This document discusses Dublin City Council's Historians in Residence program, which employs six part-time historians to promote history across the city by working with libraries, schools, and community groups. The program was launched in April 2017 as part of Dublin City Council's Decade of Commemorations to mark various anniversaries. The historians seek to engage Dubliners and visitors with history through accessible means, raise awareness of history, and promote Dublin City Library and Archive collections. They collaborate with community development officers and librarians to partner with local groups and schools.

1. Dublin City Council Historians in Residence –
a unique public history project
Tara Doyle,
Dublin City Council
Cormac Moore,
Dublin City Council, Historian in Residence
CILIP Ireland/LAI Annual Joint Conference
19 April 2018
DCC Decade of Commemorations

2. Historians in Residence with Dublin City Council
Six part-time historians promoting history across the city
working with libraries, schools, community groups and
organisations (since April 2017).
Provenance:
•Decade of Commemorations anniversaries/events
•Community Engagement
•Dublin City Council Commemorations Committee:
Funding
DCC Decade of Commemorations

3. Communicate
Mediate
ACCESSIBLE
HISTORY
GENERAL
PUBLIC
DCC Decade of Commemorations

4. DCC Decade of Commemorations
Donal Fallon, Maeve Casserly, Cathy Scuffil, Bernard Kelly, Cormac Moore
Donal Fallon, Maeve Casserly, Cathy Scuffil, Bernard
Kelly, Cormac Moore
Map of Dublin City
Council Areas

5. Objectives:
•Engage Dubliners/visitors in HISTORY (particularly under the
Decade of Commemorations designation) in an ACCESSIBLE way
•Raise awareness of history/advocate for history
•Promote collections of Dublin City Library and Archives: maps,
photos, books, ephemera, digital collections, directories, online
resources
Resources of Dublin City Council:
•Community Development Officers: links to community groups
•Local librarians: links to community groups, schools, book clubs
•Infrastructure:
Tenement Museum, Richmond Barracks, City Hall, libraries,
community centres, social housing units
DCC Decade of Commemorations

6. DIGITAL REPOSITORY
digital.libraries.dublincity.ie
DCC Decade of Commemorations

7. DCC Decade of Commemorations
eMagazines &
eBooks

8. Walking Tours

9. WSC Maps &
Dublin City

10. Liberties Cultural Association

11. Liberties Cultural Association
Walking Tour

12. DCC Decade of Commemorations

13. Pembroke
Library
Mondays at the Mess,
Richmond Barracks

14. St. Thomas
Abbey Pageant

15. History Book Club
Tweets

18. Chapelizod Afternoon Tea
with Nostalgia
Rialto Men’s Sheds and friends

19. Kevin Street Garda
Station redevelopment

20. Coolock, Artane and District Historical Society

22. Grange Abbey

23. ‘Doing their bit’ Irish Women and the
First World War exhibition
Crumlin College of Further Education
Genealogy Class

24. Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society:
Why 1918 Matters

25. Bloomsday with Cabra History
Group
Naming of Frank Flood
Bridge

26. Donal Fallon talking about Liam Whelan in
D.A.L.C
Dublin Adult Learning Centre

27. DCC Decade of Commemorations
On the Streets: An Stair ar Leac an Dorais/History on Your Doorstep

28. Decade of Commemorations: Historians in Residence
The Conscription Crisis – After Russia’s withdrawal from the First World War,
Germany started an offensive on the western front in March 1918. The British
Government subsequently introduced the Military Services Act in April 1918,
extending conscription to every Irish male between the ages of 18 and 50. Most
strands of Irish life vigorously opposed conscription, leading to a retreat from the
British authorities some months later.
History
Document of
the Month
Na Fianna article by Countess
Markieviecz – January 1916
Digital.libraries.dubllincity.ie

30. @DubHistorians
dublincity.ie/decadeofcommemorations
Digital.libraries.dublincity.ie (digital
repository)
Dublinfestivalofhistory.ie
decadeofcentenaries.com
Tara.doyle@dublincity.ie
Cormac.Moore@gmail.com
DCC Decade of Commemorations