History Ireland Hedge School

Suburbia has rarely featured in Irish

art, culture or literature. At best it

conjures up images of middle-class

ennui and cultural vacuity or at worst

deprivation and dysfunction. And yet it’s where the vast

majority of us live. The Hedge School panel will trace the

development of the Dublin suburbs from the 1850s. Has

suburban Dublin gotten a bad press? Is it time to

re-evaluate the dated and dystopian stereotypes?

Mary Corcoran is Professor of Sociology at NUI, Maynooth.

David Donnelly grew up in Finglas in the 1960s and

‘70s. He and his family have recently moved to West

Clare as part of the rural resettlement scheme.

Stephanie Rains lectures in the Centre

for Media Studies, NUI Maynooth.

Ellen Rowley is assistant editor of Irish Architecture

1600 – 2000, Vol. IV, Art and Architecture of Ireland.

Tommy Graham, editor of History Ireland

magazine, is ‘master’ of the Hedge School.

2.00pm, County Hall, E10 & E8 (Concession)

Suburbia has rarely featured in Irish art, culture or literature. At best it conjures up images of middle-class ennui and cultural vacuity, or at worst deprivation and dysfunction. And yet it’s where the vast majority of us live. The Hedge School panel will trace the development of the Dublin suburbs from the 1850s. Has suburban Dublin gotten a bad press? Is it time to re-evaluate the dated and dystopian stereotypes?

Mary Corcoran is Professor of Sociology at NUI, Maynooth.

David Donnelly grew up in Finglas in the 1960s and‘70s. He and his family have recently moved to WestClare as part of the rural resettlement scheme.

Stephanie Rains lectures in the Centrefor Media Studies, NUI Maynooth.

Ellen Rowley is assistant editor of Irish Architecture1600 – 2000, Vol. IV, Art and Architecture of Ireland.

Tommy Graham, editor of History Irelandmagazine, is ‘master’ of the Hedge School.

Saturday September 10th
2.00pm
County Hall
€10 & €8 (Concession)
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