Topps October Festival
A leading UK collectibles company is inviting all kids and families in Dublin to its free festival this Saturday.
Perfect for sticker and trading card fans, the Topps October Festival will offer children and parents an opportunity to enjoy a range of fun-filled activities with their favourite collectibles and characters as it stops by Blanchardstown Centre on October 8 between 10am and 4pm.
Those who are fans of Premier League Match Attax, WWE, Trolls, Shopkins and Star Wars will find lots of fun activities and games taking place at the Topps Festival, alongside surprise character appearances and amazing giveaways.
Visitors can get football freestyle tips from record-breaking super-star, Dan Magness, and enter exclusive football-tastic giveaways.
For further information visit www.toppsfootball.co.uk.
Pro Cathedral 1916 Exhibition
A new audiovisual exhibition chronicling the role of the Church in the events of 1916 has opened in the Pro Cathedral.
For the first time previously unseen historical documents from the Dublin Diocesan Archive is on display alongside material from many other Religious orders who were at the centre of events in Easter week including Capuchins, Dominicans, Franciscans, Irish Sisters of Charity, Jesuits, Loreto Sisters and Sisters of Mercy.
The exhibition is open from 1.30pm-5.30pm daily at St Kevin’s Chapel, Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street. Admission is free.
Dermot Bolger discussion with Anne Haverty
Dermot Bolger concludes his series of public conversations as Writer in Residence at the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, with a discussion with the author Anne Haverty about her landmark biography of Constance Markievicz, one of the great women of Irish history, and Europe’s first elected female politician.
Presented by National Museum of Ireland in partnership with Poetry Ireland, it’s happening at National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Benburb Street, Smithfield, on Sunday, October 9 from 3-4.15pm.
Dublin Derby
The most heated of the Dublin derby soccer matches is undoubtedly Bohs V Shamrock Rovers and the latest encounter on Friday, October 7 is Bohs’ last home game of the season.
Can Rovers repeat their 0-4 victory at Dalymount earlier in the season or will Bohs, now in better form, get one over on their rivals? The match is an all-ticket affair so book in advance from either club.
Waiting for Eithne
Geraldine Plunkett (The Clinic, Fair City) plays Eithne in Jennifer Johnston’s short play ‘Waiting’. Eithne’s story takes us through her marriage, her life in London and her longing to return to Glasthule. Beautifully played by Geraldine Plunkett, the show is directed, with her usual consummate skill, by Caroline Fitzgerald.
Afterwards Jennifer Johnston will read from her new work ‘Naming the Stars’.
It’s on at Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre on Friday, October 14 at 7.30pm. Admission is €12.50.
Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra
Ethan Lipton & his Orchestra perform the exclusive Irish premiere of ‘No Place to Go’ in the Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire on Thursday, October 6.
This Broadway hit is an ironic yet heartfelt ode to an ordinary tale of unemployment turned groovy and a soulful meditation on everyday life.
The songs are steeped in American traditions of jazz, blues and country, but the subjects are thoroughly modern, all adding up to a hilariously twisted view of a disjointed age.
The show won an Obie Award and was called “one of the galvanizing theatre moments of 2012” by the NY Times.
It has been presented in more than 20 cities around the US and UK, including the Gate Theatre in London.
Bailegangaire by Tom Murphy
This is a major new touring production of Bailegangaire that was first performed by Druid Theatre Company in 1985.
Directed by Paraic MacIntyre, Tom Murphy’s extraordinary play centres around Mommo, who tells over and over again a story she never finishes of how the town came to be known as Bailegangaire, the town without laughter.
Mommo is attended by her two granddaughters, Mary and Dolly. The younger women yearn to be free of the past in order to make a new beginning, and Mary comes to believe that to do so the story of Bailegangaire has to be concluded.
Catch it in the Pavilion Theatre on Friday October 7 and Saturday 8.
Torch of Hope
ARC Cancer Support Centres’ Torch of Hope Relay event will take place around Dublin Bay this Sunday, October 9.
The event will see hundreds of people who have been affected by cancer come together for an afternoon of fun, reflection, laughter, tears, and great memories.
The organisers are hoping to raise in the region of €60,000 for ARC’s vital services.
Two separate groups will depart simultaneously from two locations at 5pm – the Wooden Bridge in Dollymount on the Northside, and Blackrock Park on the Rock Road on the Southside. Both groups will converge at the Sean O’Casey Bridge over the Liffey at approximately 6.30pm, before a Survivors’ Celebration Lap to the nearby chq building, where the Torch of Hope cauldron will be lit and the closing ceremony held. To register, phone 01-8307333, email fundraising@arccancersupport.ie, or visit www.arccancersupport.ie/torch-of-hope. The closing date is Friday October 7.
Craft Market for Raheny
The First Friday Craft Market takes place at the Red Stables on the first Friday of every month from 10am to 4pm.
The next one is scheduled for this Friday, October 7. The market combines a variety of local and handmade crafts with the beautiful and historical surrounds of St Anne’s Park and gardens.
If you’re out walking with your pooch, dogs are welcome too, grab a coffee in ‘Olive’s Room’ next door and pay the market a visit. For further information call Alison on 086-2909022 or visit www.facebook.com/firstfridaymarket/
Pearse’s letter of surrender
A letter of surrender written by Patrick Pearse on April 30 1916, three days before his execution, will be on display at the GPO Witness History visitor centre until November 28.
His last official letter, written from Arbour Hill Prison, urges rebels that were held up in the Four Courts to surrender to the British.
After reading the letter, the commander of the rebels laid down his arms and surrendered. The letter is due to be auctioned by Adams in late November.