Dublin Festival of History Public Tour: Irish History
Sun 4 Oct, 11:30 · National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2 (meet in the Courtyard) · Dublin
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About this event
The National Gallery joins Dublin Festival of History with a guided walk through Irish history as told by the national collection. A Gallery guide picks out paintings that carry the country's political upheavals, famine, emigration and self-invention, reading each canvas as a document as much as a picture. An hour, no booking, and a good way into both the festival and the collection.
Why we picked it
Ties the free national collection to Dublin Festival of History, one of the city's biggest free programmes, in a single hour with no booking friction.
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