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This popular series exploring Dublin and Art, these illustrated art talks series presented as part of the Hugh Lane Gallery’s off-site Explore & Learn programme will explore how artists have been inspired by the people and places of Dublin city from the late 19th century to the present day. The specific focus of this talk is the period 1880-1920 which saw so much dynamic change both in art and society.

This event is free but spaces are limited and booking is necessary. Click

here to book a place.

Presented in association with the Hugh Lane Gallery.

It is thrilling to uncover an object that was seen on our streets over a hundred years ago. The team at Dublin City Library and Archive recently had this pleasure when working on some theatre posters in the collection for a production of the melodrama East Lynne in the early 1900s.

Roghnaigh Comhar, an iris mhíosiúil, an 25 leabhar Gaeilge is fearr a foilsíodh le 25 bliana anuas le déanaí.

The One Dublin One Book choice for 2026 is Christine Falls by John Banville.

The Teen Citywide Reading Campaign 2025 choice is Crying Wolf James Butler.

If you’re looking for an historical mystery series to get stuck into, then I highly recommend the John Grey historical mystery series by L.C. Tyler.

Jeremy Paxman brings his whole arsenal of sneering, rabid, vicious, in your face chippiness to Black Gold – The History Of How Coal Made Britain.

Set in the 1840s in Scotland against the background of the highland clearances, a Presbyterian minister is sent to a remote Scottish island to persuade the sole remaining inhabitant to leave.

A single drop of water permeates the lives of characters across centuries and countries in Elif Shafak's There are Rivers in the Sky .