Walking the Winter Lights (with Fergus Whelan)
Three Castles Burning
English - December 01, 2022 17:52 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 109 ratingsHistory Arts ireland irish republican dublin history socialist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Each year, Dublin City Council hosts the Winter Lights festival, lighting up key buildings and sites around Dublin. Myself and historian Fergus Whelan went for a walk through some of the 2022 locations, from the Marshalsea Prison to Wolfe Tone Park. Did you know that the 'Father of the Scottish Enlightenment' is buried in Dublin, or that Smithfield was once transformed into Checkpoint Charlie? For more see: Dublin Winter Lights.