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SUMMARY:Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to be runn
 ing a one-day symposium ‘Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive’ spons
 ored by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council. This e
 vent will feature a range of multi-disciplinary experts who work on Dublin
  including writers\, geographers\, historians and archivists. It will focu
 s on what digital literary collections are out there and how they can be u
 sed. The event takes place from 9.45 am 4.30pm.\n\nThe event will explor
 e literary collections held by Dublin City Library and Archive (DCLA)\, 
  Dublin City University (DCU)\, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and DRI. The
  day will feature practitioners who have used digital archives to build li
 terary-themed repositories and narratives around Dublin’s literary herit
 age including Charles Travis from the Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland\, 
 1922-1948 and Emma Clarke from Dublin Ghost Signs. We will also look at wh
 at digital sources are available to writers of historical fiction to assis
 t them in building up a picture of who lived in Dublin in the past. Zoe Re
 id from the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) will speak about how we can
  use Irish Census Data to build up detailed pictures of people’s lives\,
  while Niav Gallagher from the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) will un
 cover the lives of famous Dubliners and show how the DIB can be used for l
 iterary research. Kelly Fitzgerald from the School of Irish\, Celtic Studi
 es and Folklore School in University College Dublin will discuss how the N
 ational  Folklore Collection can be used to find authentic voices from th
 e past. There will be a round table discussion with authors Martina Devlin
 \, Emily Hourican and Eoghan Smith that will explore what sources fiction 
 writers use when they set their novels in the past. The day will finish wi
 th a wrap-up by Niamh Cullen of Queen’s University Belfast.\n\nThis even
 t is free and you can book through the Eventbrite registration link: https
 ://www.eventbrite.ie/e/literary-dublin-in-the-digital-archive-tickets-3929
 83352787\n\nThis event takes place as part of Dublin Festival of History 2
 022. Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council a
 nd organised by Dublin City Libraries\, in partnership with Dublin City Co
 uncil Culture Company. For the full programme please visit www.dublinfest
 ivalofhistory.ie
LOCATION:Dublin\, Ireland
URL:https://www.dariah.eu/events/literary-dublin-in-the-digital-archive
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