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Cearnóga Átha Cliath

Rutland Fountain, Merrion Square West, Dublin Image Name: Rutland Fountain, Merrion Square West, Dublin Description: Rutland Fountain, Merrion Square West, Dublin Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Doorway on Merrion Square North, Dublin (1980) Image Name: Doorway on Merrion Square North, Dublin (1980) Description: Doorway on Merrion Square North, Dublin (1980) Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill Image Name: Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill Description: Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill Copyright: RTÉ RnaG/Seán Ó Mainnín

Cearnóga Seoirseacha na hardchathrach a bhíonn faoi chaibidil sa tsraith seo ag Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill agus a cuid aíonna, agus inniu, sa chlár deireanach sa tsraith, míneoidh siad stair Chearnóg Mhuirfean dúinn.   Tógadh an chearnóg seo idir 1762 agus 1797 agus tá ceannárais ag go leor forais agus institiúidí náisiúnta ann.  Tá Ospidéal Máithreachais Sráid Holles ar chúinne amháin na cearnóige, áit a dtagann breis agus naoi míle leanbh ar an saol gach bliain.  Ar an gclár inniu, cloisfimid agallamh le Nicholas Carolan faoi Thaisce Ceoil Dúchais na hÉireann atá lonnaithe ar an gcearnóg agus le Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire ón nGailearaí Náisiúnta.  Déanfaidh Orla McMorrow, Oifigeach Gaeilge Bhardas Átha Cliath, cur síos dúinn ar an bpáirc i lár na cearnóige, agus beidh duine de na Fanzini Brothers ag caint faoi chuid de na himeachtaí siamsaíochta a reáchtáiltear ann.  Beidh agallamh le Liam Hayden a bhíonn ag díol saothair ealaíne ar an gcearnóg gach deireadh seachtaine lena bhean Mary le deich mbliana anuas.  Beidh an Dr Séamus Ó Maitiú ag cur síos ar stair na cearnóige dúinn freisin – chónaigh Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker agus WB Yeats ar an gcearnóg ag tráthanna éagsúla.  Léiríodh an tsraith seo le maoiniú ón Scéim Fís agus Fuaim de chuid Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann. 

The Georgian Squares of Dublin are the focus of this series, presented and produced by Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill and today, for the last programme in the series, she turns her attention to Merrion Square.  The square was built between 1762 and 1797, and many national institutions have their headquarters here.  The National Maternity Hospital is located on one corner, where 9000 babies come into the world every year.  Today on the show, we’ll hear interviews with Nicholas Carolan about the Traditional Music Archive, and Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire from the National Gallery.  Orla McMorrow, Irish-Language Officer from Dublin City Council, describes the park in the middle of the square, and one of the Fanzini Borthers will talk to us about the events organised there regularly for the public.  Artwork is sold around the square every weekend, and we’ll hear from Liam Hayden who has been selling art there with his wife Mary for the past ten years.  Dr Séamus Ó Maitiú will describe the history of the square for us – Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker and WB Yeats have all lived there at different times.  This series was produced with funding from the BAI’s Sound and Vision scheme.