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Event Guide for free Events in Greater Dublin
The "Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)" is Dublin's most popular event magazine that focuses on the vast amount of cultural events for no admission charges. For more than 800 editions over 16 years it is a weekly e-mail magazine that lists and recommends up to 200 free cultural events in Dublin City and in the Greater Dublin area week after week. Gigs, Festivals, Markets, Talks, Lectures, Exhibitions and much more for all age groups are included.
The Dublin Event Guide is a non commercial initiative and is published by Joerg Steegmueller, it has more than 24,000 readers and more than 80,000 Facebook Followers. Please subscribe to the free weekly e-mail newsletter on the right. -->>
This site contains the newest edition below and is updated as soon as it is completed (check the date!). You will also find some event information on the Dublin Event Guide Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide!
The newest Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) below was posted on 02 November 2024:
Dublin Event Guide 887: Only 7.5 weeks – Flea Market for Palestine, Dublin by Night Fest
Only 7.5 weeks
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Flea Market for Palestine, Dublin by Night Fest
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Hi!!
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Here we are again! Halloween is over and now we are officially on the home stretch of 2024. Christmas is firmly in site and the next 7.5 weeks will be great for Christmas-lovers and tough for Grinches (The Grinch is a grumpy, green-furred creature who despises Christmas, a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss in the 1957 children’s book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”)
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For me, the earlier signs of Christmas are sweets in the shops. I love many of the Christmas sweets that supermarkets already sell for weeks and have a particular preference for Lidl’s product range, but my shopping trolley hasn’t seen a single Gingerbread cookie or Marzipan Figure after my wallet had words with the shopping trolley. If even Lidl sells their sweets for twice the price than they were about 3 years ago, then my sweet (Christmas) tooth will have a bleak future ahead.
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What is your early Christmas pleasure? Is it putting up the Christmas tree in November? Or is it buying Christmas presents weeks ahead? Or is it eating or drinking something that is related to Christmas?
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After a super busy Halloween, the events list this weekend is a little shorter than at other weekends. But there are ALWAYS (free) things happening in Dublin! ;-)
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Donations in November:
EUR 81
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(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)
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If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.
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The counter here shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be subtracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.
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Last week Catherine, Jana, John, Audrey, Eimear, Aislin, Mary, Liz, Ailish, Orla, and Wendy were the wonderful people who helped with a donation. Thank you so much! Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and it is truly a wonderful group of people who help keeping the Dublin Event Guide going. Join this exclusive group! Without donations to pay the bills I will not be able to continue.
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Dublin Event Readers are a super group of people! :-) You rallied to help and we got out of the minus and in a healthy state for this month. November and December are always a little tougher than other months and I appreciate your help for that reason even more! THANK YOU!
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With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses.
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Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that Euro! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 4. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.
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To donate, use the Dublin Event Guide Donation Page here: gturl.eu/DEGdonate. It is really easy to use and uses Stripe’s trustworthy payment processing. You can even sign up for a yearly subscription on the donation page! Yearly subscriptions will give some important financial stability and reliability to the Dublin Event Guide and are therefore very much appreciated! (Look for the RED subscription buttons at the bottom of the Donation Page.)
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In case the donation page doesn’t work for you, the old links are here: You can donate via www.paypal.me/DublinEventGuide or for Revolut users among you, just use @joergbrb or now also revolut.me/joergbrb
(If possible, please send your full name and e-mail address as a message with the payment via PayPal or Revolut so that I can tell you about bonuses for donors when available.)
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To buy one or two or even three virtual coffees for the Dublin Event Guide, come to the “Buy Me a Coffee” page here www.buymeacoffee.com/DublinEventG
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And there is one other way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?
Thank you!!
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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Saturday 02 November
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+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/
+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 11:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 dublin.ie/live/things-to-do/markets/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ The Pumpkin Patch at Mansion House (Fri+Sat) 12:00-16:00 Mansion House Garden, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.dublincity.ie/events/halloween-mansion-house (queuing system)
+ Flea market & All-Day Gig for Palestine – vintage clothes, records, books, art, cards, jewellery, food 12:00-18:00 CIE Hall/Inchicore Sports and Social Club, Library Square, Inchicore, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1044861176907
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+ Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Tour 13:00-14:00 Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Westmoreland Street, Dublin, D02 VR66 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/november-person-tours-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again-0
+ Uilleann Pipes Recital 14:00-15:00 Tallaght Library, Parthalán Place, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1059878217279
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 15:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/Oct-Dec/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
++ Dublin by Night Fest – Street Festival – Performance, Music, Market 18:00-22:00 various locations: Capel Street, Lower Mary Street, Central Plaza www.dublintown.ie/dublin-by-night/
+ Food Market North Side at Dublin by Night Fest 18:00-22:00 Capel Street www.dublintown.ie/whats-on-events/food-market-at-dublin-by-night-fest-2/
+ Green Diesel + support – Rock Gigs 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1346578932984641/
+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin
+ Jaker – Gig 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial
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Sunday 03 November
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+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 08:00-13:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie
+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/
+ Food & Craft Market 10:00-17:00 Farmleigh Estate, northern end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/food-craft-markets-2/2024-11-03/
+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)
+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
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+ Eileen Gray: The Making of Modernism – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/112024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited spaces)
+ A Taste of the Past: The History of Food & Drink in the Museum’s Collections – Tour 15:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/112024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 15:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/
+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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And the free events for next week….
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Please note: To speed up the creation of the weekday section of the Dublin Event Guide, I am experimenting with a few minor changes. One is that I am not adding the full address of the venue to all events anymore (for now). If you don’t know where the venue is, you will find it by checking the event link.
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Monday 04 November
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+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Reflections on a Life in Russian, Imperial and International History 13:00-14:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2024/reflections-on-a-life-in-russian-imperial-and-international-history.php
+ Stand up Comedy Night – Raiders Comedy 20:30 Pillar Bar, 22-25 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 (Booking link not working, so just go there) www.facebook.com/events/1160345211634964
+ Downtown Blues Dancing – Social Dancing with DJs 21:00-23:00 Mind the Step Cafe, 24 Strand Street Great, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1281472632925726
+ Song Cycle – Singer Songwriter Night – Open Night with special guests Little Whelan’s 21:00 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/song-cycle/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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Tuesday 05 November
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+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Baby Reflexology Workshop 10:00 Ballyfermot Library www.dublincity.ie/events/baby-reflexology-workshop (Booking required)
+ Ogham and the Manuscripts of the Royal Irish Academy 17:00-19:00 Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.com/e/1054709818459 (Booking required)
+ Samhain agus an Saol Eile – Stories of haunted Dublin in Irish 18:30 Ballymun Library www.dublincity.ie/events/samhain-agus-saol-eile-le-realtan-ni-leannain (Booking required)
+ Songs In The Long Room – Acoustic Open Mic Session 20:00-23:00 Hynes Bar, 79 Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/472368905228630
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:00-22:30 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/groups/915434861959818
+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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Wednesday 06 November
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++ Dublin Book Festival 06-10 Nov dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-programme/ (Select FREE in “Events by Type”)
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+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013
+ The Artist and the City – 1-day symposium – Dublin Book Festival 10:30-20:00 DCU (St. Patrick’s Campus), Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9 dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-artist-and-the-city/ (Booking required)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/Oct-Dec/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Introduction to Kilmainham Mill – Guided Tour – Dublin City Culture Company 13:00 Kilmainham Mill, Kilmainham Ln, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 N9X7 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666058 (Booking required)
+ Favoured Lands, Favoured Arts: The King-Tenison Family in the National Library of Ireland 13:00-14:00 National Library, 7 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/favoured-lands-favoured-arts (Booking required)
+ Bark, Palm and Clay: The Many Book Materials of the Chester Beatty – Guided Tour – Dublin City Culture Company 16:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666042 (Booking required)
+ Remembering Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith: an illustrated talk 17:00-18:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2024/remembering-goldsmith-an-illustrated-talk.php
+ Down by the River Poddle – History Talk 18:30 Walkinstown Library www.dublincity.ie/events/down-river-poddle (Booking required)
+ Weaving the Faith: Buddhist Hangings at the Qing Court in the 18th Century – Talk – Chester Beatty Museum & Trinity College 19:00 Online and at Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/weaving-the-faith-buddhist-hangings-at-the-qing-court/ (Booking required for online talk)
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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
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Thursday 07 November
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++ Dublin Book Festival 06-10 Nov dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-programme/ (Select FREE in “Events by Type”)
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+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Tour of the Irish Architectural Archive – Dublin City Culture Company 10:00 Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666284 (Booking required)
+ Sing for Fun! Choir workshop (07 Nov-12 Dec) 11:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173644461 (Booking required)
+ Artist-led Tour of Vivienne Roche’s Exhibition ‘Abridged’ – Dublin City Culture Company 11:00 RHA Gallery (Royal Hibernian Academy), Ely Place, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666285 (Booking required)
+ The Social Life of Medical Anecdotes – Talk 13:00-14:00 Online and Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2024/the-social-life-of-medical-anecdotes.php (Booking required)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 13:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/Oct-Dec/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Pop-Up Victorian Gothic Book Club: Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 18:00 Central Library www.dublincity.ie/events/pop-victorian-gothic-book-club
+ Expert Art Tour – Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion 18:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/brian-maguire-la-grande-illusion-7nov24/ (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – MORE POWER TO YOU: Sarah Purser – A Force for Irish Art 19:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/expert-art-tour-sp-7nov/ (Booking required)
+ Mé Brí An Dána – Launch of Poems in Irish – IMRAM Festival 18:30 James Joyce Centre imram.ie/
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+++ EXHIBITIONS
Here are some upcoming exhibitions:
>> Murmurations Exhibition – Dublin Book Festival
The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2
08-10 Nov – 11:00-16:00
Amazing images by James Crombie of the murmurations of Starlings over the Irish landscape. Guided tour with the artist on Fri 08 Nov at 11:45-12:30.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/murmurations-exhibition/
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>> Sisters, Not Twins – Exhibition
City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2
08-17 Nov – Mon-Sat: 10:00-17:00 Sun: 12:00-17:00
“Sisters, Not Twins” is a solo show by Dublin-based artist Geraldine Carton. It is a provocative showcase of women, their bodies, their experiences and their stories. Launch 07 Nov 18:30-20:30
www.geraldinecarton.com.
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>> Arriving by Tom Phelan
SO Fine Art Editions, 2nd Floor, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, 59 South William Street, Dublin 2
02-30 Nov – Mon-Sat: 11:00-17:00 am
www.sofinearteditions.com/arriving/
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+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
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The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get! – Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)
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+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops it is always worh checking out. The workshops are free and usually go for 45 minutes. They are always for children, but the age is often not fixed. There are specific Toddler and baby workshops at times as well. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/
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+++ Some more events:
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=18&month=03&year=2024&search=week
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+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries
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And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.
Take care,
–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)
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