Tag Archives: Heritage Week

NO, silly.

This afternoon.

St Doulagh’s Church, Fingal, Dublin

Chief Executive of the Heritage Council, Virginia Teehan and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien to coincide with National Heritage Week, which runs until Sunday, August 22.

St Doulagh’s Church is the oldest stone-roofed church still in use in Ireland and the recent recipient of  grant from the Heritage Council to enhance its virtual tour, making it accessible to people with physical, auditory and visual disabilities.

National Heritage Week

Lensmen Photography

To celebrate National Heritage Week.

Via the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland:

Mayo-born Kathleen Lynn was one of the first female medical doctors to qualify in Ireland, as well as a committed nationalist and activist.

As a young woman at the turn of the twentieth century, Kathleen Lynn became involved with the suffrage movement, Cumann na mBan and James Connolly’s Irish Socialist Party.

She fought in the 1916 Rising and afterwards, was elected to the First Dáil. In 1919, Lynn founded St Ultan’s Hospital for children, along with Madeleine ffrench-Mullen.

As an activist, politician, rebel and doctor, Lynn consistently sought to improve the lot of the poorest and least heard citizens of Dublin.

This exhibition is a graphic telling of her life story.

Kathleen Lyn exhibition, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 until August 23, 10am – 4pm.

To mark Heritage Week…

Irish potter Helena Brennan talks about her life and craft at her childhood home, now the Central Catholic Library, 74 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 at 3pm.

Helena’s son Luke (him off the telly) writes:

My grandparents eloped to marry, so my mother spent the first year of her life in a flat on Merrion Square; she’s going back to that exact house tomorrow to give a talk!

A short film by my brother Fergal will also be shown, as well as letting everyone know what happened in the 75 years since!

Helena Brennan: Her Life And Craft (Heritage Week)

Previously: The Tao Of Helena