Ireland has a unique relationship with its legendary past. Kept alive in the histories of the Filí and the Seanchaidhe, Ireland’s gods were not destroyed but - in the words of Mark Williams - demoted to lesser beings. This is an important element of Ireland’s oral histories, which in turn have coloured its popular histories and left many legends for us to parse over today.
On the other side of Irish history we have the ballrooms, the salons, and the private studies of Dublin’s litterati. The seances and unwrapping parties, the mysteries and the macabre, all combining into the secret esoteric orders that strove to unlock the secrets of existence.
Date: Fri 23 Oct – Mon 26 Oct
Location: Tree of Gold, Central Plaza (meeting point), Dublin
Date: Fri 2 Oct & Fri 9 Oct
Location: Outside WB Yeats House, Dublin
Date: Wed 4 Nov – Sun 8 Nov
Location: National Gallery of Ireland (meeting point outside gates), Dublin
Date: Sun 14 Feb 2027
Location: Fusiliers' Arch, St Stephen's Green
Date: Sat 10 Oct + 2 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Fri 2 Oct + 5 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin
Date: Fri 2 Oct + 2 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
