Venue: 16 September 2019
Dublin gets a new Cultural Quarter this Culture Night
Dublin’s North Inner City is thriving and for this year’s Culture Night, cultural organisations and buildings in Henrietta Street and Grangegorman are joining forces. Join us for free events as part of the annual all–island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts.
On Friday 20 September 2019, there will be loads of free things to do all a short walk from the Broadstone Luas stop, 14 Henrietta Street, the King’s Inns, Registry of Deeds, Grangegorman Development Agency, and Na Píobairí Uilleann will all be open to the public for a series of free events.
Beside the Luas stop, the Grangegorman campus is hosting a jam–packed programme of activities through ‘…the lives we live’ Grangegorman Public Art programme. From 4pm – 8pm there will be exhibition tours, demonstrations, display, performance, short film screenings and the launch of the Crocosmia × project. In the Foyer of Rathdown House, Spirasi are hosting ‘Time as Form’ from 5pm–9pm, an exhibition of work by asylum seeker and refugee artists.
A stroll over the road and through the King’s Inn park will bring you to the Registry of Deeds, where from 5–9pm you can drop into a calligraphy workshop and learn 18th Century Round Hand using sample text from archival documents. You can also learn about the type of equipment and working conditions which Registry of Deeds staff experienced in the 1700s.
Next door, the King’s Inns is Ireland’s Oldest School of Law, founded in 1541. Here you can take a peek inside a key example of Ireland’s Georgian architectural heritage on a guided tour of the James Gandon designed Dining Hall, completed in 1806. Tours will be running from 5–9pm and booking is required.
Down the road at 14 Henrietta Street, you can catch a unique live music and film screening of ‘Float Down the Liffey’ presented by DabbledooMusic and 14 Henrietta Street; a musical journey through Dublin’s venues and streets at night with an accompanying live electronica score of brass, percussion and organs. There are two performances at 6pm and 7.45pm.
Next door, between 6 and 10pm Na Píobairí Uilleann (the society of Irish pipers) invite you to a guided tour of their Georgian building, located on one of Ireland’s most architecturally important streets. The tour will include a visit to the library and archive and will also feature musical performances from leading uilleann pipers.
For more information on any of these events, please check the Culture Night website, where you can find contact details for all of the venues mentioned. culturenight.ie
Listings information:
Grangegorman Development Agency
Grangegorman Campus, Grangegorman Lower, D7, D07 XT95
#RevealingGrangegorman – join the Grangegorman Development Agency for an evening of exhibitions, art and conversation as they continue to reveal the ever–changing Grangegorman and the surrounding neighbourhood.
4pm to 9pm. No booking required. View the event here.
14 Henrietta Street
14 Henrietta Street, D1, D01 HH34
DabbledooMusic and 14 Henrietta Street present ‘Float Down The Liffey’; a unique live music and film screening. The film follows a musical journey through Dublin’s venues and streets at night with an accompanying live electronica score of brass, percussion and organs. The event will include audience participation. Performances at 6pm & 7.45pm, first–come, first–served basis.
6pm to 7.15pm and 7.45pm to 8.45pm. No booking required. View the event here.
King’s Inns
King’s Inns Park, Constitution Hill, D7,
Founded in 1541, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns is Ireland’s Oldest School of Law. It is a key example of Ireland’s Georgian architectural heritage and is one of Ireland’s magnificent social venues, and features in films and television programmes like Penny Dreadful, Becoming Jane, and Ordinary Decent Criminals. Take a guided tour of the James Gandon designed Dining Hall, completed in 1806.
5pm to 9pm. Booking required. View the event here.
Registry of Deeds
King’s Inns Park, Constitution Hill, D7, D01 EK82
Join a Calligraphy Drop–In Workshop which will teach participants 18th Century Round Hand using sample text from Registry of Deeds archival documents. Learn about the type of equipment and working conditions which Registry of Deeds staff experienced in the 1700s. Also discover the historical and cultural significance of their records.
5pm to 9pm. No booking required. View the event here.
Spirasi
Foyer, Rathdown House, Grangegorman Lower, TU Dublin Grangegorman, D7, D07 EWV4
Time as Form introduces the work by asylum seeker and refugee artists, represented by Spirasi, for the first time to the public. In a response to the lived experience of trauma, these artists have made work in the process of recovery and rehabilitation in Ireland, including while living in direct provision. The artists exhibiting are Hina Khan, Hichem and Nasir Elsafi.
5pm to 9pm. No booking required. View the event here.
Na Píobairí Uilleanm
15 Henrietta St, D1, D01 N504
Na Píobairí Uilleann (the society of Irish pipers) invite you to a guided tour of their Georgian building, located on one of Ireland’s most architecturally important streets. The tour will include a visit to the library and archive and will also feature musical performances from leading uilleann pipers.
6pm to 10pm. No booking required. View the event here.