Sep
24
10:30
Irish in the Resistance - The Untold Stories of Ordinary Heroes Who Resisted Hitler
Clodagh Finn
- 📅Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- 🕥10:30 - 12:30
- 🏟Newtownpark Pastoral Centre (map)
Over the course of WWII, some 50-plus Irish men and women risked their lives to resist Nazi occupation. Some of them took up arms; others gathered intelligence, sheltered fugitives, hid Jews, carried messages, committed acts of sabotage or parachuted behind enemy lines. Some of them even died for the Resistance. Clodagh Finn will talk about her research uncovering those ordinary heroes whose work has, until now, passed under the radar.
Clodagh Finn is a journalist and author of a number of books, including A Time to Risk All, a biography of Mary Elmes, the ‘Irish Oskar Schindler’ and, most recently, (with John Morgan) The Irish in the Resistance (both Gill Books). She writes An Irishwoman’s Diary in the Irish Examiner and has worked as a sub-editor and feature writer for several newspapers, as well as a freelance writer and editor in Paris. She has a degree in French and Archaeology from UCD and is particularly interested in writing about overlooked stories from history.
Oct
01
11:30
Guided tour of Botanic Gardens - Glasnevin
- 📅Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- 🕥11:30 - 01:30
Tour can accommodate 40 people in two groups of 20.
The price is €5 per person.
Oct
08
10:30
Managing Changes in your Memory
Catherine Daly
- 📅Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- 🕥10:30 - 12:30
- 🏟Newtownpark Pastoral Centre (map)
Catherine Daly is a Senior Occupational Therapist with a special interest in brain health, memory impairment and dementia. She holds a BSc and MSc in Occupational Therapy, focussing her research on dementia in both under-graduate and post-graduate studies. Catherine has spent her career working with people with memory impairment, in settings such as residential care, primary care and mental health.
Catherine is currently working in the Memory Harbour, a HSE Memory Technology Resource Room, based on the grounds of Clonskeagh Hospital. Here, Catherine provides occupational therapy intervention, tailored therapeutic programmes and support to clients affected by memory difficulties and their families.
Nov
05
10:30
Sustainable energy and the story of Airtricity
Louis Fitzgerald
- 📅Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- 🕥10:30 - 12:30
- 🏟Newtownpark Pastoral Centre (map)
Details to follow
Nov
19
10:30
The Dalkey School Project
Áine Hyland
- 📅Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- 🕥10:30 - 12:30
- 🏟Newtownpark Pastoral Centre (map)
Details to follow