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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