Family-focused music and entertainment



2.30pm
The Army Band

3.00pm
MACNAS Ranelagh Rhythm

3.20pm
The Young Orchestral Pops

4.05pm
Independent Theatre Workshop

With scenes from Aladdin, Miss Saigon & The Wizard of Oz

4.20pm
Performances from
Ranelagh Secondary Schools

Featuring the 'Sandford Park School Percussion Ensemble'

'Traditional Music Night' with Ciarán Tourish, best known as the nimble fingered fiddler from Altan, one of East Donegal's most celebrated musical exports, recognised by fellow musicians worldwide as an unusually gifted player. To be singled out amid the hotbed of traditional music in Donegal, is no small accomplishment. Tourish grew up surrounded by Irish traditional music's best.

A night of live music from various artists.

Roesy hails from Birr, Co Offaly. From singing along to his father’s records, he moved on to writing lyrics, which soon turned into songs when he taught himself the guitar. Like many teenagers, music became a passion for Roesy, but for him, it’s a passion that supported by has grown and developed over the years.

An evening with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, supported by the Cullenswood Singers.

‘Inaugural Festival Night Out’

Bree Harris has worked on the Dublin circuit for some time. She's in great demand at many of the blues and arts festivals around the country. Known as one of the finest blues and soul singers, she has delighted audiences with her renditions of the music of Tony Joe White, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Bonnie Raitt. With her powerful voice, exuding raw energy and emotion, accompanied by some of Ireland’s finest, this is a performance not to be missed.

Born in Dublin in 1942, MacDara Woods has been publishing his work since the early 1960s. He has published ten books of poems, translated from a number of languages, and edited The Kilkenny Anthology.

An integral part of the Irish music scene since the early `70s, Sonny Condell is probably best known for his innovative collaborations with Leo O'Kelly in Tír na nÓg, and with Philip King in Scullion.

Benjamin Dwyer is a highly distinguished composer and guitarist. Since his European debut, playing Rodrigo's Concierto d'Aranquez with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Dwyer has been regarded as one of Ireland's leading musicians.

This retrospective is a celebration of Donal O’Sullivan’s life's work. He was born in Ranelagh and lived most of his life here. Donal was a seminal figure in the artistic life of his native city from the late sixties until his death. His work was held in high regard, as evidenced by the work presented here, donated by his many patrons, family and friends.

Hasan Fuat Sari was born in 1953 in Tarsus, Turkey. Since 1980, he has lived and worked in Turku, Finland.

As an artist, Sari often shifts between two worlds - from two dimensional to three dimensional and vice versa. He paints and sculpts often mixing the boundaries of the two mediums. Many of his assemblages include familiar elements, such as bicycle parts, which are used in a witty way.

Playfulness and humour, as well as deeper meanings, belong as an essential part of Sari’s art.

Sari has exhibited since 1977 and has had numerous exhibitions all over Europe. His works are included in several collections such as State Painting & Sculputure Museum Ankara-Turkey, Waino Aaltonon Museum - Finland and private collections.


Suleima Rintala is a Finnish artist living in Ranelagh since 1998. This is her second Dublin exhibition, entitled 'Access'.
Her new collection of paintings is brilliantly multicoloured. The paintings depict dreamy landscapes in a subtle abstract style.

Those of you who remember the film "Rooney" will also recall the number 12 bus John Gregson was on being transformed into a number 18 when it turned right into Ranelagh at the Triangle instead of left, and the effect that that had on you.

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Thirty years earlier in The Octodeciad, Carolan presented us with the reverse of this when the 18 tram jumped its tracks at Belgrave Square and carried its screaming passengers and crew into the dreadful publess wastes of Palmerston, never to be seen alive again.

Through the eyes of Rathgar Man, exploring Ranelagh for the first time, we learn of the events leading to the gathering of a few brave men and their final battle with the forces of evil in the demon tram and the monsters who rode in it.

"Every item has a secret. It's either seen something when you were out of town, or it's been touched by someone who will eventually betray you."

The Abbey Theatre production of 'The Race of the Ark Tattoo' by David Hancock. Starring David Heap and directed by David Horan.

An architectural tour of Ranelagh by Susan Roundtree, a Senior Architect at Dublin City Council and Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

The tour will start at the Ranelagh Triangle at 12pm, ending at the Mountpleasant Inn. The tour is free, but places are limited, so early booking is advised.

This will be an occasion to celebrate an extraordinary doctor, feminist, revolutionary, public representative and community benefactor.

Dr Lynn lived in Belgrave Rd for over fifty years, from 1903 - 1955 and had her GP practice in the house.

She was Chief Medical Officer to the Irish Citizen Army, took part in the 1916 Rising, campaigned for treatment of VD, founded St Ultan's Hospital for Infants, the first of its kind in Ireland, was elected to the Dáil but being anti- Treaty, didn't take her seat, elected to Rathmines Town Council, pioneered the use of the BCG vaccination against TB, commissioned work from the emerging architect, Michael Scott and much, much more. She was kind, humane, innovative and committed and her whole life was spent making others' lives more bearable.

A mobile cinema showing films for all ages.

Cinemobile is a large truck which transforms into a 100 seater state of the art cinema, fully heated, air conditioned and with Dolby Surround Sound.

Film Schedule Cinemobile schedule may be subject to alteration. Please check in advance with festival office on 085 743 7212 or on www.ranelagharts.org

Children's Film (TBA)
10:00am - 12:00pm | €5

Rooney (88 mins)
12:30pm - 2:30pm | €5

A charming film tells the story of a young hurling star, filmed in Ranelagh and Rathmines in the 1950’s.

Support Programme: Irish Gossamer
(26 mins)

The Tear and the Smile (50 mins)
3.30pm - 5.00pm | €8

Introduced by a special guest of the festival.

A once-off opportunity to see a groundbreaking documentary on the subject of Ireland in the 1950s, made by CBS television, presented by Walter Kronkite.

Support Programme:
Foilsiú Nuachtán (3 mins) + Irish and Elegant (10 mins)

The Ballroom of Romance
(1982 - 65 mins)
6.00pm - 8.00pm | €8

Introduced by a special guest of the festival

A rare opportunity to see this groundbreaking film.

Support Programme: The New Matchmakers Doc (26 mins)

Support Programme: Maet (8 mins)
A short film by Danny Forde

The Bicycle Thieves (1948 - 93 mins)
8.30pm - 10.30pm | €8

Introduced by a special guest of the festival

See De Sica's masterpiece on the big screen!

Support Programme: Cycle Safe! (8 mins) - a 1947 public service film on safe cycling historic Gael Linn newsreel