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Alan Martin of Dublin Dockers Preservation Society wins Heritage Council’s Hero Award for Society’s outstanding photographic archive that records recent history of the port and its communities
The Heritage Council’s Heritage Hero Award celebrates someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the protection and promotion of heritage in Ireland. This year 86 individuals were nominated. One of the winners was Alan Martin – Dublin Dock Workers Society, Dublin Alan Martin always had a passion for preserving the industrial heritage of […]
No More On The Docks – An Evening with Dockers Preservation Society
Saturday, February 11th, 2016, 8.30 pm The Ferryman, 35 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay An evening of entertainment with song writer Paul O’Brien .Hosted by the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society and the East Wall History Group , this evening will celebrate the history and stories of the Docklands. We will remember the workforce and […]
Under One Roof – Plaque to Newspaper Editor and Labour Leader
A commemorative historic plaque will be unveiled this weekend at the birthplace of former newspaper editor Douglas Gageby [he edited the Evening Press and later The Irish Times] and the former residence of trade union leader Jim Larkin [founder of the ITGWU, now Siptu] , in Ranelagh, Dublin 6. Participants will include Jim Larkin’s grand-daughter, […]
THE FORGOTTEN HEROINES OF THE RISING by Joe Duffy (author of Children of the Rising) ” History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived , but , if faced with courage need not be lived again “ MAYA ANGELOU Thankfully none of the 77 members of Cumann na mBan that have rightly featured […]