events.dlrcoco.ie www.dlrevents.ie 24 June - SUMMER 1 September OF HERITAGE 2019 24 June - 1 September 2019 EvEnts at a glancE VENUE MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT SUN National Maritime 11am 11am Museum (Pre- booking req) Dalkey Castle 10am 10am & Heritage Centre 3pm & 3pm & Monkstown Castle 4pm 4pm 1pm- Cabinteely House 5pm Marlay House 1pm- 1pm- 6th Aug. - 1st Sept. 5pm 5pm Carrickbrennan 1pm & 1pm & Cemetery Tour 2pm 2pm 4.30pm Quaker Burial Ground & 6.30pm Deansgrange Cemetery 2pm Deansgrange Cemetery 2pm Women of Note Tour Historic Dún Laoghaire 7pm Historic Milltown 7pm 11.30am Historic Dundrum 7pm 2.30pm 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am James Joyce Tower & & & & & & & and Museum 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm Seapoint Martello 1pm - 1pm - 1pm - Tower 5pm 5pm 5pm Genealogy Day Cabinteely 2pm - House 28th July 5pm Genealogy Day Marlay 2pm - House 17th Aug 5pm The Transformations of 5pm Dunleary Village 1pm - 1pm - 1pm - The Oratory 5pm 5pm 5pm The Obelisk 1pm - Killiney Tour 5pm The Obelisk 1pm - Stillorgan Tour 5pm 2pm - 2pm - 2pm - Holy Trinity Church 4pm 4pm 4pm All Saints Church 2pm - Blackrock 4pm Monkstown 2pm - Parish Church 4pm 1pm - Kill Abbey 5pm 1pm - Kilgobbin Church 5pm Historic Shankill Walk 7pm Historic Booterstown 7pm Walk Historic Blackrock Walk 11am Maeve Binchy and Irish 6.15pm Writers Guided Walk Foxrock Beckett Walk 3.15pm Dún Laoghaire 7pm Harbour Walk J.M. Synge and 2.30pm Glenageary Writers Walk Fernhill Tour Walk 11.30am Dublin Mountains Walk 11am 7, 21 July / 4, 18 Aug / 1 Sept The Metals 2pm The Men who built the 7pm town of Dún Laoghaire Summer talkS at marlay HouSe (Must Be Pre - bookeD) TALKS DATE TIME Cherrywood through the ages by Rob Goodbody Wednesday 7th august 7pm Victorian Monkstown by Seamus Cannon Wednesday 14th august 7pm Victorian Dún Laoghaire by Tom Conlon Wednesday 21st august 7pm Booterstown, The Town of the road by Rob Goodbody Wednesday 28th august 7pm all tours and talks are FREE. all talks must be pre-booked via Email: [email protected] group booking for tours is also essential. via Email: [email protected] Wicklow Way Café NOW OPEN AT THE GOLF Open every day, from early until PAVILION, COLLEGE ROAD late all summer. Now with full ENTRAncE TO MARLAY PARK. wine license. Serving cooked breakfast, salads, light snacks, full lunches as well as delicious desserts. With panoramic views of Marlay Park the café offers the perfect setting for a relaxing cup of our freshly ground coffee and the very best food freshly prepared daily by our chefs. PRE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 24 June - 28 August, Monday / Wednesday 1 national MaRitiME MusEuM Free Guided Tour Must be pre-booked via the following link: The Museum is housed in Dún Laoghaire’s https://www.mariner.ie/ 180-year-old Mariners’ Church, opposite the dlr summer-heritage-2018/ T: 01 214 3964 LexIcon. experienced guides will bring you on a W: mariner.ie voyage of discovery enthralling you with stories of discovery, heroism, war and disasters at sea. Dart Stations You will learn about maritime history, exploration, Dún Laoghaire navigation, radio, deep-sea cable technology, Bus Stop No. 3046 George’s Street, nature and art inspired by the sea and relevant Shopping Centre Routes serving this stop: to the school syllabus. See the revolving Bailey 111 Towards Dalkey Optic, try the electrified steam engine and pause 59 Towards Killiney to reflect at the Titanic exhibit, the royal Navy Bus Stop No. 3070 George’s St, prisoner’s docks and the war memorial. Try sailor’s Mulgrave Street Routes serving this stop: knots, learn how they lift heavy weights, be 111 Towards Brides Glen photographed with the pirate and much more. (Luas Station) 45a Towards Dún Laoghaire (Rail Station) 59 Towards Dún Laoghaire 7 Towards Mountjoy Sq. 11am Wheelchair accessible 7a Towards Mountjoy Sq. 1 tour per day / 2 tours per week tour Duration: 60 minutes Max capacity: 30 people PRE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 24 June - 29 August, Monday / Thursday 2 DalkEy castlE & HERitagE Centre Free Guided Tour Dart Stations Dating back to 700AD, Dalkey Castle & Heritage Dalkey Centre offers a guided tour experience. Visitors can Bus Stop No. 3057 learn about the Castle’s history from early Christian, Ulverton Road, Castle Street through Viking, Medieval, Tudor and Victorian times Routes serving this stop: 111 Towards Brides Glen to the present day. (Luas Station) 111 Towards Dalkey 59 Towards Killiney Costumed actors from Deilg Inis Theatre Co bring the 7d Towards Mountjoy Sq. 7d Towards Dalkey history to colourful life. Bus Stop No. 3058 Ulverton Road, Hyde Road Dalkey Castle also houses a Writers’ Gallery which Routes serving this stop: 111 Towards Brides Glen celebrates the work of great Irish writers from Joyce to (Luas Station) Bono and Beckett to the world famous Maeve Binchy. 59 Towards Dún Laoghaire Must be pre-booked tel: 01 285 8366 Email: [email protected] 10am Wheelchair accessible 1 tour per day / 2 tours per week tour Duration: 75 minutes Max capacity: 40 people NO PrE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 25 June - 29 August, Tuesday / Thursday 3 MonkstoWn castlE Free Guided Tour Bus Stop No. 7330 There is a local tradition of a monastic settlement Monkstown Ave, in Monkstown since the 9th century. The Castle was Fitness Centre Routes serving this stop: constructed in the 13th century and was expanded 4 Towards Harristown over centuries. It was built by the monks of the Bus Stop No. 7226 great Cistercian house of the blessed Virgin Mary to Monkstown Ave, Richmond Grove protect the valuable agricultural land and fisheries Routes serving this stop: 4 Towards Monkstown Avenue they had established in the area. Bus Stop No. 3040 Meet at the Castle entrance. Monkstown Rd, Monkstown Crescent This is an outdoor event. Suitable footwear is essential. Routes serving this stop: 7 Towards Brides Glen Luas 7a Towards Loughlinstown Bus Stop No. 3073 Monkstown Rd, Carrickbrennan Road group booking essential via email [email protected] Routes serving this stop: 7 Towards Mountjoy Sq. 3pm & 4pm not wheelchair accessible. 7a Towards Mountjoy Sq. tours on the hour children must be last tour 4pm accompanied by an adult. tour Duration: 40 minutes Max capacity: 30 people NO PrE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 29 June - 31 August, Saturday 4 CABINTEELY HousE Free Guided Tour Bus Stop No. 3309 Take a guided tour of Cabinteely House, a Cornelscourt Hill, stunning eighteenth-century country house. Kerrymount Green Routes serving this stop: Hear the colourful story of the house including, 63 Towards Kilternan its original owner robert Nugent and his rise up Bus Stop No. 3307 the social and political ladder, as well as Joseph Cornelscourt Hill, Kerrymount Green McGrath, revolutionary and key figure in the Irish Routes serving this stop: 63 Towards Dún Laoghaire Sweepstakes. Meet at the front of Cabinteely House, Cabinteely Park, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin. group booking essential via email [email protected] 1pm - 5pm limited wheelchair access. tours on the hour, 4 per day Please phone in advance if last tour 4pm you require wheelchair access. tour Duration: 60 minutes Max capacity: 30 people NO PrE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 6 August - 1 September, Tuesday / Sunday 5 MaRlay HousE Free Guided Tour Bus Stop No. 2979 Take a guided tour of this wonderful country house. Grange Road, Hear the story of how the original 17th Century Highfield Avenue Routes serving this stop: house, called The Grange was purchased in 1764 116 Towards Whitechurch 16 Towards Dublin Airport by David La Touche of French Huguenot origin, 16c Towards City Centre extended, and renamed Marlay, and was then sold Bus Stop No. 2969 in 1864 to robert Tedcastle, the well known Dublin Grange Road, Highfield Avenue coal merchant. The Tedcastle family lived at Marlay Routes serving this stop: until 1925. In 1925 Philip Love (a market gardener, 116 Towards Parnell Sq. 16 Towards Ballinteer (Kingston) who at one time was the largest tomato producer in 161 Towards Dundrum Luas Station Ireland) acquired the House. Meet at the front steps of Marlay House, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. group booking essential via email [email protected] 1pm - 5pm limited Wheelchair access. tours on the hour, 4 per day Please phone in advance if you last tour 4pm require wheelchair access. tour Duration: 60 minutes Max capacity: 30 people NO PrE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 25 June - 29 August, Tuesday / Thursday 6 carrickbrennan CemetERy touR Free Guided Tour Bus Stop No. 7330 Visit one of the most historic graveyards in South Monkstown Ave, Dublin and hear the stories of united Irishman, Fitness Centre Routes serving this stop: Joseph Holt, the victims of the rochdale and Prince 4 Towards Harristown of Wales shipwrecks, Captain John McNeill Boyd and Bus Stop No. 7226 many more. Monkstown Ave, Richmond Grove Routes serving this stop: Carrickbrennan Road, Monkstown, County Dublin. 4 Towards Monkstown Avenue This is an outdoor event. Bus Stop No. 3040 Monkstown Rd, Monkstown Crescent Routes serving this stop: 7 Towards Brides Glen Luas 7a Towards Loughlinstown Bus Stop No. 3073 group booking essential via email [email protected] Monkstown Rd, Carrickbrennan Road Routes serving this stop: 1pm & 2pm not wheelchair accessible 7 Towards Mountjoy Sq. tours on the hour 7a Towards Mountjoy Sq. last tour 2pm tour Duration: 40 minutes Max capacity: 20 people NO PrE- BOOKIng REQUIRED 25 June - 27 August, Tuesday carrickbrennan 7 QuakER BuRial gRounD, CemetERy touR TemplE Hill, BlackRock Free Guided Tour Free Guided Tour Bus Stop No. 3164 On this unique tour of one of Dublin’s most unusual Stradbrook Rd, Temple Hill graveyards learn about its 150 year history as well as Routes serving this stop: 4 Towards Harristown the history of the Quaker religion in Ireland.