New: Science Safaris — free, podcast walking tour of Ireland’s most ingenious quarter. More here.
Mary leads a walking tour of ingenious Dublin
Would you like to explore the hidden history of some Dublin people and places? To visit places no other tour will visit? And hear stories you won’t hear anywhere else?
Hear about the humane hangman’s drop, the invention of the hypodermic needle, the Dublin city garden where starlight was first measured, hidden geological treasures, and much more besides.
Based on the wealth of stories in my book, Ingenious Ireland, I’ve devised a number of walking tours of ‘ingenious Dublin’, which have proved very popular with visitors and Dubliners alike.
I’ve given general tours as part of Heritage Week, for example, and for the BAAS Festival of Science in Dublin 2005, as well as customising tours for special groups, such as science teachers, visiting EU science officials, and American students taking courses in Irish studies.
Contact me if you would like me to present a walking tour for your group.
New! The Science Safari — Trinity Trail. Mary’s new podcast walking trail exploring Dublin’s ingenious heartland, Trinity College, Dublin.
And it’s free! Full details here.
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Hi Mary,
I see “Drive like a woman shop like a man” is out I hope it’s doing well and I look forward to reading it.
When we met at your Hamilton talk in Cabra you told me you were heading for Canada, did it work out ok?
I’m looking for something that will promote Irelands Science Heritage to hang my hat on for 2012 when Dublin will be the City of Science. I’m also watching the daily progress on the new terminal at Dublin Airport during this period of declining passenger figures and I think it’s the right time to look at ways to make the airport terminals make a cultural statement on our behalf (other than this is our slot machine for your money). I have fond memories of spending time in airport museums and exhibitions including the aviation exhibition that Aer Rianta hosted in Dublin Airport and I’d love to know if anyone has any ideas on how to get our science culture celebrated in the new terminal.
I’d appreciate any views you have on this or the broader aspects of 2012.
Very Best Regards for now.
Mick Kelly