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Dublin City Libraries and Ireland Literature present 'In Other Words' is series of author events celebrating Irish Literature in Translation. Listen back to these events.

It is the nature of cities to continually change. Dublin through its history has been at various stages a Viking trading post, a Norman settlement, the jewel of Ascendancy Ireland, the second city of the British Empire, and is now our capital city.The Vanishing Dublin' Image Gallery shows features of Dublin that have disappeared or changed utterly during the second half of the twentieth century.

As a city, Dublin has always punched well above its weight in terms of the number and quality of the writers it has produced. Its literary heritage is world famous and was recognised in 2010 when it was awarded the status of City of Literature by UNESCO.

This collection of 148 images of the aftermath of the Dublin bombings of May 1974 provides a valuable source of information on the tragedy.

Sport and the City Seminar was held at Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street on 11 September 2010. Watch talks on the sporting history of Dublin including GAA and the Irish Revolution, the history of the Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club, Bohemians FC, Dublin's sports grounds and how Dublin saved hurling.

On the night of 31 May 1941, four high-explosive bombs were dropped by German aircraft on the North Strand area of Dublin City. The casualties were many: 28 dead and 90 injured, with 300 houses damaged or destroyed.

For three centuries, the Viking raiders of the North were the most feared pirates to haunt Europe's shores. At the end of the 8th century the great longboats slipped out of Scandinavia's fjords to begin a reign of terror.

German bombings of Ireland 1940-41 by Eoin Criostóir Bairéad. 

The air defence of Dublin and the North Strand Bombing by Michael Kennedy at North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on Saturday, 29th May 2010.

Transcript of 'The Effects of War-Time Censorship on Historical Sources regarding the North Strand Bombing 1941' by Kevin O’Connor, at North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on Saturday, 29th May 2010.