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Dublin Learning City Festival 8–12 April 2019
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Foreword
Dublin’s first Learning Festival The cluster working on this programme
8th-12th April will contribute enormously is called the Leinster Pillar 1 Cluster and
toward my ambition as Lord Mayor to help the comprises: University College Dublin (UCD);
quality of life for all Dubliners — for the young Trinity College Dublin (TCD); Dún Laoghaire
and old, for those who are succeeding and for Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT);
those that are struggling to succeed, improve. Marino Institute of Education (MIE); and the
Since taking up office last June, I have been National College of Art and Design (NCAD).
promoting and supporting Dublin Learning City.
Lifelong learning is key to creating Dublin as a
In celebrating Dublin’s Learning Festival,
sustainable city and society and I want Dublin
I encourage you to take part and I strongly
to attain the award of UNESCO Learning City.
believe that Dublin’s citizens will benefit from
enhanced individual empowerment through
With over 100 events happening during the education, social inclusion, social mobility and
week of the festival, Dublin can showcase the cultural prosperity. The 2019 Learning Festival
enormous potential to stimulate and support is our way of encouraging the people of Dublin
learning among its citizens in ways that can to participate in education in all its forms and
help tackle existing issues, strengthen social I hope you will. To quote Nelson Mandela:
cohesion and solidarity, and transform the “Education is the most powerful weapon which
prospects of communities for the better. you can use to change the world”.
I am heartened that Dublin’s ambition to be Let’s all use this great weapon!
recognised as a learning city is supported
not only by my office and colleagues in Dublin — Nial Ring, Lord Mayor of Dublin
City Council, but also by central government
though policy and funding. Dublin’s learning city
objectives are being spearheaded by a cluster
of universities and colleges across the city
under the aegis of the Programme for Access
to Higher Education (PATH), which is funded by
Ireland’s Higher Education Authority (HEA).
3ONTENT 4
Foreword — 2
Lord Mayor Nial Ring
Background — 6
About Dublin Learning City
Directors’ Notes — 8
Why It’s Important
Irish Network of Learning Cities — 11
A Borderless Island of Learning
1916 Bursary Programme — 12
Information
Event Timetable — 16
A Day by Day Guide
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 5Dublin Learning City is a collaborative project
between Dublin City Council and 5 Higher
Educational Institutes (IADT, Marino Institute
of Education, NCAD, TCD and UCD) along with
other partners in further education, training and
learning. The overarching aim of this initiative
is to establish sustainable intergenerational
learning communities in the city and to work
towards becoming a Learning City, as defined
by UNESCO. Dublin is committed to creating
inclusive lifelong learning opportunities for
individuals to participate in learning socially,
culturally and economically to create a more
equal society and celebrate learning for its
citizens. Dublin is a UNESCO City of Literature
and it has lifelong learning in its blood.
Dublin Learning City will be an amplification
of existing community outreach initiatives
by using our citywide network, and retaining
an inclusive and inter-generational focus
as a core operational tenet. In doing so,
Dublin’s citizens will benefit from enhanced
6individual empowerment, employability, social
inclusion, economic development, cultural
prosperity, and sustainable development.
Lifelong learning is key in creating Dublin
as a sustainable city and society. Dublin
has enormous potential to stimulate and
support learning among its citizens in
ways that can help tackle existing issues,
strengthen social cohesion and solidarity,
and transform the prospects of communities
for the better. Dublin Learning City: Enabling,
Fostering, Exploring and Celebrating
Everyday Conversations about Learning
and Opportunities for Dublin’s Citizens.
7Directors’ Notes
Why It’s Important
Denise McMorrow, Co-Chair Dublin Learning City
The vision for the Dublin Learning City is for it to become a
global leader in Learning. Dublin Learning City will strengthen
existing communities and outreach initiatives by collaborating
with Dublin City Council, Communities, Universities, Colleges,
Schools and Stakeholders. Dublin has enormous potential
to stimulate and support learning for its citizens in ways
that can help tackle existing issues, strengthen social
cohesion and solidarity, and transform the prospects of
communities for the better. This collaborative project builds
confidence, encourages, and revitalizes learning in families
and communities. Our aim is to ensure that education and
learning are accessible for all inhabitants in formal and
informal settings. Dublin Learning City Enables Everyday
Conversations about Learning and Opportunities and it is a
great honour to co-chair the first Learning Festival for Dublin.
Trevor Purtill, Co-Chair Dublin Learning City
Marino Institute of Education is delighted to be a partner in
the inaugural Dublin Learning Festival. We understand that a
true learner’s journey never ends and that lifelong learning is
important not just for an individual’s career aspirations, but
also for their wellbeing, their ability to engage with their own
communities, and, in turn, for them to become the teacher, the
trainer, the coach, or the mentor for others. Lifelong learning is
a continuing cycle where we all can give and receive in terms of
knowledge, skills and experience. Having a festival of learning
in our city is an exciting and welcome development. We hope
you participate as much as you can and perhaps for next year’s
festival you might have a learning event for others to join.
Directors’ Notes 8Anne-Marie Kelly, Divisional Librarian
Learning Rep., Dublin City Council
Dublin City Council’s vision for Dublin citizens is ‘to have a place
in which to be, to live, to work, to do business and to enjoy.
A city that has everything by being friendly, progressive, different
and brilliant.’ (Dublin City Council Corporate Plan 2015 – 2019)
We are therefore excited to support the Dublin Learning City
Festival with our partner colleges. We recognise that learning
is happening daily on a formal level in schools and colleges but
also in an informal and relaxed way in many of our council venues
such as libraries, art galleries, sports centres and parks. This
festival showcases a variety of free learning possibilities. Dublin
City Council invites you to come along and try out something
new whether it’s holding a paintbrush in your hand, learning how
to send an email or trying out a yoga pose. The Dublin Learning
City Festival is free and fun. All you have to do is SHOW UP!
Dr Anna M Kelly Chair, Leinster Pillar 1 Cluster
PATH is a Higher Education Authority initiative designed to
increase access to higher education to those that are currently
underrepresented in our colleges, institutes of higher education
and our universities. Leinster Pillar 1 is a consortium of five
higher education institutions being led by UCD, and involving
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design (IADT), Marino Institute
of Education (MIE), National College of Art and Design (NCAD),
Trinity College Dublin (TCD). A range of work is developed by
this consortium, including Dublin Learning City, Creative Arts
Summer School, Community Mentoring, Open Learning, and
the 1916 Bursary Fund. As Chair of this group, I would like to
invite you to take part in and enjoy all the events being offered
this week and if something interests you and you would like
to learn more, please contact us to see how we can help.
Dr Bairbre Fleming UCD, Chair, Open Learning Sub Group
Open Learning is an exciting new way to study on a part-time
basis. IADT, NCAD and UCD have come together to offer a
range of subjects, studying at your own pace taking one module
at a time or as many as you like in a semester. You can also
decide if you would like to attend classes because you are
interested in a subject or because you would like to take the
exam at the end. The choice is yours! Scholarships are available,
and no prior formal educational experience is necessary to
register. Just find a subject that interests you and sign up.
UCD, together with our partners in Cross-Institutional Open
Learning is delighted to support the Dublin Learning City project.
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 9Kathleen O’Toole-Brennan TCD, Chair,
Community Mentoring Sub Group
Trinity College is proud to support the Dublin Learning City project,
which includes as part of it a new inter-institutional approach to
the successful community mentoring programme. The community
mentoring programme helps inspire a new generation of students
across Dublin by sending undergraduate mentors back to their
communities. Mentors then share their own stories about their
education journey, including the choices and opportunities available
at third level. Our mentors genuinely want to give back, and this
programme brings us together as part of a larger community. We are
working towards making sure that young adults and mature students
across Dublin are well informed and inspired about their future
college choices. It’s also a win-win for our mentors, who develop
essential abilities like public speaking, networking, presentation
and reflection skills that are vital for building a successful career.
Finola McTernan, NCAD, Chair, CASS Sub Group
NCAD is delighted to be involved with the Dublin Learning City
project, which includes as part of it the Creative Arts Summer
School. The second CASS will take place in Dublin from 24 –28 June
2019. If you are interested in exploring your creative potential and
finding out about the academic and financial supports available,
then this might be the course for you! All ages from 16+, free with
transport and lunch provided. Open to those who meet access
criteria: FET/PLC students, people with disabilities, lone parents,
students who attend DEIS band schools, mature students and
members of the Irish Traveller community. You will spend one day
in NCAD, Marino Institute of Education, UCD, IADT and TCD.
For information contact: cass@ncad.ie.
Directors’ Notes 10Irish Network of Learning Cities
Dublin is the newest member of the Irish Learning City
Network, which endeavours to create a borderless
island of learning, ensuring opportunities for
accessible, life - long learning throughout Ireland.
On 24th January 2019, Dublin Learning City hosted
the second meeting of the Irish Learning City Network.
The meeting welcomed Learning City representatives
from Cork, Limerick, Derry and Belfast to discuss their
work in promoting learning throughout the island of
Ireland. Ireland Learning Cities’ partners will amplify
existing community education initiatives by using their
citywide network and retaining an inclusive and inter-
generational focus as a core operational tenet. In doing
so, citizens across these learning cities will benefit
from enhanced individual empowerment, employability
and social inclusion, economic development,
cultural prosperity, and sustainable development.
Irish Network of Learning Cities 111916 Bursary Programme
The 1916 ‘Leaders and Learners’ Bursary programme
comprises awards of €20,000 to first year undergraduate
students. Between Trinity College Dublin; University College
Dublin; the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun
Laoghaire; the National College of Art and Design; and Marino
Institute of Education, there are 40 bursaries available each
year. Each institute will be holding an information session on
the bursary programme on Monday 8th April. The session
will be suitable for students who are planning to go to college
for the first time in September, parents, teachers, youth &
community workers, and guidance counsellors.
The session will outline the application process and minimum
requirements for applying to the bursary programme.
1916 Bursary Programme 121916 Bursary Information Sessions
Monday 8th April
Trinity College Dublin
Where: Máirtín Ó Cadhain Theatre,
Room 2041B, Arts Building, TCD
When: 1pm-2pm
Kathleen O’Toole-Brennan (kotoole@tcd.ie)
UCD
Where: Access & Lifelong Learning,
James Joyce Library, UCD Belfield
When: 6pm-7pm
Fiona Sweeney (fiona.sweeney@ucd.ie)
NCAD
Where: Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre
When: 4.30pm-5.30pm
Finola McTernan (mcternanf@staff.ncad.ie)
Marino Institute of Education
Where: Maple Room
When: 3.30pm-4.30pm
Shauna Cassidy (shauna.cassidy@mie.ie)
IADT
Where: Atrium Building
When: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Caoimhe O’Malley (caoimhe.omalley@iadt.ie)
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 13Monday
It’s Never Too Late Free computer classes for beginners
Where: Herberton Gym and Pool, Dublin 8 Where: Barbara Ward Community Centre
When: 09:45am – 10:45am When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
It’s Never Too Late is a learning to swim Learn how to use a computer, search the
programme designed for adults who over the internet, and send email.
years have developed a fear of water. The idea Organised by Barbara Ward Community
is to help them overcome their biggest fear and Centre
learn how to be water confident and learn how
to swim.
Computer Classes
Organised by Dublin City Sports and
Where: Tús Nua Artane Family Resource Centre
Wellbeing Partnership When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
email: catherine.flood@dublincity.ie
Learn the basics of how to use a computer. This
event is part of an ongoing series of computer
The Men’s Health & Wellbeing Programme classes. We welcome new members this week!
Where: Ballybough Community Centre, Dublin 3
Organised by Tús Nua Artane Family
When: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Resource Centre
The Larkin Centre for the Unemployed in email: manager@artanefrc.com
partnership with Dublin City Council, The North
East Inner City Programme, the Health Service
Executive, the Irish Heart Foundation & Dublin Intercultural Language School —
GAA brings you The Men’s Health & Wellbeing English Classes
Programme. Come along to find out how small Where: Ballybough Community Centre
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
lifestyle changes, for example, becoming
more active, eating a balanced diet, drinking Classes to help migrants with little or no English
responsibly and quitting smoking, can lead progress their English speaking.
to positive health benefits. This Programme Organised by Ballybough Community Centre
is an award winning community-based email: ballyboughcommunitycentre@dublincity.ie
initiative seeking to develop new, quality of life
interventions, supportive of men living in the
Leprechaun Cup round 1 fixture
North Inner City of Dublin.
Where: Venues TBC
Organised by Larkin Centre Community When: 10:30am – 13:30pm
Education Programme
First fixture for teams competing in the
Leprechaun Cup.
Organised by Cricket Leinster
email: fintan.mcallister@cricketleinster.ie
Event Timetable 148th April
Ballymun Library Painting Group Verschoyle Pottery Club
Where: Ballymun Library Where: Verschoyle Court Community Rooms
When: 10:30am – 12:30pm When: 11:00am – 1:30pm
The Painting Group meet every Monday from Come and learn the art of pottery.
10.30am-12.30pm to paint and exchange tips. Organised by: Verschoyle Pottery Club
Organised by Dublin City Public Libraries, email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Ballymun Library
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Toddler Group and Storytime
Where: Rathmines Library
Music Technology Workshops When: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Where: dlr LexIcon Storytime for toddlers.
When: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
A music technology workshop by dlr Music Rathmines Library
Generation, taking place in the DLR LexIcon. email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie
Organised by Dlr Music Generation
email: jenniferoconnor@dlrcoco.ie
Perspectives on Irish Art Education: Chára
Nagle
Launch of Dublin Learning City Festival Where: Harry Clarke Theatre, NCAD,
Where: Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
When: 11:00am – 1:00pm When: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring, will launch Chára Nagle in conversation with Maebh
the festival from the Mansion House. O’Regan about the life and career changes of
Organised by Dublin Learning City a creative artist. Followed by a screening of
email: dublinlearningcity@iadt.ie ‘New Beginnings’.
Organised by National Irish Visual
Arts Library
It’s Never Too Late
Where: Guinness Pool, Dublin 8
When: 11:00am – 12:00pm
It’s Never Too Late is a learning to swim
programme designed for adults who over the
years have developed a fear of water. The idea
is to help them overcome their biggest fear and
learn how to be water confident and learn how
to swim.
Organised by Dublin City Sports and
Wellbeing Partnership
email: catherine.flood@dublincity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 15Monday
1916 Bursary Information Session
Where: Máirtín Ó Cadhain Theatre,
Learning Through Art in Raheny
Room 2041B, Arts Building, TCD
Where: St Anne’s Court Older Persons Complex,
When: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Raheny, Dublin 5
An information session about the 1916 bursary When: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
awards, funded by the HEA through the Ongoing art classes for adults in St. Anne’s Court
PATH initiative. Older Persons Complex, Raheny. Open to new
Booking Required. members this week.
Organised by: Trinity College Dublin Organised by: St Anne’s Court Art Group
email: kotoole@tcd.ie
1916 Bursary Information Session
Table Quiz Where: Maple Room, Marino Institute of Education,
Where: Ballymun Library Griffith Avenue
When: 2:00pm -4:00pm When: 3:30pm – 4:30pm
The Table Quiz meet once a month to test An information session about the 1916 bursary
their knowledge. awards, funded by the HEA through the
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, PATH initiative.
Ballymun Library Booking Required.
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie Organised by: Marino Institute of Education
email: shauna.cassidy@mie.ie
Event Timetable 168th April
Responses to the Country Girls Trilogy
1916 Bursary Information Session Where: Walkinstown Library Percy French Rd. Dublin 12
Where: Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, NCAD, Dublin 8 When: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
When: 4:30pm – 5:30pm Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls trilogy made
An information session about the 1916 bursary headlines internationally owing to censorship
awards, funded by the HEA through the in Ireland. The book was even publicly burnt
PATH initiative. in Co Clare. This talk by historian Donal Fallon
Booking Required. will examine reactions to O’ Brien’s work both
positive and negative, in the context of
Organised by: NCAD
1960s Ireland.
email: mcternanf@staff.ncad.ie
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Walkinstown Library
Irish Conversation Exchange email: walkinstownlibrary@dublincity.ie
Where: Donaghmede Library
When: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Irish Conversation Exchange gives you a chance Spanish/English conversation exchange
Where: Raheny Library
to practice your language skills. All levels
When: 6:30 pm – 8:00pm
are welcome.
An informal gathering of people where Spanish
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
speakers improve their English and English
Donaghmede Library
speakers improve their Spanish.
email: donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Raheny Library
email: rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 17Monday
Learn pottery
Where: Séan O’Casey Community Centre
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Learn how to do pottery.
Organised by: Séan O’Casey Community Centre
email: laycock.fran@gmail.com
Tel.:01-8509000
1916 Bursary Information Session
Where: Access & Lifelong Learning Centre,
on level 1 of the James Joyce Library building.
When: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
This is a workshop to help potential applicants
for the 1916 Bursary understand the application
guidelines, criteria and timelines.
Booking Required.
Organised by: UCD Access and Lifelong Learning
email: ucd1916bursary@ucd.ie
Welcome to Flatland
Irish Women’s Experiences in the 1960,
from Rural to Urban
Where: Rathmines Library
When: 6:30pm -7:30pm
Deirdre Foley, recent recipient of the McCurtain/
Cullen prize, awarded by the Women’s History
Association of Ireland, will look at the differing
life experiences of “country” and “city” girls and
the new lives that awaited the young women who
moved into areas such as Rathmines and the
other outposts of Dublin’s flatland.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Rathmines Library
email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie
Event Timetable 188th April
Ciorcal Comhrá Gaeilge
Irish Conversation Exchange
Where: Pembroke Library
When: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Informal gathering of Irish speakers & those who
wish to improve their Irish, through conversation,
reading and exchange of learning/ideas.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Pembroke Library
email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie
Is Everybody Going WeLL?
Where: St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
A GAA initiative which aims to help young players
to achieve their potential through Wellbeing
and Life Long Learning Programme. Specifically
aimed at teachers in the Primary Sector.
Organised by: GAA
Visit: goingwell.eventbrite.ie
Verschoyle Drama Group
Where: Verschoyle Court Community Rooms
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Come and learn drama.
Organised by: Verschoyle Drama Group
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 19Tuesday
Physical Activity Leader (PALs) The Men’s Horticultural Programme
Where: F2 Centre in Fatima, Dublin 8 Where: Pat Murphy Community Gardens,
When: 09:30am – 3:00pm Newcomen Court, North Strand
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
The Pals programme is aimed at older people
within the community to get trained as a Physical Interested in getting to know more about the
activities leader. The idea of the programme is to Larkin Centre Men’s Horticultural Programme?
empower participants to go to their local groups Drop by to say ‘hello’ and see an urban garden
and deliver sport and recreational sessions thus developed by local men. Learn more about the
these activities will become self-sustainable. QQI Horticulture Award: Plant Identification
Organised by: Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Care & Maintenance, Safe Horticultural Practice,
Partnership, Go for Life, Fatima Groups United Plant Propagation, Horticulture Tools and
email: catherine.flood@dublincity.ie Equipment, Growing Vegetables & Growing Fruit,
Communications & Work Experience.
Organised by: Larkin Centre Community
Apprenticeship Fair
Education Programme
Where: Northside Civic Centre, Bunratty Road,
Coolock, Dublin 17
When: 10:00am – 1:00pm Free Introduction to Android Smartphones
Given the current government policy focus Where: Terenure Enterprise Centre, 17 Rathfarnham
on promoting apprenticeships, with over 80 Road, Terenure, Dublin 6w
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
apprenticeships now on offer in Ireland, and
a target to see 50,000 apprenticeship and Explore and get to grips with the basic features
traineeship registrations by 2020, these are of your android smartphone.
rapidly growing and attractive career paths for a This workshop is aimed at older adults and will
significant cohort of our young people and adults. cover making calls, texting, downloading Apps
Organised by: Northside Partnership and more!
email: paul.hayes@nspartnership.ie Organised by: Terenure Enterprise Centre
Community Law Centre
Where: Ballymun Library Intercultural Language School —
When: 10:00am -12:00pm English Classes
The Ballymun Community Law Centre hold a Where: Ballybough Community Centre
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
clinic in Ballymun Library on the second Tuesday
of each month. Classes to help migrants with little or no English
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, progress their English speaking.
Ballymun Library Organised by: Ballybough Community Centre
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie email: ballyboughcommunitycentre@dublincity.ie
Event Timetable 209th April
I Can Teach workshop and information clinic An Intergenerational Dialogue
Where: National College of Art and Design, Where: Atrium Building, IADT
Dublin 8 (School of Education) When: 10:30am – 12:00pm
When: 10:00am – 1:00pm
U3A members in the Dun Laoghaire and
Are you interested in becoming an art teacher? surrounding area are invited to participate in
Are you currently in Further Education? Come an intergenerational dialogue, chaired by Kevin
to NCAD for a practical art workshop and Wallace on the IADT campus.
information session on ‘how to teach art at Organised by: U3A Dun Laoghaire/
second level- including portfolio preparation, Dalkey/Killiney
guidance on how to apply to NCAD.
email: dublinlearningcity@iadt.ie
Organised by: NCAD
email: icanteach@ncad.ie
Technology Made Easy
Where: Atrium Building, IADT
Citizens Advice When: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Where: Donaghmede Library
Learn how to use your digital device. IADT
When: 10:30am – 12:30pm
student volunteers working in a one on one
Citizens Information Centres (CICs) are hosted in basis with older people from the surrounding
Donaghmede Library and provide free, impartial community. Get in touch to sign up.
and confidential information. They provide
Organised by: Technology Made Easy
integrated information across the full range of
email: technologymadeeasy123@gmail.com
state services and entitlements as well as local
services and supports.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, Scrabble Group
Donaghmede Library Where: Ballymun Library
email: donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie When: 11:00am – 1:00pm
The Scrabble Group meet every week to
play scrabble.
Art classes
Where: Macro Community Resource Centre Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
When: 10:30am – 12:30pm Ballymun Library
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Learn to draw and paint for free.
Organised by: Macro Community
Resource Centre
Tel.: 01-8737000
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 21Tuesday
Wobbler Book Club Dance for Life for Older Adults
Where: Ballymun Library Where: The Evergreen Centre, Terenure, Dublin 6W
When: 11:00am – 11:40am When: 11:00am – 12:00pm
The Wobbler Book Club is for new-borns to 2 Dance classes for older adults over 55 from
year olds. Parents are given tips and advice on Macushla teacher. Runs every Tuesday from
how to read with your children. 11am – 12pm. Newcomers welcome.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, Organised by: Dublin City Sports and
Ballymun Library Wellbeing Partnership
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie email: michelle.malone@dublincity.ie
Guided Tour of Seamus Heaney: Dance For Life
Where: Evergreen Hall, 70 Terenure Road North,
Listen Now Again
Terenure, Dublin 6W
Where: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again,
When: 11:00am – 1:30pm
Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre,
Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 Dance Classes for older people.
When: 11:00am – 11:40am
Organised by: The Evergreen Club
Join us for a guided tour of Seamus Heaney: email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Listen Now Again. Our guides will give you an
insight into Seamus Heaney’s life, show early Toddler Book Club
drafts of his work and explain the importance of Where: Ballymun Library
his poetry today. We look forward to welcoming When: 12:00pm -12:40pm
you to this very special exhibition dedicated to
The Toddler Book Club is for two year old to
one of Ireland’s best-loved poets.
preschool children. Parents are given tips and
Organised by: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again advice on how to read with your children.
email: heaneyexhibition@nli.ie
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries
Tel.: 01-6706153
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Talk and Tea Art Classes for Men
Where: Millennium Wing Studio, National Gallery of Where: Tús Nua Artane Family Resource Centre
Ireland When: 12:00pm – 13:00pm
When: 11:00am – 11:50am
Get in touch with your artistic side at Artane
Learn more about the Gallery’s display of Sir family resource centre! This event is part of
Denis Mahon’s collection of Italian travel books an ongoing series of art classes, open to new
with Librarian and Curator Catherine Sheridan. members this week!
This is followed by chance to ask questions and
Organised by: Tús Nua Artane Family
chat over tea and coffee.
Resource Centre
Organised by: National Gallery of Ireland email: manager@artanefrc.com
Visit: www.nationalgallery.ie
Event Timetable 229th April
Education Practitioners Forum Yoga , Mindfulness and Meditation work shop
Where: Rosehill House, Finglas Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 Where: Sports & Fitness Markievicz, Luke Street,
When: 12:30pm – 2:00pm Dublin 2
When: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
The Education Practitioners Forum is an
opportunity for frontline educators and 90 minute Hatha yoga class introducing yoga
coordinators across the Finglas, Cabra and sequences and breath work followed by a talk on
Ballymun areas to meet on an informal basis to mindfulness and a guided meditation.
discover what is available for learners locally, Organised by: Sports & Fitness Markievicz
raise awareness of further education options, email: francis.daly@dublincity.ie
build contacts and networks and discuss areas
where specialist talks and training could
be provided. Irish Countrywomen’s Association
Needlecraft Group
Organised by: Dublin North West Area Where: Ballymun Library
Partnership When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
email: fergus.craddock@dnwap.ie
The ICA Needlecraft Group meet every week to
knit and sew.
Mindful Colouring Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Where: IADT, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire,
Ballymun Library
Co. Dublin (Room TBC)
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
When: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Reduce stress levels and bring some calm to
your day with a mindful colouring session. Verschoyle Art Group
Where: Verschoyle Court Community Rooms
Organised by: Leah de Lacey
When: 2:00pm – 4.30pm
email: leah.delacey@iadt.ie
Come and learn about art.
Organised by: Verschoyle Art Group
Irish Women and the Irish Revolution
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Where: The Council Chamber, Dublin City Hall,
Dame Street, Dublin 2
When: 1:10pm – 2:00pm Let’s Walk and Talk
Where: Outside the Barge Pub, Charlemont Street
Dr Margarita Cappock will talk about Sarah
When: 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Cecilia Harrison, artist and pioneer.
Walking group.
Organised by: Dublin City Library
& Archive Organised by: Let’s Walk and Talk
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 23Tuesday
Culture Club: ‘Focus on Flowers’ at Web Game Tutorial
Chester Beatty Where: A012, Atrium Building, Ground Floor,
Where: Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 IADT, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire
When: 2:30pm – 4:30pm When: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Let Dublin City Council Culture Company You will learn how to create a small game
introduce you to cultural venues in Dublin. involving a player running and jumping around
Join us for an exhibition tour by a guide, followed platforms, collecting stars and avoiding baddies.
by complimentary tea, coffee and chats. Organised by: IADT
Culture Club is FREE, open to all, and lasts Visit: webgame.eventbrite.ie
approximately 2 hours. Booking is required.
Organised by: Dublin City Council Culture
No Place Like Home screening
Company Where: NCAD, Harry Clarke Room
For more info email: When: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
cultureclub@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
There’s No Place Like Home.
Tel.: 086-8101783
In this short documentary, young Dublin 8 film
students are on a quest to find out why there’s
Aqua Fit for Over 50’s a homeless crisis in their country, and what can
Where: Northside Swimming Pool be done. The film includes moving testimonies
When: 2:45pm – 3:45pm from people who are homeless and asks the
An exercise class for over 50’s in the question: how can four thousand children be
swimming pool. in emergency accommodation when Ireland
Organised by: Northside Swimming Pool is the 14th richest country in the world? The
email: fergal.scally@dublincity.ie screening will be followed by a Q&A with artist
Mia Mullarkey and students.
Organised by: Dublin International Film Festival
Community Mentoring: Onwards and Upwards!
email: marketing@diff.ie
Where: TCD
When: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
As a thank you for completing our first ever cycle Irish Language Course
of Community Mentoring, the CM Programme Where: Ballyfermot Library
When: 6:15pm – 7:45pm
would like to finish the year with certificates and
food! Come and learn Irish!
Booking Essential. Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries
Organised by: Community Mentoring Programme and Gaelchultúr
email: dublinlearningcity@iadt.ie email: ballyfermotlibrary@dublincity.ie
Event Timetable 249th April
French/English conversation exchange History Ireland Hedge school: Censorship in
Where: Raheny Library Ireland—then and now
When: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street,
An informal gathering of people where French Dublin 2
When: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
speakers improve their English and English
speakers improve their French. To mark the selection this year of Edna O’Brien’s
Organised by: Raheny Library Country Girls trilogy as Dublin’s ‘One City
email: rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie One Book’, the History Ireland Hedge School
considers the issue of censorship. To discuss
this and related matters, join History Ireland
Beginners’ Sean-Nós Dance class through editor, Tommy Graham, with Donal Fallon (Come
the medium of Irish!/Rang Damhsa ar an Seán Here To Me), Angela Nagle (Kill All The Normies),
-Nós do thosaitheoirí trí mheán na Gaeilge! Mary Kenny (journalist) and Niall Meehan (Head
Where: Marino Institute of Education, of Journalism, Griffith College).
Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.
When: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Organised by: National Library of Ireland
Booking is not required.
Rang Damhsa ar an Seán -Nós do thosaitheoirí
trí mheán na Gaeilge!
‘Seo do sheans triail a bhaint as cúpla steip agus Free Legal Advice Centre
Where: Ballymun Library
cúpla focal Gaeilge a fhoghlaim chomh maith!’
When: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Beginners’ Sean-Nós Dance class through the
The Free Legal Advice Centre holds a clinic in
medium of Irish!
Ballymun Library twice a week.
‘This is your chance to try a few steps and to
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
learn a ‘cúpla focal Gaeilge’ while you’re at it!’
Ballymun Library
Booking Essential email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Organised by: Marino Institute of Education
email: caoileann.nidhonnchadha@mie.ie
Is Everybody Going WeLL?
Where: DCU
Ballsbridge Bookies Reading Group When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Pembroke Library
A GAA initiative that aims to provide as many
When: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
young players as possible with a series of
A group of readers meet to discuss a selected developmental inputs – appropriate to their
book. This month’s choice is the ‘Dublin One City needs – that facilitate the cultivation of
One Book’, ‘The Country Girls Trilogy’ by Edna Wellbeing & Lifelong Learning (WeLL) & the
O’Brien. See also dublinonecityonebook.ie optimisation of character-building functionalities
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, & potentialities. Specifically aimed at students
Pembroke Library and teachers in the Post-Primary Sector.
email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie Organised by: GAA
Visit: goingwell.eventbrite.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 25Wednesday
QQI Level 5 & 6 Course Interviews Stained Glass Art Class
Where: Liberties College Bull Alley St., Dublin 8 Where: Barbara Ward Community Centre,
When: 9:00am – 4:00pm Ballybough, Dublin 3
When: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Liberties College will be holding interviews for its
full-time QQI Level 5 and Level 6 courses. Check Learn how to make stained glass art.
out additional information regarding courses at Organised by: Barbara Ward Community Centre
www.libertiescollege.ie. email: clonliffecentre@gmail.com
Organised by: Liberties College
email: info@liberties.cdetb.ie
Open Day at Warrenmount Community
Education Centre
Northside Community Forum Gathering Where: Warrenmount Community Education
Where: Le Chéile Community Centre Centre, Mill Street, Dublin 8
When: 09:00am – 12:30pm When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
A meeting of the Northside Community The Open Day will give people who are new to
Forum, open to all community and voluntary the Centre the opportunity to find out about the
organisations in the North Central Area courses we run as well as register for the classes
(registration essential). Its members have starting from the end of April.
a social inclusion and equality agenda. The Organised by: Warrenmount
principal objective is to encourage local Community Education Centre
community organisations to work together on a email: lia.clarkson@warrenmountcentre.ie
range of local issues identified by its members
and learn from each other. Presentations by
Intercultural Language School —
Dublin City Council Community and Social
English Classes
Development Team.
Where: Ballybough Community Centre
Booking essential. When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organised by: Northside Partnership Classes are in place to help migrants with little
email: dublinlearningcity@iadt.ie or no English progress their English speaking.
Organised by: Ballybough Community Centre
Bookmarks Closing Event email: ballyboughcommunitycentre@dublincity.ie
Where: Trinity College
When: 9:30am – 2:00pm
Inside Out Learning
Trinity primary school links attend the closing Where: Education Centre, Mountjoy Prison
of their programme which surrounds literacy, When: 11:00am – 12:30pm
bookmaking and creativity.
Discovery Your Potential through Higher
Booking Essential. Education Options.
Organised by: Trinity Access Organised by: Mountjoy Prison
email: mcfarlad@tcd.ie email: APCostelloe@ipsedu.ie
Event Timetable 2610th April
Knitted Knockers Practical Business Skills for Self-Employed
Where: Donaghmede Library Where: Larkin Centre, 57-58 North Strand Road
When: 10:30am – 12:00pm When: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Knitted Knockers is a public knitting and Want to find out about how to translate an
crocheters group with volunteers all around the business aspiration into a viable business, how
country who knit and crochet soft, lightweight to get started, what supports are available, how
breast prosthesis for women who have to do a business plan, manage your accounts,
undergone mastectomies or lumpectomies. then drop in and find out more about the
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, Practical Business Skills Programme.
Donaghmede Library
email: donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie Song Writing & How to Make Online Demos for
Secondary School Students
Where: Central Library, ilac Centre
Raheny Age Friendly Cafe When: 11:00am – 1:30pm
Where: Cara Hall, All Saints Drive, Clontarf East,
Raheny, Dublin 5 Workshop with Musician in Residence.
When: 10:30am – 12:30pm Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
The age friendly café is an innovative yet simple Central Library, ilac Centre
social inclusion initiative which involves a email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie
gathering of older people coming together once Tel.: 01 8734333
a month (on the second Wednesday of each
month) to have tea, coffee, cakes and chat while Clinical Skills Lab Session and Tour of the
listening to informative speakers from relevant Veterinary School
agencies on issues relevant to older persons. Where: Clinical Skills Laboratory, UCD
Open to new members this week! School of Veterinary Medicine
When: 11:00am – 12:30pm
Organised by: Dublin City Council North Central
Area Office and the Raheny Age Friendly The session will consist of an Introductory talk by
Committee Dr. Renagh Kelly with hands on experience of the
facilities at the Clinical Skills Lab, followed by a
tour of the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine.
Technology Made Easy
Where: Atrium Building, IADT
Organised by: UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
When: 10:30am – 12:00pm email: michelle.tracey@ucd.ie
Learn how to use your digital device. IADT
student volunteers working in a one on one Chair Yoga
Where: Beech Hill Court, Donnybrook
basis with older people from the surrounding
When: 11:30am - 12:30pm
community. Get in touch to sign up.
Learn how to practice chair yoga, a gentler form
Organised by: Technology Made Easy
of yoga using a chair.
email: technologymadeeasy123@gmail.com
Organised by: Chair Yoga
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 27Wednesday
A Cultural Revolution: the Last Years of Drama Improvisation Workshop
Donnybrook Fair, 1855-1868 Where: Marino College of Further Education
Where: Pembroke Library When: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
When: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Improvisation is a fun yet powerful way to release
By Fergus A Darcy, Emeritus Professor of your creative potential in a fun and supportive
Modern History, UCD. A local history talk that environment!
should have wide appeal to both members of the Organised by: Marino College of Further
historical society and the general public. Education
Booking required. email: anne.skelly@marino.cdetb.ie
Organised by: Pembroke Library in association
with the Ballsbridge, Donnybrook & Learn pottery
Sandymount Historical Society. Where: Barbara Ward Community Centre, Distillery
email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie Road, Ballybough, Dublin 3
When: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
The rediscovery of a passage tomb cemetery Learn pottery for free.
at Dowth Hall, Co. Meath Organised by: Barbara Ward Community Centre
Where: Kildare Room, Ground Floor, National email: clonliffecentre@gmail.com
Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Kildare Street,
Dublin 2.
When: 1:00pm – 1:45pm Knitting Circle
Where: Verschoyle Court Community Rooms
This lecture will discuss the discovery,
When: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
excavation, and significance of the large
passage tomb that was recently found Learn how to knit and socialise while you’re at it!
underneath Dowth Hall, Co. Meath. This talk Organised by: Verschoyle Court Community Rooms
is part of the Spring Lecture series at the NMI email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
called ‘New Discoveries from Ancient Ireland’
aiming to bring to the general public new
Community Art Classes
information/research about Prehistoric Ireland.
Where: Tús Nua Artane Family Resource Centre
Fully wheelchair accessible. When: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Organised by: National Museum of Ireland - Art classes for all the community. Release the
Archaeology artist in you! This event is part of an ongoing
email: educationarch@museum.ie series of art classes, open to new members this
Tel.: 01-6486 332 week!
Organised by: Tús Nua Artane
Let’s Walk and Talk in Spanish Family Resource Centre
Where: Kildare Place, Kildare Street email: manager@artanefrc.com
When: 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Organised by: Let’s Walk and Talk in Spanish
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Event Timetable 2810th April
Wednesday Book Club Computer Skills for All
Where: Rathmines Library Where: Larkin Centre, 57-58 North Strand Road
When: 3:00pm – 4:00pm When: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
A book club for adults. Open to new members Information technology is a key skill for everyone,
this week. so if you just want to get to grips with the basics
Organised by: Dublin City Libraries or build your IT skills up to ECDL level, then the
email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie Larkin Centre can help you. To find out more
drop in and have a chat with us.
Children’s Book Club
Where: Rathmines Library Guerrilla Art Class with NCAD
When: 3:30pm – 4:00pm Where: F2 Centre, Rialto
A book club for children. When: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Organised by: Dublin City Libraries NCAD will host a Big Drawing Class with Rialto
email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie Youth Project participants and their families
celebrating the creative benefits of drawing.
Painting Workshop Organised by: Rialto Youth Project & NCAD
Where: Marino College of Further Education
When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Writers’ Group
A painting workshop facilitated by artist Alison Where: Ballymun Library
Pilkington. Participants will learn how to mix When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
colour and also about the different brushes that The Writers’ Group meet every week in Ballymun
are used in painting. Colour and composition in Library to discuss and practise their writing skills.
painting will also be explored.
Organised by: Dublin CityPublic Libraries,
Organised by: Marino College of Further Ballymun Library
Education email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Early Childhood Care & Education
Open Day
Where: Larkin Centre, 57-58 North Strand Road
Where: Marino College of Further Education
When: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
The professionalisation of staff working in the
Marino College of Further Education are having
Early Year’s sector is a government priority and
an open day. We welcome anyone who would
the Larkin Centre through its Early Childhood
like to chat with us about the different courses
Care & Education training programme is helping
we have available. We offer courses in Nursing
to address this need within the community. Find
& Healthcare, Business, Tourism, Creative &
out more about the classes on offer and how to
Performing Arts, Childcare and Beauty.
progress and build towards a full QQI award at
levels 5 & 6. Organised by: Marino College of Further
Education
Organised by The Larkin Centre
email: anne.skelly@marino.cdetb.ie
email: anneflannery@larkinctr.com
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 29Wednesday
NCAD ‘The Change Lab’ exhibition and
seminar
Where: NCAD Gallery
When: 5:30pm – 7:30 pm
The NCAD ‘Change Lab’ exhibition involves five
teams of student art teachers working in the
NCAD gallery space to create a body of work to
respond to a range of human rights and social
justice themes. The ‘Change Lab’ is a critical
space for learning, thinking and re-imagining
the possibilities of how art and design
curriculum in second level can be taught
through a development education lens.
Organised by: NCAD
Comhrá as Gaeilge/Irish conversation
exchange
Where: Raheny Library
When: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Buail isteach agus bain triail as do cúpla focail.
Fáilte roimh chách. Come along and practice
your Irish in a friendly setting. All welcome.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Raheny Library
email: rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
The First Dáil
Where: Marino Library
When: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
A Talk on the historic meeting of the First Dáil,
which took place at The Mansion House 100
years ago on 21 January 1919.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Marino Library
email: marinolibrary@dublincity.ie
Event Timetable 3010th April
Talk on Local History of Drimnagh
Where: Good Counsel, GAA Club, Davitt Road,
Drimnagh, Dublin 12
When: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
A talk on the history of Drimnagh.
Organised by: Drimnagh Historical
Group
Is Everybody Going WeLL?
Where: Croke Park
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
A GAA initiative that aims to provide as many
young players as possible with a series of
developmental inputs – appropriate to their
needs – that facilitate the cultivation of
Wellbeing & Lifelong Learning (WeLL) & the
optimisation of character-building functionalities
& potentialities. Specifically aimed at the child
and youth domains in the club sector.
Organised by: GAA
Visit: goingwell.eventbrite.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 31Thursday
Stress Management Happy Hour Toddler Time
Where: Tús Nua Artane Family Resource Centre Where: Pembroke Library
When: 10:00am – 11:00am When: 10:30am – 11:30am
Learn how to manage the stress in your life. An informal gathering of parents / minders and
This event is part of an ongoing series of stress children of 4 years and under. Toys and books
management classes, open to new members are provided. The event includes a sing song and
this week! rhyme time for 15 minutes from 11.15 – 11.30 am.
Organised by: Tús Nua Artane Family Visitors welcome.
Resource Centre Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
email: manager@artanefrc.com Pembroke Library
email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie
Intercultural Language School – Storytelling
and Social Inclusion Classes Yoga and Mindfulness
Where: Ballybough Community Centre Where: Donnycarney Beaumont Local Care Centre
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm When: 10:30am – 11:30am
Story telling class helps the class participants A relaxing Yoga and mindfulness session partly
speak about their home lives. delivered in a chair.
Organised by: Ballybough Community Centre Organised by: Donnycarney
email: ballyboughcommunitycentre@dublincity.ie Beaumont Local Care Centre
email: fergal.scally@dublincity.ie
Parent and Toddler Group
Technology Made Easy
Where: Evergreen Hall, 70 Terenure Road North,
Terenure, Dublin 6W Where: Atrium Building, IADT
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm When: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Learn from other parents as your toddler learns Learn how to use your digital device. IADT
to socialise. student volunteers working in a one on one
basis with older people from the surrounding
Organised by: The Evergreen Centre
community. Get in touch to sign up.
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Organised by: Technology Made Easy
email: technologymadeeasy123@gmail.com
Song Writing & How to Make Online Demos for
Secondary School Students
Where: Central Library, ilac Centre
When: 11:00am – 1:30pm
Workshop with Musician in Residence
Organised by: Central Library, Ilac Centre
email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie
Tel.: 01 8734333
Event Timetable 3211th April
Community Education Event Listening Party with Musician in Residence
Where: Scouts Den, Coolevin, Ballybrack for Adults
When: 11:00am – 1:00pm Where: Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry Street
A community event for people to come along When: 1:30pm – 2:15pm
and see what educational supports are available Ríona, Musician in Residence, will host
to them in their local community. This will be “Listening Party”.
a colourful event with music, Face Painting (if Come along and choose an album from The
children are coming with parents), tea and cake Music Library collections or bring along your own
and good chat. and the group will listen together and discuss
Organised by: SSP Holly House Community what makes them great.
Resource Centre Organised by: Central Library, Ilac Centre, Dublin 1
email: sandra.king@sspship.ie email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie
Tel.: 01 8734333
Learn Irish
Where: Séan O’Casey Community Centre, St. Mary’s
Job Preparation Communication Workshop
Road, Dublin 3
Where: Marino College of Further Education
When: 11:30am – 12:30pm
When: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Irish Language Classes for Beginners. Join our communication team to help prepare
Organised by: Séan O’Casey Community Centre CV’s and learn essential Interview Skills.
email: laycock.fran@gmail.com Organised by: Marino College of Further Education
Tel.: 01-8509000 email: anne.skelly@marino.cdetb.ie
Relatively Speaking: Chair Fit
Where: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5-9
Where: Kilmore Recreation Centre, Cromcastle Road,
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Kilmore, Dublin 5
When: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
When: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
A guided walking tour. Chair Exercise class focusing on improving
Discover some of Temple Bar’s best mobility, balance and strength.
keep secrets as two city centre arts
Organised by: Kilmore Recreation Centre
organisations – Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
email: fergal.scally@dublincity.ie
and Black Church Print Studio – join forces for
a guided walking tour through their gallery and
studio spaces. The tour will begin at Temple
Bar Gallery + Studios with an introduction to
Ronan McCrea’s solo exhibition Efference Copy
Mechanism. Visitors will then be guided to Black
Church Print Studio for a studio visit.
Organised by: Temple Bar Gallery
Visit: dublinlearningcity.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 33Thursday
Let’s Walk and Talk
Where: Meeting at Sandymount Green
When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Walking Group
Organised by: Let’s Walk and Talk
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Ciorcal Comhrá Gaeilge
Where: Ballymun Library
When: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
The Ciorcal Comhrá meet every week in
Ballymun Library to practise their Irish and chat
as gaeilge.
Organised by: Dublin City Libraries
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Knitting Circle
Where: Beech Hill Court, Donnybrook
When: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Learn how to knit and socialise while you’re at it!
Organised by: Knitting Circle
email: declan.hayden@dublincity.ie
Culture Club: ‘The Voyage of Italy: Italian Travel
Guides 1550-1800’
Where: National Gallery of Ireland, Millennium
Wing Entrance, Clare Street, Dublin 2
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Let Dublin City Council Culture Company
introduce you to cultural venues in Dublin. Join
us for an exhibition tour by a guide, followed
by complimentary tea, coffee and chats.
Culture Club is FREE, open to all, and lasts
approximately 2 hours. Booking is required.
Organised by: Dublin City Council Culture Company
email: cultureclub@
dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Tel.: 086-8101783
Event Timetable 3411th April
Learn English
Where: Séan O’Casey Community Centre,
St. Mary’s Road, East Wall, Dublin 3
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Learn to speak English
Organised by: Séan O’Casey Community Centre
email: laycock.fran@gmail.com
Tel.: 01-8509000
Free Legal Advice Centre
Where: Ballymun Library
When: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
The Free Legal Advice Centre holds a clinic in
Ballymun Library twice a week.
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries,
Ballymun Library
email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Bookmaking workshop
Where: Marino Institute of Education,
Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9
When: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
This bookmaking workshop takes place in the
Art Room in Marino Institute of Education.
Starting with a few simple folds, participants will
learn how to create a four page booklet, then
make a ‘continuous narrative’ by cutting, pasting,
drawing, painting and imagination.
All materials will be provided. Booking Essential
Organised by: Marino Institute of Education
email: michael.flannery@mie.ie
www.dublinlearningcity.ie 35Friday
Learn to speak English Introduction to Social Media
Where: Macro Centre, 1 Green Street, Dublin 7 Where: Marino College of Further Education
When: 10:00am - 12:00pm When: 10:00am - 11:00am
Learn to speak English for free. This social media workshop is a fun, interactive
Organised by: Macro Community Resource Centre course, where we’ll explain and introduce the
Tel.: 01-8737000 most popular channels such as Twitter, etc.
Organised by: Marino College of Further Education
email: anne.skelly@marino.cdetb.ie
Celebrating diversity and Inclusion Day
Where: KLEAR Adult Centre, Swan’s Nest Road,
Kilbarrack, Dublin 5 Art Class
When: 10:00am - 2:00pm Where: Séan O’Casey Community Centre,
It will be an open day in KLEAR with Singing St. Mary’s Road, Dublin 3
Groups, Cookery Demonstrations, Art Exhibition, When: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Ethnic participation, Poetry Readings, Class Learn how to draw and paint
Demonstration including Irish Language. Organised by: Séan O’Casey Community Centre
Organised by: KLEAR Adult Education Centre email: laycock.fran@gmail.com
email: office@klear.ie Tel.: 01-8509000
French Fridays/ Vive le Vendredi Reading of Leaving Cert Poems
Where: Pembroke Library Where: Rathmines College, Town Hall,
When: 10:00am - 11:00am Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
When: 10:30am - 11:15am
Monthly informal gathering of lovers of French
language and culture who wish to improve their This event will involve some English students
knowledge through conversation, reading and and staff reading and commenting on their
exchange of learning/ideas. favourite Leaving Cert poems, along with a
Organised by: Dublin City Public Libraries, number of poets with links to the area.
Pembroke Library Booking essential.
email: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie Organised by: Rathmines College of Further
Education
Managing Meltdowns and Challenging Behaviour email: maeveosullivan@rathminescollege.ie
Where: Ballyfermot Library
When: 10:00am - 12:00pm
The HSE presents a talk in Ballyfermot Library on
how to manage meltdowns, aimed at parents.
Organised by: HSE
Tel.: 01-6238088
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