviews focusing [...]
Greenhouse 17 Andrew Street, Dublin 2 Come along and visit the Greenhouse @ 17 St. Andrew Street, Dublin 2 for an evening of environmental activity and sustainability challenge. The Greenhouse, home to ECO-UNESCO and Cultivate, will be a hive of activity for young and old alike. There will be [...]
Katie Donovan (poetry) Christine Dwyer Hickey (fiction) Alan Glynn (fiction) Tom Mathews (poetry) Writers will read from 7:30pm until 10:00pm. Venue: Sweny’s Chemist, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 Katie Donovan was born in 1962 and spent her youth on a farm near Camolin in Co. Wexford. She studied at Trinity College Dublin and at the University [...]
CROSBHÓTHAR is a series of simultaneous outdoor projections throughout the Gaeltachts on Culture Night 2011 Each projection features the work from artists based in orwith a connection with An Ghaeltacht. It brings together the work of over 80 visual artists includingGeorge McClelland, Maria Simonds-Gooding, AnthonyHaughey, Bernadette Cotter, Tomás Ó Cíobháin and KatieHolten. The project is [...]
Are you exploring the South Georgian Quarter as part of Dublin Culture Night this year? Well we have a treat in store for you! Brooks, a four star boutique hotel located in the fashionable heart of Dublin city centre on Drury Street, is offering you a chance to win dinner for two in the modern [...]
This Friday September 23rd 2011, locals and visitors across the island of Ireland will enjoy the unique experience of Culture Night 2011, a free night of entertainment, discovery and adventure taking place in a record 30 towns, cities, counties and islands in Ireland. Museums, galleries, churches, historic houses, artists’ studios and cultural centres will open [...]