What’s On

CLARE

X-PO Killinaboy former post office, Killinaboy “The Holy Wells of Co Clare,” an illustrated by Michael Houlihan (Thursday 25th, 8.30pm). All welcome. Free. 087-2925487. antonociarba@eircom.net

Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon “Life in a north Clare townland in the 19th century,” a talk by Martin Barry (Monday 29th, 8pm).

5. 086-3548078

CORK

Triskel Christchurch, Tobin Street, Cork Phil Ware Concert Series: Music Network artist residency. Double bill with Cormac O’Brien Quartet featuring Kit Downes and Stan Sulzmann, and the Paul Dunlea Septet (Thursday 25th, 8pm).

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€12. 021-4272022. triskelchristchurch@triskelartscentre.ie. triskelartscentre.ie

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Preston Reed (Saturday 27th, 8.30pm). €15. Ticket and train combo €22 available online only. 021-4813790. info@siriusartscentre.ie. http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/music/preston-reed

DUBLIN

National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 “The records of Dublin’s congregations at the time of the Rising,” a lunchtime lecture by Rosaleen Underwood MAGI, in partnership with AGI (Thursday 25th, 1pm). Free, no booking required. 01-6030213. info@nli.ie. nli.ie

Artane Beaumont family recreation centre, Kilmore Road, Artane Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland will talk about attracting and feeding garden birds (Thursday 25th, 8pm).

5. 087-2423020. patrickjtkelly@gmail.com

Church of Ireland parish centre, Rathfarnham village Rathfarnham Historical Society talk by Tom Murphy about his grandfather TW Murphy, journalist and sports photographer, including his photos of Dublin after the 1916 Rising (Thursday 25th, 8pm). Non-members €4. 086-8170617. rogermaud@eircom.net

National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street, Dublin 2 “The Genesis of Artistic Creativity, Asperger’s Syndrome and the Arts,” a talk by Prof Michael Fitzgerald, Henry Marsh professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin (Thursday 25th, 6.30pm).

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5 (includes wine reception). 01-6619877. friends@ngi.ie. nationalgallery.ie

United Arts Club, 3 Upr Fitzwilliam Street Irish Byron Society presents “Kindred Brutes-Byron and Animals,” a lecture by Prof Christine Kenyon-Jones, Kings College, London (Friday 26th, 8pm). Members

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10. 086-6027447. agregory@indigo.ie. firsteditions.ie

Ailt an Oir, Upr Gleangeary Road, Glenageary, Co Dublin A Rail Sale of good-quality ladies’ clothes in aid of Dún Laoghaire Methodist Church property fund (Saturday 27th, 10am to noon).

3. 01-2852934

RDS, Ballsbridge, Anglesea Road entrance, Dublin 4 Irish International Coin & Banknote Fair (Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th, 11am to 6pm).

5. 086-8714880. pauline.kelly@coremedia.ie

Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 Jung Society workshop on The Healthy Ego, led by Jasbinder Garnermann (Saturday 27th, 11am).

60. 085-7610354. Jungireland@hotmail.com. jungcentre.com

Kilternan Country Market, Enniskerry Road, Kilternan (opposite the Golden Ball) (Saturdays 10am to noon).Fresh and homemade produce always available. Tel 087-1368393. 087-6416286. mickgorse@gmail.com. kilternancountrymarket.com

The Grand Social, 35 Lwr Liffey Street Aindrias De Staic: a one-man comedy show that’s difficult to define but impossible to match (Sunday 28th, 9pm). €12. 087-9737401

Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Dublin 4 Antiquarian, rare, first editions, illustrated, out-of-print and popular books at reasonable prices. A browsers’ delight with friendly, free valuations and our own bookbinder. Dealers from all parts of Ireland (Sunday 28th, 11am-5pm).

2, accompanied children free. 01-4589237 or 087-2567908. lyonshillbooks@eircom.net. dublincitybookfair.com

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 All Thumbs, a comedy about love and thumbs starring Julie Lockey, written by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick. Lena liberates a thumb from a jar in a lab and grows herself a man (Monday 29th, 7pm). €10/€8 concession or for groups of 10-plus. 086-1663363. allthumbsplay@gmail.com.

National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Pull Down a Horseman presented by Dublin Lyric Group in association with the NLI. The play depicts a secret meeting between Pearse and Connolly, held over three days on the weekend of January 19th, 1916 (Monday 29th, 1.10pm).

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5, payable at the door. Booking is advised for groups at learning@nli.ie. 01-6030213. info@nli.ie. nli.ie

AppleRock Studios, Foley Street, Dublin 1 Nighttown, adapted from James Joyce’s Ulysses. Bloom and Daedalus visit the infamous Monto area of Dublin (Monday 29th, 8pm). €15€12. 087-9737401

Aras Chronain, Watery Lane, Clondalkin “Kildare Connection to the Easter Rising,” an illustrated talk by Seamus Cullen (Monday 29th, 8pm).

5. 086-2616533. petergingarchitect@eircom.net

RSAI, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 “Conserving your Dublin Period House,” lunchtime talks providing an A to Z on the history, significance, care and conservation of your period house (Tuesday 1st, 1pm). €15. 01-6798675. info@igs.ie. igs.ie

Dublin Docklands Develoment Authority Five Lamps Enterprise exhibition of photographs by Cormac O’Connell (Tuesday 1st, 9am to 5pm). Free. 087-9737401. fivelampsartsfestival@gmail.com. fivelampsarts.ie

Royal Canal under the Croke Park Stadium Community graffiti work titled We are all made of stars will engage three differing groups of women in their 80s and a group of young people aged 12-18, all based in the Five Lamps area, with artist Kathryn Maguire (Tuesday 1st). Free. 087-9737401. fivelampsartsfestival@gmail.com. fivelampsarts.ie

Marino College, North Strand Road, Dublin 3 “Investigating our local environment” is an art project looking at the local canal environment including the local involvement in the Easter Rising 1916. Fields trips include a guided tour of the local canals and a workshop experience (Tuesday 1st, 9am to 5pm). Free. 087-9737401. fivelampsartsfestival@gmail.com. fivelampsarts.ie

The Studio at the LEXICON, Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire Mirrors, Kenny Wheeler’s musical settings of poetry by Yeats, Lewis Carroll, Stevie Smith. Conductor Pete Churchill, Lauren Kinsella Jazz Sextet, Kilkenny College Senior Choir (Tuesday 1st, 8pm) €15/€12 earlybird on eventbrite.ie. 01-6703885. pr@improvisedmusic.ie. improvisedmusic.ie

Rathmichael School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill “The Broighter Hoard as Treasure Trove,” a talk by Aideen Ireland (Wednesday 2nd, 8pm).

4. 01-2853960

KILDARE

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge Ireland’s best-known astronomer and editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine, David Moore, explores the universe. This talk will especially feature the Irish angle to the explanation of the cosmos (Thursday 25th, 8pm).

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10. 045-448327. boxoffice@riverbank.ie. riverbank.ie

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge Veteran French director Bertrand Tavernier shifts gears for a sparkling and savvy comedy of political manners in Quai d’Orsay (Monday 29th, 8pm).

6. 045-448327. boxoffice@riverbank.ie. riverbank.ie

KILKENNY

Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny Mirrors, Kenny Wheeler’s musical settings of poetry by Yeats, Lewis Carroll, Stevie Smith. Conductor Pete Churchill, Lauren Kinsella Jazz Sextet, Kilkenny College Senior Choir (Monday 29th, 8pm). €12/€10. 056-7761674. jazzontheterrace@gmail.com. jazzontheterrace.com, watergatetheatre.com

LAOIS

Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church Street, Portlaoise Far Flung Trio perform a concert of musical fun and games with a programme of music by Bach, Kreisler, Piazzola, Offenbach, Klezmer and Edith Piaf (Friday 26th, 8pm).

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14. 057-8663355. boxoffice@dunamaise.ie. dunamaise.ie

MAYO

Custom House Studios, Westport Quay Retro Spectre, an exhibition by Francis Quinn (Thursday 25th, 7.30pm). Free. 098-28735. customhouse@eircom.net. customhousestudios.ie

SLIGO

The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo Krista Detor in concert (Friday 26th, 8pm).

15. 071-9161518. http://www.hawkswell.com/events/event/krista-detor

Education Centre, Sligo Institute of Technology Sligo Field Club lecture by Dr Kieran O’Conor explores the history of Temple House Castle between the 13th and 18th centuries (Friday 26th, 8pm). Members free, non-members small donation. 085- 7561024. SFCHonSec@thevoid.plus.com. http://www.sligofieldclub.com

WEXFORD

Springmount Garden Centre, Ballycanew Road, Gorey “Ireland’s Birds of Prey, ” a talk by Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland (Saturday 27th, 10.30am). Free. 053-9421368. gardencentre@springmount.ie. springmount.ie

WICKLOW

Parish centre, Roundwood The Roundwood Historical Society Seminar. As part of the society’s 1916 centenary commemoration programme, prominent historians and writers will give lectures about different aspects of the events of the 1916 Rising along with a History Ireland Hedge School (Friday 26th, 8pm).

20. Booking necessary. 01-2818136 or 01-2818118. mon.farrell@gmail.com

Parish centre, Roundwood Join History Ireland editor Tommy Graham and guests Eunan O’Halpin, Padraig Yeates, Robert Ballagh, Linda Connolly for a panel debate about the 1916 Proclamation, then and now (Saturday 27th, 4pm). No admission charge and no booking required. 01-2933568. editor@historyireland.com. historyireland.com

Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow Drawings, an exhibition by visual artist Melissa O’Faherty. The artwork was made during a time of change in the artist’s life and reflects the beauty and cruelty of nature and the beauty and transience of life (Monday 29th, 2pm). Free. 01-2762039. info@signalartscentre.ie. signalartscentre.ie

Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Wicklow Kilmacanogue History Society presents an illustrated talk about Kilmacurragh, by Megan O’Bierne (Tuesday 1st, 8pm).

Non-members €3. 086-1936861. dnuttall@eircom.net. kilmacanoguehistorysociety.com

Avoca Painting School, Avoca Studio Gallery, Knockanode, Avoca Avoca Painting School’s six–week spring course starts soon. Demonstrations and tuition with artist Rod Coyne on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. 0402-35555. info@avocapaintingschool.com. avocagallery.com/events/category/studio-courses/

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