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 literati. 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: Wed 4 Nov – Sun 8 Nov
Location: National Gallery of Ireland (meeting point outside gates), Dublin
Date: Sat 26 Sep + 3 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Sat 26 Sep + 3 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Sat 10 Oct + 2 more
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Sat 31 Oct
Location: Tree of Gold, Central Plaza (meeting point), Dublin
Date: Tue 8 Dec – Wed 9 Dec
Location: The Tree of Gold Central Plaza (meeting point), Dublin
Date: Thu 24 Sep
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
