Ireland - Youth & Adventure Buyers Guide 2018/2019

FREE DUBLIN EXPERIENCES Talking Statues Who’s TalkingWhere?What stories can they tell? Using drama, humour and location technology, Talking Statues breathes new life into the sculptured landmarks that surround us. Some approaches are dramatic, others comic and others flights of pure fantasy – all aim to persuade us to look at the statues with new eyes. All you’ll need to do is pass one of the designated Talking Statues and with a simple swipe of your smartphone on a nearby plaque, you’ll get a call back from Gabriel Byrne as James Joyce, Ruth Negga as Fidelity on the O’Connell Monument, Brendan Gleeson as Wolf Tone! Each has their own tale to recount, and together, they tell Dublin’s magnificent story. How to Hear a Talking Statue Each Talking Statue has a blue plaque nearby 1. Scan the QR code on the sign using your phone’s QR reader or type the URL into your phone’s web browser 2. Press the green button that says ‘Go!’ 3. Your phone will ring 4. Answer the call and the statue will talk! James Connolly : Beresford Place, Dublin 1 James Joyce : North Earl St, Dublin 1 James Larkin : O’Connell St, Dublin 1 Daniel O’Connell Monument – Fidelity : O’Connell St, Dublin 1 Wolfe Tone : St Stephen’s Green Oscar Wilde : Merrion Square North, Dublin 2 Meeting Place : Liffey St Lower, Dublin 1 Cú Chulainn : General Post Office, O’Connell St, Dublin 1 George Bernard Shaw : National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion SquareWest, Dublin 2 George Salmon : Trinity College Dublin Soon to talk (fromApril 2018) Molly Malone : Suffolk St, Dublin 2 Apples and Atoms : at campus of Trinity College, Dublin 2 For the most up to date information and downloadable map go to www.talkingstatuesdublin.ie/ 39 Meeting Place Molly Malone – from April 2018 Oscar Wilde James Joyce