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Keepers of stories

Taxi driversBack seats of taxisOlder peopleOn the busStatuesBuildings – the people who lived thereBusinesses – through the generationsOld trees (been there through it all)Graveyards eg Hugenot Baggot St ArchivesStreetnamesThe census 1901, 1911Street vendorsJanitors, Caretakers – LifersRuins, derelict sitesSongs as stories of Dublin


Living Library – Human for HireDublin, Ireland2009 Meet a living story book. Go to library and book an hour with a person to whom you ask as many questions as you like. Meet an asylums seekerMeet a gay manMeet a pensionerMeet a prisoner

http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=17104

http://www.infospeak.org/shows/show2/index.htm

http://humanlibrary.org/




http://www.infospeak.org/shows/show2/index.htm





MurmurDublin Docklands, Ireland2007

[murmur] is a documentary oral history project that records stories and memories told about specific geographic locations. People's personal histories and anecdotes about the places in their neighborhoods that are important to them are collected, recorded and made available at mapped info points in the city.

Similar approach:The Organic City http://

www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/

http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/




Overheard in DublinDublin, IrelandOngoing

Conversations overheard in DublinDublin Withttp://www.overheardindublin.com/


YarnspinnersDublin, IrelandOngoing

Go on tell us a story

The Dublin Yarnspinners have been meeting since 1994 in the Teachers Club (Club na Muinteoiri) once a month

on the 2nd Thursday


Storytelling at the CoopDublin, IrelandOnce-offStorytelling at the Dublin Food Coop

“Once upon a time there were a bunch of lovely people gathered to listen to stories… Around them were many organic fruits and vegetables… This is not a fairytale! It is really happening in the Dublin Food Co-op!!”

http://www.dublinfood.coop


Narrative Arts Club, Dublin, IrelandOn-going

Innovative Dublin-based storytelling club for adults http://

www.narrativeartsclub.com


Give Up Yer Aul Sins Dublin, Ireland2001

Brownbag Films. Set in 1960’s Dublin this animated series dramatises the arrival of a documentary crew to Rutland Street primary school where they are treated to retelling of famous Bible stories from the children of Miss Peig Cunningham’s class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS-MPYM6yHI


Milk and Cookies StoriesDublin, IrelandOn-going

A non-profit storytelling group based in Dublin, Ireland. Looking to find out what stories our city has to tell.

http://www.milkandcookiestories.com/


Storytellers of IrelandIrelandOngoing

Directory of storytellers

http://www.storytellersofireland.org/


Chaosthaoghaire storytellingDublin, IrelandOngoing

The earnest pursuit of ludicrous things… What sort of stories are we talking about? Personal ones, we mean. It’s not for your latest work of short fiction, it’s for first-person accounts of what happened in our little corners of history

http://chaosthaoghaire.com/storytelling/


D[15] Dublin Fifteen Poems of the CityDublin, Ireland1997

Collection of poems about the city by well-known Irish poets


Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy Song ‘Dublin’ Dublin, Ireland1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYmOVMphqE&feature=related

And recording of Phil Lynott reciting the song in his Dublin accent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1sZuZuiUgM&NR=1

This song is nostalgic for Dubliners. Lynott was loved. It also represents someone young destroyed by heroin. From New Day album.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1sZuZuiUgM&NR=1


Truly, Madly, Deeply Dublin!Dublin,Ireland2008Dublin Tourism's new promotional DVD with backing track from U2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnFeByHu_jE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnFeByHu_jE&feature=related






Dublin: Twelve Journeys, One DestinationDublin, Ireland2010

A collection of short stories about Dublin by authors from Dublin and around the world who have made Dublin their home- due Autumn 2010


Pat Liddy Walking ToursDublin, IrelandOngoing

Thematic guided walking tours of Dublin


National Photographic ArchiveDublin, IrelandOngoing

Eg. Dubliners ExhibitionDubliners is a unique photographic record of life in the city at the turn of the last century, a period immortalised in the literary works of James Joyce. The exhibition featured the work of Co Monaghan-born photographer John J Clarke who was particularly talented at capturing close-up, candid photographs of people going about their daily business. The images, which were recorded between 1897 and 1904, provided an intimate view of the city and its inhabitants during the period in which Joyce was to set his works. The locations which figure most prominently in the exhibition included O’Connell Street, Grafton Street, Merrion Square and the area near the Royal University on Earlsfort Terrace where Clarke studied medicine for a number of years.


Number Twenty Nine Fitwilliam StreetDublin, IrelandOn-going

Restored house telling story of Georgian Dublin

http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/numbertwentynine/about_us/default.htm

Visiting the exhibition gives young and old alike a chance to experience what life was like for the fortunate who lived in such elegant townhouses, and the less fortunate who worked in them

http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/numbertwentynine/about_us/default.htm


Dublin Slang and Vernacular

http://homepage.eircom.net/~nobyrne/phrase.htm http://www.yelp.ie/topic/dublin-funny-weird-old-irish-sayings-or-phrases

http://goireland.about.com/od/historyculture/qt/irishidioms.htm

http://www.slang.ie/index.php?county=Dublin

http://homepage.eircom.net/~nobyrne/phrase.htm

http://homepage.eircom.net/~nobyrne/phrase.htm

http://www.yelp.ie/topic/dublin-funny-weird-old-irish-sayings-or-phrases







Other Dublin Stories

DubliniaGuinness StoryFamine Workhouse Records Customs House


The Story of StuffGlobal websiteOngoing

Interesting way to tell a complex story

www.storyofstuff.com


Neighbourhood DiariesOregon, USAOngoing

Recorded location-based memories of Portlanders (Oregon) woven into free audio walking-tours. A year collecting interviews. The memories are grouped by neighborhood and accompanied by music created by local bands. Listening can connect people through the shared space of a city's neighborhoods.http://hoodturkey.com/neighborhood-diaries//

http://hoodturkey.com/neighborhood-diaries/





Neighbourhood DiariesToronto, CanadaOngoing

The city told through a child’s eyes


HITOTOKI -Narrative mapping the worldGlobal WebsiteOngoing

Hitotoki is an online literary project collecting stories of singular experiences tied to locations in cities worldwidehttp://hitotoki.org/ Your meals.Your heartbreaks.Your travels.Your everyday moments. Hitotoki stores literary 'sketches' of moments you experience every day.

http://hitotoki.org/




City of MemoryNew York, USAOngoing

Repository of New York stories and experiences - mappedhttp://www.cityofmemory.org/map/index.php

http://www.cityofmemory.org/map/index.php

http://www.cityofmemory.org/map/index.php


On BeingWashington, USA

Personal Stories told to camera-

Interesting project by Washington Post newspaper.


Blog & Links on Community Storytelling

http://bgblogging.com/2008/09/16/working-on-community-storytelling-projects/

http://bgblogging.com/2008/09/16/working-on-community-storytelling-projects/


Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur=

MaverickSelf-starterPushes boundariesRisk takerDrivenpassionate


Youth Venture Globalongoing

A global community of young changemakers. Helps

teams of people start new youth-led organizations


Dublin City Enterprise BoardDublin, IrelandOngoing

The state funded agency that helps you start your own business and micro businesses in Dublin city with enterprise information, advice, training courses, mentoring, networking and in some cases grants and

financial assistance.


TCD UCD Innovation Alliance-Transforming IrelandDublin, IrelandOngoing

Weekly seminars that focus on using innovation to convert challenge into opportunity. They bring key leaders from the research, policy and enterprise communities together to focus on a range of challenges and opportunities for key stakeholders, including the general public. These weekly lunchtime seminars are run in as part of the TCD-UCD Alliance, Fosters Place, College Green, Dublin 2.

Every Thursday at 12:30-14:00 until December.


Jumpstart Dublin, Ireland2010

"JUMPSTART 2010 is a competition open to entrepreneurs who want to base their business in an innovative and supportive environment during their first three years of the development of the business. The LINC will provide an incubation space for twelve months and 5 days of dedicated mentoring from industry experts to the winning company. The value of this award is €20,000."


Ryan Academy for EntrepreneurshipDublin, IrelandOngoing

DCU Ryan Academy is a partnership between Dublin City University and the family of the late Tony Ryan (Ryanair). The Academy exists to promote entrepreneurship and innovation and to use our iconic building in Citywest as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs and researchers to develop ideas, learn new skills and network.


MagazinesDublin, IrelandOngoing

Irish EntrepreneurInnovation Dublin NewsletterInnovation Supplement Irish Times


Globe Forum, Conference Dublin, Ireland2010

Globe Forum Dublin 2010 is a marketplace for innovatorsand researchers. National and international investors, business leaders, academic thought leaders and policy makers are invited to come and engage with one another and the cream of innovation. It is a marketplace for ideasand for opportunity.


Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the YearDublin, IrelandOngoing

Embracing the urbanised world of the future will be the focus of the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® awards


Business AngelsDublin, IrelandOngoing

The aim of Halo Business Angel Partnership is to develop and foster the growth of private equity and business angel activity in Ireland. This is done by matching private investors with pre-screened investment opportunities in start-up, early stage and developing businesses.

In this way it alleviates the ongoing difficulty faced by early-stage and growing companies who find it difficult to

raise funds on reasonable terms.


Fumbally Exchange Dublin, Ireland2010

At Fumbally Exchange, businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs can come to work;- to produce, to share information and facilities; - to research and test ideas; - to simply be under this creative envelope connecting across many disciplines and with strong bonds across the design world.


The Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship

Dublin, IrelandOngoing

IME was established to offer the different minority groups in Ireland equal opportunity through entrepreneurship education and training.

The following groups are considered by the Institute to be 'minority entrepreneurship groups': Ethnic, Female, Gay, Grey, Irish-Speaking, People with Disabilities, Prisoners,

Socio-economically Disadvantaged, Travellers Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship

http://arrow.dit.ie/ime


Alternative CityDublin, Ireland2010

As a part of OFFSET2010, Original Print and Red&Grey Design have come together to facilitate an idea generating workshop in order to investigate particular needs of Dublin City. Focusing on the areas of community, traffic, waste, space and welfare we are inviting OFFSET speakers and attendees to use their creativity and talent to enrich these areas of the city. Rather than simply acknowledge the validity of these ideas we intend to develop at least one suggestion from each area for a subsequent happening due to take place later in the year.

http://www.designweek.ie/alternative_city.html

http://www.iloveoffset.com/welcome/

http://www.designweek.ie/alternative_city.html


ISMEDublin, IrelandOngoing

ISME is the independent organisation for the Irish small & medium business sector, with in excess of 8,500 members nationwide. ISME offers a comprehensive range of Advisory Services and Publication, Independent Lobbying and Representation, Cost Saving Schemes, Training and Development Programmes, and Regional Networking Events designed to enhance the day-to-day running of members’ businesses.


Low Carbon EntrepreneursWebsite, IrelandOngoing

Assists entrepreneurs to build businesses which stimulate a green economy and transition Ireland to a low carbon society.


DIT – HothouseDublin, IrelandOngoing

Assists:

Entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses

Business Leaders to find technologies, research partners, and funding

Investors to find high potential opportunities

DIT staff and students to commercialise their Intellectual Property (IP).


Bizstartup.ieDublin, IrelandOngoing

Support website for new business startups


Business Innovation FactoryInnovation Story StudioUSAOngoing

Shares stories of innovationhttp://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/iss


The Dublin HubWebsite, DublinOngoing

Blog on innovation and entrepreneurship


9 Personality Types of EntrepreneursDublin, IrelandOngoing

The ImproverThe advisorThe SuperstarThe ArtistThe VisionaryThe AnalystThe FireballThe HeroThe Healer

http://www.dceb.ie/news/the-9-personality-types-of-entrepreneurs


SOCIETY

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Social orderSocial action Social groupsSocial classCitizenshipCommunityLiving, working, playing, eatingFamilyEquality , diversity, harmonyCultureThe public


Co-designing Social ServicesAustralia,2010 ongoing

Too many families-in-crisis, interfacing with state systems, and too few families thriving. The process? A design + policy process which works with people to reset outcomes, co-design ideas, prototype solutions, and build the case for scale. The resources? A social worker / systems insider, a designer, a sociologist, a city in South Australia, a child protection system, a centre for social innovation, and families of all shapes and sizes. The aim? To enable family thriving.

Australian Centre for Social Innovationhttp://www.tacsi.org.au


The Roots of EmpathyCanada,ongoing

Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression among schoolchildren by raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. At the heart of the program are a neighbourhood infant and parent who visit the classroom every three weeks over the school year. A trained ROE Instructor coaches students to observe the baby's development and to label the baby's feelings. In this experiential learning, the baby is the "Teacher" and a lever, which the instructor uses to help children identify and reflect on their own feelings and the feelings of others. This "emotional literacy" taught in the program lays the foundation for more safe and caring classrooms, where children are the "Changers". They are more competent in understanding their own feelings and the feelings of others (empathy) and are therefore less likely to physically, psychologically and emotionally hurt

each other through bullying and other cruelties http://www.rootsofempathy.org/roots_new_site/Video.html


La Petite ReineFranceongoing

La Petite Reine is an innovative freight delivery by bike system addressing the following issues in the urban context:

Delivery in city centres in neither efficient nor ecological

Over-sized delivery trucks circle similar routes several times daily thus creating pollution and traffic jams.

Most lorrys/vans weigh more than a ton, carry less than 100kg of good and travel 15km in the delivery zone.

The bike vehicles weigh 100kg and carry 180kg and have no pollution /noise impact and can reach narrow streets or pedestrianised streets

http://www.lapetitereine.com


ASHOKAGlobal,Ongoing

Ashoka envisions an Everyone A Changemaker™ world. A world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change.

Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s citizens to think and act as changemakers.

http://www.ashoka.org/citizensector


Grand Prix de la BaguetteParis, FranceOngoing

Every year the Mayor of Paris awards a prize to the bakery with the best Baguette in Paris


EXKIBrussels, BelgiumOngoing

Food - Natural, fresh and Ready

Let’s get this one to Dublin.

And ban Carrolls Irish Newsagents, Mc Donalds, Dr Quirkeys Emporium, Abrakebabra etc


Liberties Recycling, Dublin, IrelandOngoing

Liberties Recycling Training and Development is a textiles recycling project that aims to provide people affected by drug use with the stability, work experience, skills and confidence needed to move into mainstream employment and/or further training and education all within a supportive work environment.


RotharDublin, IrelandOngoing

Rothar reuses and recycles scrap bicycles, reducing waste, providing a sustainable mode of transport and

community-based education to promote social inclusion


Crosscare - Map for the HomelessDublin, IrelandOngoing

Based in Dublin's city centre, Crosscare Housing and Welfare Information provides a walk-in information service to people experiencing poverty and social exclusion.

Provides information, advocacy and referral to vulnerable people.


Nude – healthy food fastDublin, IrelandOngoing

The first alternative to fast food junk. Let’s have more of it.


Business in the CommunityDublin, IrelandOngoing

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is a non-profit organisation specialising in advice and guidance to leading companies in Ireland on Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Community Involvement. A business driven network, with major social initiatives, its membership is drawn from Ireland's most progressive companies


Young Social InnovatorsIrelandOngoing

Young Social Innovators fires young people's passion to change the world for good. Young Social Innovators' mission is to raise social awareness among 15-18 year olds in Ireland by providing social awareness education

through action and platforms for young people


The SanctuaryDublin, IrelandOngoingThe Sanctuary is an oasis in the heart of Dublin city, an interlude from the busyness of life. Its beautiful gardens and peaceful inner spaces hold a place of rest and calm for mind, body and spirit.

The Sanctuary has a reach-out programme to schools – stillness in the classroom and warrior programmes for vulnerable teens


LivCom AwardsUK / GlobalOngoing

The LivCom Awards were launched in 1997 and are endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme. LivCom is the world’s only Awards Competition focussing on Best Practice regarding the management of the local environment. The objective of LivCom is to improve the quality of life of individual citizens through the creation of ‘liveable communities’.


SemaestParis, FranceOngoing

Mechanism to assign vacant properties to independent retailing

60% owned by city of Paris, Semaest buys empty stores in areas needing a boost and rents them to small independent retailers especially artisans, fostering economic development and diversity


Eco-UnescoDublin, IrelandOngoing

ECO-UNESCO is Ireland's Environmental Education and Youth Organisation affiliated to the World Federation of

UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA).


Project for Public SpacesNew York, USAOngoing

Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. It is based on ‘Placemaking’ ideas of Jane Jacobs and William “Holly” Whyte

http://www.pps.org/jjacobs-2

http://www.pps.org/wwhyte

http://www.pps.org/wwhyte


Porvenir PromenadeBogota, Columbiaongoing

In Bogotá we built the Porvenir Promenade, an 18 km pedestrian street, through many neighborhoods that did not even have pavement in their streets. It was a project for the people, not the motor vehicles.


AmplifyNew York, USA2010

Participative workshops on the design of more sustainable urban communities. Existing social innovation projects get mapped

http://amplifyingcreativecommunities.net


Point Village MarketDublin Docklands,2010 ongoing

The Point Village Market encourages everything that the ‘Celtic Tiger' forgot, an outlet for all of the people most effected by the downturn, students, graduates, small local businesses, the unemployed, the foreign national the entrepreneur, street performers, buskers, film makers, writers, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers

Truly successful public markets become catalysts and centers of entire districts where a variety of places to shop, stroll and be entertained are found. The area becomes a place where people want to live. Public markets create a critical mass of activity that enhances an entire area

100 stall, 15 of which are for anyone who wants to offload their bric a brac, spring clean their wardrobe or generally de-clutter their living space. The other 15 are being designated for students that hold a valid student card and

have made the products that they are selling


Downtown Art WalkLos Angeles, USOngoing

The Downtown Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles – commercial art galleries, museums, and non-profit arts venues. It takes place on the 2nd Thursday of every month


Funky Seomra Dublin, IrelandOngoing

Irelands only alcohol and drug-free nightclub. Grew out of alternative health scene - movement meditation classes.


The People’s Supermarket London, UKOngoing

Anyone can join The People's Supermarket - and as a member you must work in the shop for a few hours every month. Because the workforce is nearly all volunteers, staff costs are kept low - which means your shopping can be cheaper. And any profits we make go back into making the food even cheaper still. There are no bonuses for bosses or dividends for shareholders, it's the members who benefit from shopping here. Members vote what they want stocked.

www.peoplessupermarket.org


Owls Nature ClubDublin, IrelandOngoingOWLS is a childens nature education and awareness opportunity that is focused on raising awareness in young children and their families in Dublin to experience the outdoors, to learn about the environment and to have a direct connection with nature. Events typically run in council parks.


Conversation Exchange Ilac Centre LibraryDublin, IrelandOngoing

Conversation exchanges in library to practise new language skills with native speakers from the specific country through conversation. Participants also learn much about the culture, politics and economics of that country.


Green MapGlobal websiteOngoing

Green Map® System promotes inclusive participation in sustainable community development worldwide, using

mapmaking as our medium.


Green DrinksDublin, IrelandOngoing

Green Drinks Dublin is a free event that brings people together every month – not only ecowarriors, not only the hardcore carbon neutrals, just regular people who care about being a little greener.

www.greendrinks.org


DIY CityGlobalOngoing

Invites users to collaborate on designing and developing web tools to improve city life.

This is the DIYcity Challenge: can we, working together, define and build a version 1.0 of the Do-It-Yourself City, a city that operates on open data flowing through decentralized, open source tools, that actively engages residents not only as users but as participants and owners of the system?

www.diycity.org

http://www.diycity.org/


Singapore Sessions GlobalOngoing

Tomorrow's health centres will bear little semblance to the hospitals we have today. In fact, they will look and function more like a "lifestyle hub", where the focus is on a holistic lifestyle and rejuvenation is the preferred medicine. In this round of the Singapore Sessions, thought leaders from diverse industries to discuss what

the future of urban healthcare will be.


Kafka BrigadeNetherlandsOngoing

The Kafka Brigade is called into action when citizens and public servants become tangled in a web of dysfunctional rules, regulations and procedures. Kafka Brigades gather together all involved front line workers, managers and policymakers around particular cases. Kafka Brigade puts itself in the shoes of the people whom it serves. As it moves from problem identification to solution, the Brigade taps into and builds the expertise of the civil servants who are ultimately responsible for improving and sustaining the public organisation’s performance.


Sunday CicloviaBogota, Columbiaongoing

The best thing about the Ciclovia is that everyone can participate, from the rich to the poor and everyone can have fun and be active. It is an event that brings everyone together every Sunday of the year with over 70 miles of car free streets dedicated to the people from 7 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. Also offered during this time are recreational classes for both adults and children in such things as aerobics and dance, geared towards not only getting people moving but to bring people out of their

homes to meet others in the city and to make friends

See video of how it works athttp://www.streetfilms.org/ciclovia/


Contrail - leave a trailNew York, USAOngoing

Contrail is a device attached to a bike that marks out the journeys taken. The goal is to encourage a new cycle of biking participation by allowing the biking community to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space. Eco-friendly, it washes away with the rain.

http://www.bikecontrail.com/


The People’s TimeTimes Square, New York, USAongoing

The crossroads of the World has forever lost its crossing.Broadway will remain permanently closed through Times Square after an eight-month tryout that infuriated cabbies but delighted tourists.Mayor Bloomberg is set to announce the decision Thursday morning after weighing the complaints of area businesses against City Hall's statistics.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/11/2010-02-11_somethin_fishy_going_on_in_times_square_.html#ixzz10rlAstST

http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Times+Square

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/11/2010-02-11_somethin_fishy_going_on_in_times_square_.html


Rooftop Football, Belvedere CollegeDublin, Ireland1999 - now

An unexpected space and activity hidden from street-level


Creative Enterprise SpacesNSW, Australiaongoing

Arts NSW works with local communities to convert empty workplaces into Creative Enterprise Hubs for artists.

The Creative Enterprise Hubs project encourages commercial property owners and local government to recognize that the creative industries can drive economic and urban renewal.

Hubs operate in temporary and low cost or free premises, providing artists and arts groups with creative space.

http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/NewDirections/NSWCreativeEnterpriseHubs/tabid/262/Default.aspx


I have Something to HideAmsterdam, Netherlands2008

Part of a privacy project at the Sandberg Institute, a group of artists and designers built a giant inbox where 15 post-pigeons lived from April till July 2008. The participants in the experiment have communicated between each other for 1 month using only homing pigeons in order to avoid emails, sms, phonecalls and mailpost.

Since April 2008, the participants fed, cleaned and trained the homing pigeons. In June 2008 the birds started their job flying trough out Amsterdam delivering messages. In the meantime the group arranged interviews with researchers and experts, and organized artistic projects in the public space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urLJZIwG3c0


Citizen SummitWashington, USA2003

Involving citizens in the decision-making process.


Water as SpiritRome, Italy 312 BC - now

Almost anyone who loves Rome will tell you that one of the city’s most compelling features is its abundance of water. While tourists are wowed by gurgling fountains in charming piazzas (and rightly so), the city’s connection to H20 is much deeper. From the murky Tiber River to colossal Baroque displays and from street-side drinking fountains to the ruins of ancient aqueducts, the history of

Rome is written in water.

Water = humane, ecologically sound and engaging civic experience


New Vegetables

Dublin is more than just a spud.

Our tastes have broadened.


Rules? What Rules

No sense of social order and the public realm to be shared.


Uniqueness vs sameness

The quality of busking is unique in Dublin. Its spirit is still alive and serves as a contrast to the lack of life and lack of authenticity in international branded stores that have subsumed our streets.

You could be anywhere, but for the buskers.


The Church and ‘The Church’

The profane has replaced the sacred. New uses for old things tracks changing spirit.


Taste

We will bang up anything.- like Carrolls and Dr Quirkeys on our main street.


Phil LynottDublin, Ireland1949-1985

He Came from DublinHe was the dark and the light of Dublin 1980’sHe burnt out and burnt a hole in hearts in Dublin


U2GlobalOngoing

They came from Dublin. They came from nothing.They love Dublin.They became world players.


Imelda MayDublin, IrelandOngoing

She came from nothing.She’s doing her own thing, her own way.She’s making it big.And she knows where she’s from


David NorrisDublin, IrelandOngoing

He’s the posh Dubliner we likeHe’s funHe’s passionateHe’s compassionateHe’s himself


Gerry RyanDublin, Ireland1956-2010

The Dubliner we loved to hateHe was relentlessly himselfRTE presenter


Jonathon Philbin BowmanDublin, Ireland1969-2000

The other Dubliner we loved to hate He was relentlessly himself


Tony GregoryDublin, Ireland1947-2009

He was champion of the underclass


James JoyceDublin, Ireland1882-1941

He named Dublin in its particulars


Sr. Stanislaus KennedyDublin, IrelandOngoing

An invisible champion for the dispossessed in Dublin. She set up Focus Ireland, Young Social Innovators, The Sanctuary.