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Upcoming Events

Library Late – Stella Tillyard in conversation with Myles Dungan

Thursday, 18 September at 8pm

Stella Tillyard is a British author and trained as an art historian. She is the author of The Impact of Modernism 1900-1920: Early Modernism and the Arts and Crafts movement in Edwardian England (1988); Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 (1994); Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald 1763-1798 (1997) and A Royal Affair: George III and his Troublesome Siblings (2006). Aristocrats won the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award, the Fawcett Prize, and has been translated into six languages. The story was also produced as a film. Dr Stella Tillyard is currently with the University of London School of English and Drama. She is now beginning her research on the British experience of the American War of Independence.

Admission is free but booking is essential. Please telephone 01 603 0317 to reserve your seat.

Culture Night, 19 September 2008

Late opening until 9pm at the exhibitions:

Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats at the National Library of Ireland
Planes, Trains & Automobiles, National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Sq, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

Film Screening

Screening of the Lumière Brothers films in Ireland at 7pm in the Library’s Seminar room.

The films are believed to be the earliest motion pictures of Ireland known to still exist. In 1897, Alexandre Promio, a cameraman for the Lumière brothers travelled to Ireland and filmed his arrival in Belfast docks, the Belfast Fire Brigade, Castle Place and Queen’s Bridge. He travelled to Dublin by train and filmed various places en route. The footage of Dublin features shots of O’Connell Bridge and a display by the Dublin Fire Brigade in St Stephen’s Green. The films were first shown on 15 November 1897 for the opening of the Empire Palace Theatre on Dame Street.

The Lumière Brothers films in Ireland will be introduced by Mr Bob Monks, National Library of Ireland, an expert in the field of Irish film history.

Tours

Guided tours of the award winning exhibition Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats will take place at 6pm & 8pm.

My Gentle Harp: Thomas Moore Commemorative Concerts

24 Sept, 1 and 8 Oct 2008

6.30 pm, Seminar Room

In celebration of 200 years of Moore's world-famous Irish Melodies, the Thomas Moore Commemorative Festival is delighted to present a series of three concert performances at the National Library of Ireland as part of its extensive nationwide tour.

24 Sept 2008:

Vocalists Dean Power, Raphaela Mangan

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Ita Beausang: “Revisiting Moore: ‘He had given voice to Ireland, he had put into her mouth a song of her own’. Stephen Gwynn”

1 Oct 2008:

Vocalists Ciaran Kelly, Anna Brady

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Ronan Kelly: “Mad, bad Lord Byron, the Great Dan and Thomas Moore”

8 Oct 2008:

Vocalists Rachel Kelly, Niamh McCormack

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Emer Nolan: “Moore and Captain Rock: the Melodies and Irish History”