03.12.2024, 18:30 P.M.
Finding Dublin in the photographic archive: an exploration of the city's Dublin’s architectural heritage through historic photographs by Dr Orla FitzPatrick, Research Fellow, Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute
This is the ninth talk in the Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council's talk series, Depicting Dublin: understanding Dublin’s architecture, urban morphology and social history through maps, prints, drawings and photographs.
ABSTRACT: Drawing upon her extensive knowledge of photographic archives, the author of Lost Ireland (Pavilion, 2021) will explore the city’s lost architectural heritage. The capital’s ever-changing streetscape has been recorded in many photographic formats and styles from nineteenth century topographical prints through to snapshots, road surveys and planning documents. She will highlight collections held in national cultural institutions and private collections alongside vernacular and family photographs that have inadvertently captured the city’s buildings.
BIOGRAPHY: Orla Fitzpatrick is a photographic and librarian who has published widely on Ireland’s photographic history. She has a PhD from Ulster University and is currently a research fellow at Trinity College’s Long Room Hub, where she is working on a project on Ireland’s border culture. She has held the position of Librarian at the National Museum of Ireland since 2003. Her article on Lady Louisa Tenison’s collage albums was published in the Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies Vol XIV, 2011.
IMAGE: Urinal on Ormond Quay, Dublin, 1969. Photograph by Elinor Wiltshire (National Library of Ireland WIL41.12
Talks take place at 6.30pm in the Irish Georgian Society's City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2. Talk subscribers can also choose to watch the talks live online. A zoom link to watch the talk live will be issued the day before each talk. Additionally, all talk subscribers will be issued with a recording of the talk the day after, which they can watch for a further two-week period.
Attendance at the talk is recognised by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland as formal CPD (1 point per hour long talk). The IGS will issue CPD certs at the end of the talk series.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This talk is part of the Irish Georgian Society's Conservtion Education Programme which is supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Society also wishes to thank Dublin City Council's Heritage Office for partnering on this talk series, and The Heritage Council for their support of the Irish Georgian Society.
If you are interested in other talks relating to architecture, check out the Ireland Architecture Diary.
