Presented by Dr Elaine Sissons

Patrick Pearse's school, Scoil Éanna (St. Enda's), founded in Cullenswood House on Oakley Road in 1908, has been called Pearse's most radical experiment. So child-centred was the school that it has been described as a 'child republic'. It fostered the individual talents of each child through a holistic education - which started with digging the garden.

The school became the centre of the cultural Nationalist Movement and a hub for artists of the day, including Jack B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Beatrice Elvery and Sarah Purser, who created an original stained glass window for the school. The house, probably Ranelagh's most historic, still boasts some Celtic Twilight wallpaper. Appropriately, it is now home to Gaelscoil Lios na nÓg.

Dr. Elaine Sissons, standing where Pearse probably stood to teach, presents her fascinating illustrated lecture on events within these historic walls during the Pearse years, when Ranelagh was the crucible of Irish cultural nationalism.

Lecture by veteran politician, Ruairí Quinn

Ruairí Quinn is a former leader of the Labour Party and author of Straight Left, his political biography. He is a sitting TD in Dublin South-East Constituency and has served in various ministerial positions in previous Governments. He is currently the Labour Party's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. He has been involved in politics in this constituency for over 30 years.