Spring into something new in April and May! Join us for workshops, talks, tours and classes, as part of Culture Connects @ Richmond Barracks. Culture Connects is our year-round programme that invites people in Dublin to try out new things.
You are welcome to visit us Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, with regular late opening on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. You can take part in one of our many workshops, talks and tours, or simply drop by to visit this historic building, browse in Inchicore Library (also open on Mondays) or enjoy our peaceful garden space.
We have picked out some highlights for April and May in this brochure but please check our website regularly to see the full programme. You can also sign up to our monthly email newsletter and be the first to hear about new events, tours, workshops. Sign up at richmondbarracks.ie/newsletter
How to book: H H H
Telephone 01 524 2532
Email info@richmondbarracks.ie
Visit www.richmondbarracks.ie
Opening hours
Monday 10 am - 5 pm (library only)
Tuesday 10 am - 7 pm (workshops may run later)
Wednesday 10 am - 8 pm
Thursday 10 am - 5 pm
Friday 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
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Walking tours
To book: visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
Biodiversity walking tours
In-person Online
Wednesday 5 April at 11.30 am, Saturday 29 April at 3.30 pm
€5 full / €3 concession / kids go free
Saturday 27 May at 2 pm, Sunday 28 May at 12 pm Outdoors
Free as part of Richmond Barracks Summer Fair
Take a closer look at the biodiversity of Inchicore with ecogardener Polly Rowley-Sams. You will learn about the ecology of the locality and discover some unexpected local treasures.
Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham walking tour
Weekly every Thursday and Saturday at 11 am
€10 full/€8 concession
Follow in the footsteps of the men and women of the 1916 Rising, revealing the rich history of Dublin 8 along the way. Outdoors The tour is approximately 90 minutes.
Tá an tsiúlóid as Gaeilge ó Dhún Richmond go Chill Mhaighneann ar an Satharn 1 Aibreán agus ar an Satharn 6 Bealtaine. Tá siad saor in aisce. Failte roimh gach leibhéal Gaeilge. All levels of Irish welcome.
Goldenbridge Cemetery tour
Weekly every Thursday and Saturday at 1 pm
€10 full/€8 concession
Join us for a guided walking tour of Ireland’s first garden Outdoors cemetery, founded by Daniel O’Connell almost 200 years ago, as Ireland’s non-denominational burial ground for any and all ✔ religions. The tour is approximately 75 minutes.
Tá Turas Reilig an Droichid Órga as Gaeilge ar an Satharn 1 Aibreán agus ar an Satharn 6 Bealtaine. Tá siad saor in aisce. Failte roimh gach leibhéal Gaeilge. Failte roimh gach leibhéal Gaeilge. All levels of Irish welcome. Le breis eolas féach ar www.richmondbarracks.ie
Take part!
Admission free, booking required
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
Thursday 27 April at 6 pm
Celebrating nature through poetry
In-person Online
Explore poetry and nature together as part of a special Outdoors/ once-off event coinciding with Poetry Day Ireland. The Indoors evening will start with a biodiversity and poetry nature walk, ✔ followed by an event at the Barracks, featuring a range of readings and performances, hosted by an MC. Come along and experience nature-themed poetry by famous and up-andcoming locally based writers in a relaxed, intimate setting.
Thursdays from 27 April to 25 May at 11 am
Sing for fun!
Indoors
Sing for Fun is for anyone who is interested in singing as part of a group to feel good. Learn to sing different types of ✔ songs and do fun vocal warm-ups and exercises. No singing experience needed, just a willingness to take part and enjoy yourself.
Saturday 27 May and Sunday 28th May at 11.30 am
Create your own scent
Join award winning soap maker Suzanne Clarke to explore Indoors the scents of the Richmond Barracks garden and create your own signature scent from foraged and local ingredients. ✔ You will also make a soap infused with the scent you have created! Suitable for adults and accompanied children aged 8+. This workshop is taking place at part of the Summer Fair.
Thursdays 30 March to 27 April at 10.30 am
Mosaic for beginners
In-person Online
This five week mosaic workshop for beginners is facilitated Indoors by artist Valerie Dunne. Using springtime as inspiration, you will explore all the steps involved in planning and completing ✔ a mosaic to complete your own unique piece. You must be able to attend all five workshops to take part.
Saturdays 29 April and 27 May at 2 pm
Sustainable Saturdays: Reuse and repair social
Use your creativity to keep textiles out of landfill, chat and meet new people. This monthly clothes upcycling workshop Indoors is led by Mary Fleming of Change Clothes Crumlin. Join us in April to make scrunchies and headbands and in May to create ✔ fabric plant holders. These workshops are family friendly, children should be accompanied by an adult. You can book to come to one or book to come to them all.
Richmond Barracks Dance Programme
Tuesdays at 6 pm
Since September 2022 we have been privileged to have two Dance-Artists-In-Residence, Philippa Donnellan and Mia DiChiaro. Philippa and Mia run a variety of creative dance and movement activities for adults of all ages and abilities. There are lots of reasons why you might like to try dance at Richmond Barracks. Some people enjoy it for exercise and to improve their coordination. For others it’s the opportunity to meet new people. Some people like how dancing and movement makes them feel good. So why not give it a go? Find out more at richmondbarracks.ie or call us on 01 524 2532
“I forget everything when I’m dancing, it’s very uplifting”
Bridie, dance participant
Book club
Admission free, booking required
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
Wednesday 26 April at 7 pm
In-person at Richmond Barracks
Thursday 27 April at 8 pm (Online)
Book club: ‘The Coroner’s Daughter’
by Andrew HughesChosen as this year’s One Dublin One Book, The Coroner’s Daughter is a gripping historical whodunnit. 1816 was the year
without a summer. A rare climatic event casts a pall over Dublin – a city stirred by zealotry and civil unrest, torn between evangelical and rationalist dogma. Abigail Lawless, daughter of the city coroner, is drawn into investigating the murder of a young nursemaid and finds herself in a world of hidden meanings and deceit.
Wednesday 31 May at 7 pm
In-person at Richmond Barracks
Thursday 25 May at 8 pm (Online)
Book club: ‘Small Things Like These’
by Claire KeeganHistorical talks and workshops for adults
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
First Wednesday of each month at 7 pm
In-person Online
In-person Online
Talks at the Mess
€5 full/€3 concession
Indoors
Talks at the Mess is a series of talks at Richmond Barracks on the first Wednesday of the month. Hosted by social Indoors historian Donal Fallon, each talk features a guest speaker and celebrates the rich stories and experiences of the local ✔ community, past and present.
Wednesday 5 April - Dr Mary McAuliffe will explore the life and achievements of Irish revolutionary women Dr Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine ffrench-Mullen.
Wednesday 3 May - Professor Chris Morash, author of Dublin: A Writer’s City invites us to explore the hidden literary history of Inchicore and surrounding areas.
Wednesdays from 22 March to 26 April at 6.30 pm
People, places and times past:
An introduction to researching local history
Admission Free Indoors
Indoors
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into ✔ ✔ his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Claire Keegan’s multi-award winning Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness.
Have you ever wanted to find out more about the history of your local area? In this six week workshop led by historian ✔ Dr. Declan Brady you will learn how to do your own local history research. Each week will cover different ways of finding information about the people and places of your neighbourhood in times past. You can book to come to one or book to come to them all.
Historical talks and workshops for adults
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
Tuesdays 9 to 30 May at 6.30 pm
A history of housing in Dublin
Admission Free
For children and families
Admission free, booking required
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
In-person Online
Join historian Donal Fallon to explore the social and architectural history of housing in the capital. This series Indoors of talks will aim to answer questions you may have around housing, like where did Dublin’s tenements come from? ✔ What were the first suburbs of Dublin? Examining key characters like City Architects George Simms and Daithí P. Hanly we will demonstrate how housing in the inner-city and suburbia has changed over the decades.
Join Dublin City’s Historian in Residence for Children
Dervilia Roche for these free, interactive workshops at Richmond Barracks for children aged 9 to 12
Thursday 6 April at 3 pm
In-person Online
Children’s history workshop: Easter Eggs Indoors/ Learn about Easter traditions from Ireland and other Outdoors countries, and find out how the tradition of chocolate eggs ✔ came about. Decorate your own egg shells and take part in an easter egg hunt in the garden.
Saturday 29 April at 11 am
Children’s history workshop: 1916 at the Barracks Indoors Learn about the 1916 Easter Rising and some of the 3,000 men and women who were taken to Richmond Barracks at that time. ✔ For more information about Children’s History Workshops in May please check richmondbarracks.ie
Last Saturday of each month
Children’s history book club
Calling all budding history buffs! We’re looking for children aged 9 - 12 to join our Children’s History Book Club. Indoors The book club is facilitated by Historian in Residence for Children Dervilia Roche. If your child would like to join ✔ the book club, or if you would like further information, please contact Dervilia by email at education@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
For children and families
To book: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
April 4, 5 and 6 at 11 am and 1 pm
Circus skills for beginners
Join circus artist Fadi Zmorrod to learn juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking and more! Workshops for 7 - 9 year olds will run from 11 am - 12.30 pm, for 10 - 12 year olds 1 pm - 2.30 pm.
4 April - juggling
5 April - acrobatics
In-person Online
Every Friday 10 am to 3 pm
Indoors
6 April - balance (includes stilts and unicycle) ✔
Children can be booked in for one or more workshops. Drinks and light snacks provided. Please note there is a nominal charge of €5 per workshop (covers 1 or more children in the same family) towards the cost of equipment and refreshments.
Tuesday April 11 at 7 pm
Bat walk
Admission Free
Indoors/
Suitable for adults and accompanied children aged 7+ Outdoors
Join local environmentalist Gobnait Ní Néill for bat crafts, bat facts and bat spotting! You will learn about our local bat ✔ species, make your own origami bat and join Gobnait on a walk along the canal to spot and identify bats using a bat detector.
Fridays 5 to 26 May at 11 am
Little gardeners
Admission Free
Little gardeners is a relaxed workshop for babies, toddlers Outdoors and young children and their parent or caregiver. Let’s enjoy ✔ time exploring the Richmond Barracks garden and its biodiversity together. Facilitated by eco-gardener Polly Rowley-Sams, these workshops are suitable for children of 5 years and under. These workshops will take place outdoors in the Richmond Barracks garden.
We are delighted to welcome The FoodCloud Kitchen team to Richmond Barracks each Friday. The menu has been created using surplus ingredients which would otherwise have been wasted.
So whether you are working from home, enjoying the gardens, or visiting the library, you can enjoy a sustainably prepared meal, or McCabe’s organic coffee and a bun, knowing you’re helping the planet too. All profits generated from The FoodCloud Kitchen are reinvested to tackle food waste and insecurity through FoodCloud’s core activities, redistributing surplus food to over 600 community and voluntary organisations across the country.
The annual Culture Date with Dublin 8 festival is taking place this year across the weekend of Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May.
Dublin 8 will come alive with over 60+ events, exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, performances, family activities and much more in all of your favourite Dublin 8 venues, museums, parks, breweries and cultural amenities.
Richmond Barracks will host events, workshops and more on the weekend, celebrating the cultural, historical and architectural heritage of our area. Their programme will launch on Thursday 20th April.
www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie
@foodcloudkitchenEnjoy our garden
Visit at any time when we are open
To book workshops: please visit www.richmondbarracks.ie or call +353 1 524 2532
Saturday 29 April at 11 am
Sustainable Gardening
Admission Free
In-person Online
Join eco-gardener Polly Rowley-Sams for a tour around the Outdoors Richmond Barracks garden, see what sustainable gardening practices we are putting into place and find out how you can ✔ do it too. In this practical workshop you will learn about and discuss eco-friendly options for gardening, such as upcycling equipment, choosing native species, increasing habitats for insects and wildlife and what plants are drought resistant. All levels of knowledge and gardening experience are welcome.
Tuesdays to Saturdays at 10 am - 4 pm
Richmond Barracks Community Garden drop-in gardening
In-person Online
Are you interested in growing vegetables and herbs here in Outdoors Richmond Barracks? Get involved in the community gardenthere’s lots to be done! Contact Laura on 086 8513940 or ✔ email cultureconnects@richmondbarracks.ie to get involved.
