Videos
A short history of transport innovation in dlr
If you are interested in how transport has evolved in dlr and exploring historic postcards – join our Heritage Officer on this brief journey through time…
Know your 5k
An initiative from the Heritage Council and National Museum of Ireland which invites you to share your discoveries and insights about the hidden heritage of your locality.
New poetry for Marlay House
In 2020, Grace Wilentz, poet and Jane Cummins, photographer were commissioned by the Heritage Office of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to create new work in dialogue with Marlay House as part of the Marlay House – Creative Responses project.
As part of Open House Dublin 2021, Grace Wilentz was filmed on location in Marlay House reading her new poems; A True Record, Découpage, Patience and Order, A Walk in the Woods at Marlay, and Naming the Foals. The project was funded by Creative Ireland and the Heritage Council.
Dressing Dublin: Made in Blackrock
Dressing Dublin: Made in Blackrock explores the former local textile industry, the people who worked in it and how it was influenced by national and international economic forces. The project showcases the small area around Brookfield Terrace and Carysfort Avenue which produced, until the 1980s, locally-made textiles, hosiery, shirts, workwear and much more. The history of the factories; Apex, Blackrock Hosiery, Glen Abbey, and Real Brook sits within bigger stories - the industrial ambition of the new State, the movement of industry internationally during the 1980s, the rise in fast fashion and contemporary challenges around sustainable clothing.
An audio guide focusing on a small area of Blackrock and its former clothing and textile industry, a 30 minute film captures this story through interviews with former employees, Liam Dodd and Christine Fitzachary, and an interview with a former employee of Apex Manufacturing Co. Ltd. can be watched on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s YouTube Channel.
Funded by the Heritage Council, Creative Ireland and the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport as part of the County Heritage Plan’s ambition to platform untold local stories and support creative approaches to heritage.
Placenames
The Placenames Database of Ireland was created by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge in collaboration with the Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht). This is a comprehensive management system for data, archival records and placenames research conducted by the State. It is a public resource for Irish people at home and abroad, and for all those who appreciate the rich heritage of Irish placenames.
The talk Where do Local Placenames come from? by Seamus Cannon explains the history behind the names of the streets and places of south Dublin.
Streetnames and placenames are an integral part of the heritage of the county as they reflect the history, culture and language of the area over a long period of time. The booklet of Streetnames and
Placenames of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown helps to preserve that rich heritage.
Placenames in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is Primary Schools' Resource by Dr Séamus Cannon and Ríonach O Callaghan in association with dlr Libraries and Blackrock Education Centre. This resource includes Lesson Plans that cover topics such as the origin of Dún Laoghaire, Martello Towers, the derivation of Early Christian and more recent Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown placenames, royal connections and the growth of the harbour.
The Placenames Database of Ireland is a comprehensive management system for the placenames data, records and research of the State. It is a public resource for Irish people at home and abroad, and for all those who appreciate the rich heritage of Irish placenames.