Past Shows

1. James Connolly’s Liberty Hall: James Connolly organized labor unions and was one of the leaders of Ireland's fight for independence from Britain. A hotel used to be located where present day Liberty Hall is. In this building Connolly developed the publication of various propagandist newspapers and used it as a weapons factory for arming and equipping his Irish Citizens Army.

 

2. Thomas Clarke’s shop: Thomas Clarke, another leader of Ireland's fight for independence, hid his revolutionary activities within this news and tobacco shop in Dublin.  

 

3. Pearse’s St. Endas school: Patrick Pearse, a socially conscious poet, scholar and teacher, founded and taught at this school. He tried to revive the use of Gaelic in Ireland and published calls to freedom from British rule that widely inspired his fellow natives to sacrifice their lives for the cause of independence.  

 

4. Lying-in Hospital: Surgeon and "man-midwife" Bartholomew Mosse founded the Lying-in Hospital for Poor Women in 1745 to help women with complicated labor and delivery and to teach midwifery to doctors, midwives and nurses. In 1889, the first Cesarean section was performed there.

 

5. Magdalene Laundry: In the late 19th century through the 1970s, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity operated a commercial laundry and dormitory for women who were committed by the courts to live and work there without pay. Most of the inmates were single women without family support who had become pregnant.  This was one of dozens of "Magdalene Laundries" in Ireland.