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  1. Bully’s Acre Cemetery: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    The dispute over the right of way would become a struggle for poor families’ right to bury their loved ones.

  2. Christ Church Cathedral: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    The cathedral is needed for the route as the place where a ceremony was meant to turn a substitution into lawful authority.

  3. College Green: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    Here, political ascent and defeat will unfold in front of a building deliberately adapted for a different life.

  4. Cork Hill and Dublin City Hall: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    The city hall links ordinary municipal service to an attempt to seal the garrison inside the neighboring castle.

  5. Francis Street and the antiques district: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    Here you can see how one cheap address gathered an entire retail specialization around itself.

  6. Irish National War Memorial Gardens: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    The finale will show how memorial construction provided work for those who returned from the war.

  7. Kilmainham Courthouse: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    The courthouse’s proximity to the gaol reveals the short route from testimony to verdicts.

  8. Kilmainham Gaol: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    Here, military punishment will change Dubliners' attitude toward the uprising itself.

  9. Leinster House: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    This stop will take the route from the national collections to the system of government that settled into someone else’s hall.

  10. Main Courtyard of Royal Hospital Kilmainham / IMMA: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    Here, the daily routine and layout of the veterans’ home come fully into view.

  11. Marsh's Library: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    This stop shows how the promise of open reading had to be defended against the readers themselves.

  12. Merrion Square Park: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    Here, the theme of access returns through a garden that was prepared for a cathedral but opened to city residents.

  13. Military Road and the Eastern Gate: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    The changing of the guard will end the British military presence, but not the life of the soldiers' home.

  14. Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) and Newman House: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    Here, an unsuccessful university venture will connect the route with literature that will return to the same houses as museum heritage.

  15. National Gallery of Ireland: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    Here it becomes clear how a private loss turned into a permanent public collection.

  16. National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    This stop will show how one word in a name outlived a director, his dismissal, and a change of state.

  17. Newmarket Square and Teeling Whiskey Distillery: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    This stop will link the return of Dublin whiskey with the price the family will pay for rapid growth.

  18. Old Man’s House and the formal gardens: story on the “Kilmainham: a prison, a soldiers’ home, and gardens of memory” route

    One record of an exclusion will show the cost of army order for a man whose service had already ended.

  19. Oscar Wilde's House: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    The finale will bring together a doctor's consulting rooms, a family court case, and a literary salon in one house.

  20. St Audoen's Church: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    This stop will show how a paid-for remembrance outlived both its patron and the chapel intended for it.

  21. St Audoen's Gate: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    Here the route begins with a decision that saved the fortified city but ruined its outskirts.

  22. St James’s Gate and Guinness Brewery: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    The finale will show why, for a large brewery, the dispute over water proved more important than a dramatic gesture.

  23. St Patrick's Cathedral: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    Here begins the theme of risk: one gesture will prove stronger than a locked door.

  24. St Stephen's Green Park: story on the “Georgian Dublin South: parks, literature, and parliament” route

    This stop introduces two themes of the route: access to the city and decisions whose consequences will outlive their makers.

  25. The Castle Edge on Ship Street: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    The complex’s less formal side shows the castle as the target of an attack that fell apart before the first blow.

  26. Thomas Street and Roe & Co: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    Here the route will distinguish the old family distillery from the modern building with the same name.

  27. Trinity Front Square: story on the “Dublin: From City Walls to Trinity College Dublin” route

    The finale will shift the conversation from state borders to university gates through which women were long not allowed to pass on equal terms.

  28. Vicar Street: story on the “The Liberties: From Cathedral to Brewery” route

    This stop shifts the industrial rhythm of The Liberties to the story of a venue built around one artist.

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