Digging the Monto

Digging the Monto:
An archaeology of tenement life and the 1913 Lockout

                                                                                                                                   Ground Floor & First Floor Galleries / The LAB / Foley Street / Dublin 1

25 October – 10 November 2012

Exhibition Open 10am 5pm Daily (closed Sundays)

 
An exhibition and residency by Dr Thomas Kador with support from the
Heritage Council featuring collections from Terry Fagan and Martin Coffey
 
Free programme of talks and lectures
 
Thursday 25th October 6pm
From the Lockout to the Rising and the Treaty: (How) should we commemorate?

Chaired by Charles Duggan (Dublin City Council) / Padraig Yeates (Lockout Historian) / Pat Cooke (UCD) / Mary Muldowney (Centre for Contemporary Irish History, TCD) / Roisin Higgins (Boston College), Helen Carey (Limerick City Gallery)
 
Thursday 1st November 6pm
Slumland Dublin

Chris Corlett (National Monuments Service): Darkest Dublin / Catriona Crowe (National
Archives): The 1911 Census
 
Tuesday 6th November 6pm
The Lockout and the Monto
Chaired by Dr Lisa Godson (NCAD/GradCam) / Padraig Yeats: The assault on Corporation Buildings / Terry Fagan: Oral histories of the Lockout
 
Saturday 10th November 11am and 1pm
Monto Walking Tour with Terry Fagan at 11am followed by the
Closing Celebration with Charles Duggan, Heritage Officer, DCC at 1pm