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
Ireland’s Generation X? – Claire Kilroy
3 March 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Join Professor Barry McCrea with writer Claire Kilroy in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
Director’s Book Club
11 March 2021 | 17.00 | Online
MoLI members are invited to the Director's Book Club! The next edition of our Director's Book Club is on Thursday, 11 March at 5pm. This month, we'll be exploring Show Them a Good Time, Nicole Flattery's debut short story collection – described as 'a masterclass in the short story' by Sally Rooney. We're delighted that Nicole will join MoLI's Director, Simon O'Connor, in discussing the book. And if you haven't got a copy, Show Them a Good Time is now on sale in the MoLI shop.
Bright Sparks presents a Creative Celebration of Spring!
17 March 2021 | 11.00 | Online
Bright Sparks presents the author and illustrator team, Síne Quinn and Margaret Anne Suggs, for a free, online, family friendly Creative Celebration of Spring on St Patrick's Day, Wednesday, 17 March at 11am. Suggs will present some drawings that are based on simple shapes but combine to make a complete drawing. Next Quinn will help you compose your own creative story to accompany your new illustrations!
Suitable for ages 7+. Family friendly.
Materials Needed: A3 drawing paper (several sheets per person) and a selection of coloured markers.
Margaret Anne Suggs was recently awarded an Arts Council Bursary for her illustration work on #IRememberBeingAChild, and serves as a Director for both Illustrators Ireland and IBBYIreland. She is the illustrator for the best-selling, award-winning Pigín of Howth series with Kathleen Watkins. Her most recent book is Holy Shocking Saints: The Extraordinary Lives of Twelve Irish Saints with Síne Quinn. This highly illustrated book is filled with fascinating stories on the lives of Irish Saints.
Síne Quinn holds an MPhil in Children's Literature and is Managing Editor at Cubicle 7 Entertainment. A Children’s Books Ireland book doctor and creative writing teacher with the Bookmarks programme at TCD, she also provides editorial and writing support to publishers. Her first book Holy Shocking Saints: The Extraordinary Lives of Twelve Irish Saints with Margaret Anne Suggs is available in book shops nationwide.
Ireland’s Generation X? – Paul Murray
18 March 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Join Professor Barry McCrea with writer Paul Murray in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
“Generation X” describes the group of people born between 1965 and 1985, a generation caught between Baby Boomers and Millennials characterised by anti-establishment slacker culture, cynicism, irony, and— after the global economic crash — negative equity. An American term describing American lives, the moniker perhaps fails to accurately represent the experience of those who came of age during the 1980s and 1990s in Ireland. This series invites artists and writers who grew up in an Ireland shaped by the Troubles, social justice movements, EU membership, the Peace Process, and the Celtic Tiger, to share their work and reflect on the social and cultural influences at home and abroad.
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland’s Generation X? – Nick Laird
7 April 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Join Professor Barry McCrea with writer Nick Laird in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
Ireland’s Generation X? – Caitriona Lally
5 May 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Join Professor Barry McCrea with writer Caitriona Lally in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
Ireland’s Generation X? – Mark O’Halloran
2 June 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Join Professor Barry McCrea with writer and actor Mark O'Halloran in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
Previous events at MoLI
Director’s Book Club
11 February 2021 | 17.00 | Online
MoLI members are invited to the Director's Book Club! See the MoLI members' bulletin for a sign-up link and reading list.
Ireland’s Generation X? – Ian Lynch (Lankum)
3 February 2021 | 19.00
Join Professor Barry McCrea with musician Ian Lynch in this edition of Ireland's Generation X?, a series of conversations about Ireland's in-between generation.
“Generation X” describes the group of people born between 1965 and 1985, a generation caught between Baby Boomers and Millennials characterised by anti-establishment slacker culture, cynicism, irony, and— after the global economic crash — negative equity. An American term describing American lives, the moniker perhaps fails to accurately represent the experience of those who came of age during the 1980s and 1990s in Ireland. This series invites artists and writers who grew up in an Ireland shaped by the Troubles, social justice movements, EU membership, the Peace Process, and the Celtic Tiger, to share their work and reflect on the social and cultural influences at home and abroad.
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature: Stephen Sexton/ Carlo Gébler
28 January 2021 | 19.00 | Online
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature is awarded annually for an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age. Irish poet Stephen Sexton was recently awarded the Rooney Prize for his works Oils & If All the World and Love Were Young. In this online event, he will be in conversation with writer Carlo Gébler about his work.
Frederick Douglass in Ireland
26 January 2021 | 19.00 | Online
Born into slavery in the early 19th century, writer and activist Frederick Douglass remains one of the most important and influential figures of the American abolitionist movement. With Douglass' great-great-granddaughter Nettie Washington Douglass in conversation with historian Professor Christine Kinealy and Dennis Brownlee (founder and president of African American Irish Diaspora Network), this online event coincides with MoLI's exhibition about Frederick Douglass. Hosted by MoLI in partnership with the African American Irish Diaspora Network and the Department of Foreign Affairs, the event will be introduced by Ciarán Madden, Consul General of Ireland in New York.
Past/Present/Pride: Mary Dorcey
21 January 2021 | 19.00 | Online
In the next episode of Past/Present/Pride, a series of conversations that celebrates LGBTI+ writers, psychologist Dr Paul D'Alton speaks to poet and fiction writer Mary Dorcey.
Past/Present/Pride is a collaboration between MoLI and UCD’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme. Over the last number of years UCD has made an explicit commitment to promoting an inclusive community where people identifying as LGBTI+ feel safe, valued and provided equal opportunity.