Literary Gems – Dalkey Dublin

Writers Gallery

@ Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

writers gallery at Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre

Marvel at Dalkey’s literary connections in the Heritage Centre Writers’ Gallery.

Nobel Prize winners William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett are among the literary gems associated with Dalkey. There are also the much loved favourites Maeve Binchy, James Joyce, Flann O’Brien, Joseph o’Connor (left) & Hugh Leonard.

Other creative souls who live locally and are featured include Bono, The Edge & Neil Jordan.

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Discover Dalkey’s Literary Gems

Performance Show @ Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

Discover Dalkeys Literary Gems

‘On Yer Bike with Dalkey’s Writers’

 This is a stage show featuring a compilation of the work of famous local writers – James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Hugh Leonard, Flann O’Brien, Maeve Binchy, John Millington Synge, Van Morrison, Seamus Heaney, Joseph O’Connor and more. The show lasts approx. 55 minutes.

The performance, with linking script written by award-winning playwright, Shay Linehan, has a Flann O’Brien like character who will conjure up characters to play various well known scenes from the work of the writers listed. The show is part of our ‘Discover Dalkey’s Literary Gems’ series. It is an entertaining and enlightening whistle-stop ‘taster’ through the work of our internationally acclaimed writers, who were all associated with Dublin and Dalkey.

‘On Yer Bike’ will be performed on Friday March 4th 2016, against the beautiful backdrop of St Begnet’s Church at Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre. All attendees will have the opportunity to browse the fabulous Writers’ Gallery after the show.

Advance booking is necessary as places are limited. Tickets are €10 and are available from the Reception at Dalkey Castle or on-line at www.dalkeycastle/book-tickets

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Dalkey,
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Guided Literary Walks

@ Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

Dalkey guided literary walks
Guided Literary Walks to settings in the work of James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Flann O’Brien and Hugh Leonard. Also covers Maeve Binchy and Joseph O’Connor.

(Must be pre-booked, with a minimum number of six)

New** ‘Maeve Binchy and famous Irish Writers Walk’ in Dalkey every Friday at 14.00  from June 3rd –Sept 2nd. 

Minimum Number of 6 and pre-booking essential.

Tickets €8.50

Special offer: Guided Walk and Living History tour in Dalkey Castle €13.50

For bookings / enquiries please contact info@dalkeycastle.com
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre:

Castle Street
Dalkey,
Co. Dublin

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Guided Joycean Walk

@ Bloomsday 16th June

guided joycean walk DalkeyGuided Joycean Walk in Dalkey on Bloomsday. See the location where Joyce taught in the spring of 1904. Chapter two of ‘Ulysses’ the Nestor Episode is set in the Dalkey Schoolroom. The Walk will take place after the dramatisation of the Dalkey Schoolroom Scene at Dalkey Castle.

For bookings / enquiries please contact
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre:

Castle Street
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Guided Hugh Leonard Walks

@ Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

hugh leonard walk Dalkey

Home Before Night , Out after Dark and Da …listen to the author’s words and see the settings of some of his funniest passages.

Look across at the Kish Lighthouse where the mother is cooking horny cobblers in DA! At the Bandstand in Sorrento Park Mr Drumm leads Guided Walks in Dalkey just as you can do today.

(Must be pre-booked, with a minimum number of six)

For bookings / enquiries please contact:
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
Castle Street
Dalkey,
Co. Dublin
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Guided Flann O’Brien Walks

@ Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

flann obrien walk Dalkey

‘The Dalkey Archive’, ‘The Third Policeman’ & ‘At Swim–Two-Birds’ all have references in the Dalkey landscape.

Sergeant Fottrell of the Dalkey Police puts forward the famous ‘Mollycule theory’. Mollycules were ‘as lively as twenty punky leprechauns doing a jig on the top of a flat tombstone’. He contends that the vigorous interaction of two solid bodies would result in an exchange of mollycules between the bodies…”you would be surprised at the number of people in country parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles”!

(Must be pre-booked, with a minimum number of six)

For bookings / enquiries please contact:
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
Castle Street
Dalkey,
Co. Dublin
t. (353 1) 285 8366
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