Happy Easter!

Easter at Farmleigh Estate, Easter at Casino Marino, National Museum Tours

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 19 April

+ 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

+ Temple Bar Food Market 09:30-15:30 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.lovetemplebar.com/markets-events

+ 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/

+ Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri – in Focus Tour 11:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/chester-beattys-biblical-papyri/
+ Prehistoric Ireland Family Tour 12:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(5)

+ Family Drop in Workshop: Make and Create Fairy Garden Houses 14:00-15:30 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 www.richmondbarracks.ie/whats-on/family-drop-in-workshop-make-and-create-fairy-garden-houses/
+ Viking Ireland Family Tour 14:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(6)
+ 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/2025/Q2/April-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)
+ A Taste of the Past – The History of Food and Drink – Tour 15:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/April-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Green Diesel (Ultimate Party Rock) – support from Arcadian Shadows and The Western Wheels 20:00 Fibber Magees, 81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1759142368149433/
+ 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

+ Eclipse – Gig 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

+ 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

+ 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/

++ Easter at Farmleigh – Plant Fair, Children’s Games, Puppet Show, Magician, Birds of Prey, Music in the Bandstand (Sun + Mon) 10:00-17:00 Farmleigh Estate, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/easter-at-farmleigh/
+ Farmleigh Food & Craft Market 10:00-17:00 Farmleigh Estate, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/food-craft-markets-2-2/

+ 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/

+ Casino Marino: Children’s Guided Tour (Age 8-12) 11:00-12:00 Casino of Marino, Cherrymount Crescent, Marino, Dublin 3 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1317600381209 (Booking required)
+ Easter Kids’ Drop By Activities 11:00-12:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/easter-kids-drop-by-activities-3/2025-04-20/
+ Drop-in Drawing with Roxana Manouchehri 12:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/onsite-drop-in-drawing/

+ Casino Marino: Children’s Storytelling (Age 4-10) 13:00-14:00 Casino of Marino, Cherrymount Crescent, Marino, Dublin 3 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1317541956459 (Booking required)
+ Symbols of Ireland in the National Museum’s Collection – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/April-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)

+ 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/

+ A Taste of the Past – The History of Food and Drink – Tour 15:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/April-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Easter Kids’ Drop By Activities 15:30-16:30 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/easter-kids-drop-by-activities-2/2025-04-20/
+ Sunday Funday – Board Games Night 16:00-18:00 Beckett Locke, Point Square Village, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/847081713207 (Booking required)

+ Stella Bass, Felim Gormley & Band – Jazz Gig – Searson’s Sunday Jazz 18:00 Searson’s, 42 – 44 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/residency/6286-searsons-sunday-jazz.html

+ Jawbone: Acoustic Blues & Folk Commune 20:00 Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/2884885621692568/2884885678359229

+ Icarus Comedy 20:00-22:00 Bruxelles, 8 Harry Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1284268133559 (Booking required)

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Monday 21 April

Easter Monday – Public Holiday

Tuesday 22 April

Wednesday 23 April

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 24 April

+ 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

+ Sing For Fun! Choir Workshop (weekly) 11:00-12:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173633651 (Booking required)

+ Music in the Museum: Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Choir and Orchestra from Chicago, Illinois, USA 11:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Performance-Music-in-the-Museum
+ Kids Easter Crafts Workshop (Age:7-10) 11:30-13:00 Dolphin’s Barn Library www.dublincity.ie/events/kids-easter-crafts-workshop
+ Prehistoric Ireland Family Tour 14:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(5)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)
+ Life Drawing with Ashleigh Downey 18:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/life-drawing-24april2025/ (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion 18:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/brian-maguire-la-grande-illusion-24april2025/ (Booking required)
+ Gafa le Gaeilge: Irish for Everyday Life 18:15-19:15 Central Library www.dublincity.ie/events/gafa-le-gaeilge-irish-everyday-life (Booking required)
+ One Dublin One Book: The Artist and the City Panel Discussion 18:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/the-artist-and-the-city/ (Booking required)
+ Perms, Updos, Bobs and Shaved Heads: Women’s Hairstyles in Ireland 1900-1960 – History Talk 18:30 Coolock Library www.dublincity.ie/events/perms-updos-bobs-and-shaved-heads-womens-hairstyles-ireland-1900-1960 (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals 18:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/free-expert-art-tour-ailbhe-ni-bhriain-the-dream-pool-intervals-24apr2025/ (Booking required)

Friday 25 April

+ 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

+ Under the Sea: a workshop for families with children under six years with physical disabilities 10:30-12:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/underthesea-workshop/ (Booking required)
+ Drop-In Workshop: Write Like an Egyptian 10:30-12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Drop-In-Workshop-Write-Like-an-Egyptian-(1)
+ Film Screening: Blood Rising – about an art project in one of the the most dangerous cities in the world, Ciudad Juarez in Mexico 13:00-14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/film-bloodrising-apr25/ (Booking required)
+ Viking Ireland Family Tour 14:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(6)
+ Cabra Library Film Club 14:00 Cabra Library www.dublincity.ie/events/cabra-library-film-club
+ Cutting, folding, curling: paper crafting family drop-in workshop 14:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/papercrafting-familydropin/
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)

And there is more…

+++ One Dublin One Book Month
April is the month of “One Dublin One Book”. Every year a book is chosen and this book is the focus for the whole month with lots of events around that book.
This year, the chosen book is “Dublin, written in our hearts” and it contains fiction, poetry, essays and memoir pieces collated in celebration of Dublin. The book features work from a whol erange of authors:
Kevin Barry, Estelle Birdy, Niamh Campbell, Kevin Curran, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, FELISPEAKS, Sarah Gilmartin, Róisín Kiberd, Caitríona Lally, Deirdre Madden, Belinda McKeon, Paula Meehan, Thomas Morris, Niamh Mulvey, Nuala O’Connor, Sean O’Reilly, Keith Ridgway, Peter Sirr, Stephen James Smith, Rere Ukponu and Karl Whitney.
Different from the original idea of celebrating existing books that feature Dublin, it seems that for the last few years books are specifically created for the One Dublin One Book month.
All One Dublin One Book events are listed at www.onedublinonebook.ie/whats-on/ and you can borrow the book at www.onedublinonebook.ie/
Most events are free, but they will book up fast, so you should go through the whole list of events NOW and choose now what you want to experience.

+++ Dublin City Council Culture Company
Every week, the Dublin City Council Culture Company organises cultural events in venues in Dublin. They are events in addition to the normal events in museums, galleries and other venues. All events are free, but access is by registration only. And these events are POPULAR!! So when I get to checking them out on the Friday before they take place, the most interesting ones are usually already booked out. If you are interested, check them out here cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows (This week you only see a few, because every month a new batch is uploaded not in a rolling way, but in a month by month way.)

+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or something completely different? Nearly every subject is there! Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
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! :-)

+++ 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/

+++ 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

+++ 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

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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