#OTD in 1979 – Birth of actress and model, Caitriona Balfe, in Dublin.

04/10/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

She is best known for her role as Claire Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander, for which she has won two People’s Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and an Irish Film and Television Award, and received four Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Balfe was born in Dublin, and […]

#OTD in 1907 – J. M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

26/01/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Millington Synge’s ‘Playboy of the Western World’ opens at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin to riots, literally! What happened is best described by two telegrams Yeats (a founder of the Abbey) received while he was in Aberdeen from a fellow Abbey supporter Lady Gregory. Telegram one read “Play a great success.” Two acts later, she […]

#OTD in 1979 – Birth of actress and model, Caitriona Balfe, in Dublin.

04/10/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1907 – J. M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

26/01/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1979 – Birth of actress and model, Caitriona Balfe, in Dublin.

04/10/2020.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1907 – J. M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

26/01/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1979 – Birth of actress and model, Caitriona Balfe, in Dublin.

04/10/2019.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1907 – J. M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

26/01/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Midnight in Nightown

10/11/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

February 2nd 1922: Monto, the nickname for Europe’s biggest red light district of the era… a hub of activity in the heart of Dublin City. Stories told and secrets shared by the notorious and colourful characters of this extraordinary place; The Monto… including Honour Bright’s secret love affair with W.B. Yeats, Featuring comedy, dance, live […]

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