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Ballerinas from Dance Ireland and The Hit Machine, at the Culture Night 2018 programme launch in Marlay Craft Courtyard at Marlay Park. Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Heading out for Culture Night? Here's what's on in Dublin and the East

Over the course of this week we’ll roundup the Culture Night events taking place near you.

AUTUMN IS WELL and truly in the air and that can only mean one thing, Culture Night 2018 is just days away. The annual festival sees venues across the country open their doors this Friday night 21 September, for a host of free events. 

In Dublin and the east of Ireland this year’s festivities include everything from musical prowess, to pop up theatre and even trying your hand at screen printing. 

To start our look at Culture Night 2018 here’s a list of events to whet your appetite in Dublin and the eastern counties.  

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Dublin City

  • Printmaking is once again back in vogue in artistic circles and Damn Fine Print is one of many workshops across the capital. Located in Unit 1, 32 North Brunswick St, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, the team will open its doors to the public from 6pm–10.30pm this Friday night. Here you can try your hand at pulling your very own print.  
  • Also joining in the fun is Street 66, which will host a ‘Drag + Draw’ Culture Night Special. It’s set to be a fun and informal life drawing session with Drag Queen models taking place between 5pm – 7pm in 33-34 Parliament St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.  

  • If you’ve always had a hankering for improv, but never quite got around to trying it out this Culture Night is your chance. Act The Maggot is hosting 30-minute taster classes from 7.30pm –9pm, for guests 18 and over. Booking essential. Chapterhouse, 73 Middle Abbey St, Dublin 1.

  • €5,000 in funding has been provided to Poetry Ireland to facilitate the display of Coole and The Library, Coole by WB Yeats in Leinster House this Culture Night. The paintings will be on show in the Seanad chambers and visitors can book a tour of the House the Oireachtas to take a peek.

These are just a few of the free events happening across Dublin City this Culture Night for more see here.

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Greater Dublin

  •  Author and Historian Turtle Bunbury will discuss his latest book  Corkagh – The Life and Times of a South Dublin Mansion at Clondalkin library. Proceedings get underway at 6pm with Bunbury’s talk at 7pm, booking required.
  • Ardgillan Castle in Balbriggan will host a mix of  traditional acoustic Irish and Polish music in the company of performer Óisín Dillon and friends, from 4pm this Friday. 
  • Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council are opening Marlay Craft Courtyard Project in time for this year’s festivities. Located at Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 visitors will have the chance to meet with artists and craftspeople who are based on site. This event runs from 4pm. 

 Carlow

  • Music Generation Carlow is showcasing its most talented musicians. Reelig a traditional ensemble and the county vocal ensemble MouthBox,  will present a varied programme of Irish Traditional and pop music. Cobden Hall, Carlow College, College Street, Carlow 7pm.

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Kildare

  • Kildare Youth Theatre will present a version of Philip Ridley’s Karamazoo. The production is described as a perfect piece of writing for a young actor, 7pm at Riverbank Arts Centre
  • Artist Monica de Bath invites children and adults to work with her on a large-scale drawing of the creatures, both real and imaginary, that live by the local canal and river. Cé Eile a Chónaíonn Anseo? Who Else Lives Here? From 6.30pm, Rathangan Library.
  • 60 Years of Defence Forces Peacekeeping Operations. A lecture on the history of the Defence Forces. The lecture will be repeated on the hour. From 5 to 9pm, United Nations Training School Ireland, Curragh Camp. 

Kilkenny

  • The National Design and Craft Gallery in Kilkenny will host a festival of Creative Making.  Adults can enjoy a glass of wine and entertainment; while children and young people roll up their sleeves and explore their creativity through an inventive use of materials, technology and craft techniques.5.30pm-9.30pm. 

Wicklow

  • Wicklow’s own Catherine Fulvio will talk you through some of her recipes, highlighting some quick, easy and tasty meals that will get you through the Autumn weeks ahead. 7.45 to 8.45, Blessington Library.
  • Karl Henry will help you lead a more sustainably-healthy life in a talk at Greystones Library from 6.30. He’ll offer an encouraging, practical, affordable and sustainable plan that will help you achieve lasting changes in your well-being. 

Wexford

  • Audio Visual Installation at Light and Shadow studio. Tara McGinn will present an installation aimed at reminding visitors of the potential of unused space. 24 Selskar From 6pm at St, Ferrybank South, Wexford.
  • The Ros Tapestry is a unique project that has been ongoing in the South East of Ireland since 1998 and has involved over 150 stitchers working on 15 giant tapestries for a permanent exhibition. From 5pm to 7pm at The Quay, New Ross. 

Meath

  • Oldcastle’s Masonic lodge opens its doors this Culture Night. Take a tour and learn about the History of Freemasonry in Meath and Oldcastle by Provincial Grand Archivist, Eugene Markey. From 7pm to 9pm at Masonic Hall, Church street, Oldcastle.
  • Tabharfar cuireadh duit bheith páirteach san oíche shóisialta as Gaeilge seo. Bheidh comhrá, craic agus eolas á roinnt faoi na himeachtaí Gaeilge a bhíonn ar siúl sa cheantar, an Club Siúlach Scéalach san áireamh agus rudaí is féidir le gach duine a dhéanamh leis an nGaeilge a chuir chun chinn go háitiúil. Be an ócáid ar siúil idir 8-9.30pm ar Rooske Road, Dunboyne.

Louth  

  • Millmount Cultural Quarter in Drogheda has a host of activities on for this year’s edition of Culture Night. The group is hosting  an evening of craft demonstrations, children’s tile making, an archery display, free access to Millmount Museum and music in the Tower. From 6pm to 9pm. 

Culture night 2018 gets underway this coming Friday 21 September. The events listed above are just some of the hundreds taking place right around Ireland. For more details on what’s going on in your area have a look here.  Tomorrow we will look ahead to events in the Midlands and West. 

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    Mute james sullivan
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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:36 AM

    I love all the sporty folk down around the board walk…well I assume they’re athletes with their tracksuits and runners.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:50 AM

    You’re never far from a medically trained professional either. Someone is always on hand to administer life saving drugs should you need them. What a progressive city. They ever have staff to carry your wallet and phone for you.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 1:13 PM

    Thanks to an outdated drug policy, lack of priority for the gardai and lack of social inclusion. everybody loves highlighting the problem but the solutions already exist just need a decent government to get the job done

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:31 AM

    I’m assuming she didn’t walk along the river on the gouger gauntlet that is the boardwalk. She wouldn’t be comparing it to the Seine then.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:35 AM

    You obviously have not been in Paris recently. They’ve went on strike last month on the Eiffel tower site because of the professional pick pockets knocking about that area around the seine.

    The Hawkers round the Parisian baton rouges are notorious for threatening tourists.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:58 AM

    I don’t believe you. Dublin is the only capitol city in the world that has lowlifes. I’m assuming that’s why people come to visit us.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:27 AM

    She must be talking about the Liffey around Lucan.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:37 AM

    Do any of the junk balls staggering around drinking cans of devil’s bit get a mention in the article….

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:37 AM

    You can’t compare Paris and Dublin.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 4:21 PM

    You can. She did.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:28 AM

    What do we always get so excited when foreigners say something nice about us.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:10 AM

    Because tourism is very important?

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:19 AM

    No I agree with Peter, it’s the same when you see lots of social media outlets sharing Twitter quotes from people in England about seeing Hurling for the first time. Ireland is a proud nation, but I think we care too much what people think of us, it’s good to show we care and take pride in our culture and country, but I think it’s more an inferiority complex with some media, in Dublin especially!

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:40 AM

    I can see the boardwalk as Dublin’s version of the left bank ..
    So many artists .. It’s a pity they all draw the dole ..

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:33 AM

    I love Dublin City, but for God’s sakes, what was this writer smoking?

    Both sides of the Quays is basically a motorway separated by a river for starters!

    The Rosie Hackett bridge looks like they bought a bridge kit off Lego, the rest are 3 or 4 lane speedways.

    Not to mention the Irish Zombie Olympic squad openly robbing, dealing, drinking and injecting with impunity!

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:15 AM

    Two guards on the beat is all it would take to clear the scangars away. C’mon guards

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    Jun 16th 2015, 1:14 PM

    There’s a lot more than 2 guards patrolling the dublin 1/2 area. policing won’t solve an addiction and homelessness crises

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    Jun 17th 2015, 4:34 AM

    Come to Vancouver and you’ll see what being homeless really is..
    Vancouver has the highest rate of homeless people in Canada and its shockingly bad to see that in a first world city. I would like the police force and the politicians to do something about it otherwise they’ll end up with a Vancouver 2.0 in Dublin
    I agree with your points though.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:33 AM

    For me, the liffey is something you cross to get to the posh shops of the southside and come back over without having bought anything, not somewhere to stop and enjoy the city.

    I reckon if DCC start moving traffic away from the quays and pubs/cafes etc. start opening out on to street/boardwalk it will be much much better. It would be great to be able to sit out and feel like the liffey is the heart of the city.

    the first sap to post about “junkies” deserves a slap.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 2:14 PM

    Could not agree more. No traffic on the quays would really open up the whole area around the river. Dublin is such an amazing city, so vibrant, so full of fun and friendly people. You can go to a pub and chat with a stranger and its not weird. So many free museums, galleries, amazing bars, great clubs and gig venues, brilliant cinemas like the Lighthouse, great places to eat. You’re never more than 300 feet from a public park in Dublin. I’ve been to well over a hundred cities at this stage and Dublin is right up in the top ten. If you only see junkies you really are missing out. It’s no wonder so many Europeans are coming here to live, we punch well above our weight, the positives far outweigh the negatives. We even have mountains 10 minutes away. Amazing.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:33 AM

    She may perhaps have had a couple ot Guinnesses too many when she wrote that piece. Dublin is a dump.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 2:16 PM

    Dublin is a dump and against the marriage referendum. You need to get out and party. Dublin has the best parties.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:17 AM

    For a capital city Dublin is an embarrassment, with a big stupid needle in the middle.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 2:16 PM

    Far superior to Galway. By a long shot. We can do a comparison if you like, kinda like that bit in Lethal Weapon 3 where Reno Russo and Mel Gibson compare scars.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:16 AM

    I’m guessing that the writer wasn’t robbed in any of the bars in Temple Bar.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:44 AM

    The river Lee is better. Hup oul dat

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    Jun 16th 2015, 9:49 AM

    Once a tourist has been to Dublin and realizes what a steaming pile of sh!t the place is and leaves after spending outrages amounts of money in the process, the image of Ireland is forever tarnished in their eyes. They tell anybody who will listen not to go anywhere near Ireland. Dublin airport should be used as an exit

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:13 AM

    point only.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 2:17 PM

    Such a spanner.

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    Jun 17th 2015, 6:24 AM

    Is somebody keeping you here against your will

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:10 AM

    What in the name a jayzzzzus was she smokin??

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:29 AM

    Cool the North side is the left bank then! Always knew it

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    Jun 16th 2015, 12:27 PM

    Managed to avoid the zombie junkies then? Good girl.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 10:18 AM

    Didn’t forget to pack her rose-tinted glasses when visiting then.

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    Jun 16th 2015, 3:23 PM

    “Like a hip version of the Seine” – obviously visited the tracksuits and sampled their wares

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    Jun 16th 2015, 6:10 PM

    Utter rubbish

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    Jun 16th 2015, 12:15 PM

    I read that as ‘kip’ version. I was right the first time.

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    Jun 17th 2015, 1:56 PM

    Try swimming in it then?

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