AN EXHIBITION DEDICATED to the life and times of some of Dublin’s most famous writers has opened in the heart of the Liberties.
The exhibition, entitled ‘Dublin Writers, born here, lived here, wished we were here’, has been organised by the Liberties Heritage Association (LHA) as part of the UNESCO City of Literature celebrations.
The LHA said the exhibit focuses on authors – famous and not so famous – who were born in Dublin, lived in Dublin or wrote about Dublin.
Members of the public can visit the exhibition at the the Nicholas of Myra Parish Centre in Carmans Hall until 16 September. Opening hours: Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm.
Organisers have sent us an example of what is on show. Have a browse – there are some little known facts and great anecdotes about Ireland’s literary past:
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George Bernard Shaw features prominently in the exhibit. We learn that he only accepted the the Nobel Prize for Literature when persuaded to do so by his wife, who felt it would be a tribute to Ireland. Shaw himself said, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend could have invented the Nobel Prize”. The playwright was also an innovative "green" builder. Here he is pictured outside a shed where he wrote many of his works. He created the rotating den which followed the sun and required no artificial heating or lighting.
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