Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories
Dublin’s Hidden Histories is the latest series of ‘Trinity Talks’ from the Trinity Long Room Hub and Near FM. In this series of talks and radio programmes, we will feature an exploration of sites in Dublin which are the subject of ‘difficult’ histories, from asylums to prisons. Near FM listeners and live audience members will have the opportunity to engage with experienced researchers and compelling storytellers in their subject areas for this exploration of ‘history in the shadows’. The stories will be accompanied by live performances by An Góilín singers.
The series is made with the support of Coimisiún Na Meán’s Sound and Vision scheme, with the Television Licence fee.
These talks will be subsequently broadcast on Near FM. You can listen to Near FM online www.nearfm.ie/livestream or on 90.3FM.
Broadcast dates:
Episode 1 - April 24th @ 6pm
Episode 2 - May 1st @ 6pm
Episode 3 - May 8th @ 6pm
Episode 4 - May 15th @ 6pm
Episode 4 (Repeat) - May 22nd @ 6pm
Episode 5 - May 29th @ 6pm
Episode 6 - June 5th @ 6pm
Upcoming Events
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Mountjoy prison and female prisoners of the Free State
Listen back on Near FM now.
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Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry: if walls could talk
Listen back on Near FM now.
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The Monto: site specific performances of history in Dublin’s inner city by ANU
29 April 2025, 12-1pm, Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
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Suicide in Dublin during the Great Famine
13 May 2025, 12-1pm, Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
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The Dublin workhouses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
20 May 2025, 12-1pm, Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
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Dublin’s Slavery Mansions
27 May 2025, 12-1pm, Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub