Craft manufacturing and design in Dublin from the 1930s

Craft Manufacturing and Design in Dublin from the 1930s

Join us to celebrate Irish Design Week 2024 as we commemorate the lost trade and craft industries in Dublin. With a focus on the vehicle assembly industry, we will also remember wire manufacturing, dock working and gas production.

We want to hear your own stories and memories of trade crafts from Pearse Street, Ringsend and surrounding areas.

6.00-6.15 Setting the scene: reflections on design in trade craft industries – Breda Haugh, Jeweller

6.15-6.45 Lost Industries from Dublin, 1960s to 1990s – Dr. Mary Muldowney, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence

6.45-7.15 Storytelling

7.15 Reception

Host or Publisher Trinity College Dublin