Events
Events
MoLI hosts a programme of events across the museum, including performances, readings, talks and workshops. Join our newsletter below to hear about upcoming events, or become a member to benefit from advance booking.
Upcoming events at MoLI
Culture Night
22 September 2023 | 16.00 | MoLI
This Culture Night, explore the our exhibitions, café and gardens free of charge from 4pm until 9pm! Step behind the curtain and into the restless, illusory world of Claire-Louise Bennett’s Nightflowers, or witness The Holy Hour: A Requiem for Brendan Behan, created by writer Patrick McCabe. The Commons Café will also be open.
WORDFEVER
26 September 2023 | 09.30 | MoLI
SOLD OUT
Join us on 26 September from 9.30am for WORDFEVER, a UCD one day creative writing conference. Presenting the distinct talent within UCD’s School of English, Drama & Film, this conference will feature presentations, readings and conversations from Anne Enright, Victoria Kennefick, Paul Perry,, Sarah Moss, Ian Davidson, Eireann Lorsung, Priscilla Morris, and many more.
The conference is supported by the School of English, Drama, and Film, UCD and the Arts Council of Ireland
Past/Present/Pride: Katherine O’Donnell
28 September 2023 | 19.00 | Old Physics Theatre
Join MoLI and UCD’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme on Thursday, 28 July, at 7pm for a live filming of Past/Present/Pride. For the event, Dr Paul D’Alton will speak to writer Katherine O'Donnell. Katherine O'Donnell is Professor of the History of Ideas at UCD School of Philosophy. She has published widely on the history of gender, Irish cultural history and particularly on Edmund Burke. O’Donnell has been an activist/advocate for many years, most notably with the Justice for Magdalenes Campaign and, more generally, with feminist justice issues and the LGBTQ+ community. Her first novel, Slant, was published this year.
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
October First Fridays
6 October 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI
Join us on 6 October from 6pm for First Fridays! The museum will be open late, until 9pm, with free admission and a range of programmed events, including a discussion (as part of Dublin Festival of History) with Donal Fallon of Three Castles Burning and playwright Jimmy Murphy about Anthony Cronin’s memoir of Bohemian Dublin, Dead As Doornails, as well as a reading by Eva Kenny. We will have a limited number of whiskey tasting samples, courtesy of the Dublin Liberties Distillery. The Commons Café is also open late! Book your ticket now (please note your ticket does not guarantee entry to the events, just to the exhibitions – events are first come, first served).
Director’s Book Club
21 November 2023 | 17.00 | Online
Calling all MoLI members! For our next Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 21 November at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Paul Murray's Booker longlisted novel, The Bee Sting, with the author joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. If you'd like to purchase the book, it is available now in the MoLI shop.
Previous events at MoLI
Director’s Book Club
21 November 2023 | 17.00 | Online
Calling all MoLI members! For our next Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 21 November at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Paul Murray's Booker longlisted novel, The Bee Sting, with the author joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. If you'd like to purchase the book, it is available now in the MoLI shop.
October First Fridays
6 October 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI
Join us on 6 October from 6pm for First Fridays! The museum will be open late, until 9pm, with free admission and a range of programmed events, including a discussion (as part of Dublin Festival of History) with Donal Fallon of Three Castles Burning and playwright Jimmy Murphy about Anthony Cronin’s memoir of Bohemian Dublin, Dead As Doornails, as well as a reading by Eva Kenny. We will have a limited number of whiskey tasting samples, courtesy of the Dublin Liberties Distillery. The Commons Café is also open late! Book your ticket now (please note your ticket does not guarantee entry to the events, just to the exhibitions – events are first come, first served).
Past/Present/Pride: Katherine O’Donnell
28 September 2023 | 19.00 | Old Physics Theatre
Join MoLI and UCD’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme on Thursday, 28 July, at 7pm for a live filming of Past/Present/Pride. For the event, Dr Paul D’Alton will speak to writer Katherine O'Donnell. Katherine O'Donnell is Professor of the History of Ideas at UCD School of Philosophy. She has published widely on the history of gender, Irish cultural history and particularly on Edmund Burke. O’Donnell has been an activist/advocate for many years, most notably with the Justice for Magdalenes Campaign and, more generally, with feminist justice issues and the LGBTQ+ community. Her first novel, Slant, was published this year.
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
WORDFEVER
26 September 2023 | 09.30 | MoLI
SOLD OUT
Join us on 26 September from 9.30am for WORDFEVER, a UCD one day creative writing conference. Presenting the distinct talent within UCD’s School of English, Drama & Film, this conference will feature presentations, readings and conversations from Anne Enright, Victoria Kennefick, Paul Perry,, Sarah Moss, Ian Davidson, Eireann Lorsung, Priscilla Morris, and many more.
The conference is supported by the School of English, Drama, and Film, UCD and the Arts Council of Ireland
Culture Night
22 September 2023 | 16.00 | MoLI
This Culture Night, explore the our exhibitions, café and gardens free of charge from 4pm until 9pm! Step behind the curtain and into the restless, illusory world of Claire-Louise Bennett’s Nightflowers, or witness The Holy Hour: A Requiem for Brendan Behan, created by writer Patrick McCabe. The Commons Café will also be open.