Join historian in residence Elizabeth Kehoe as she reveals the history behind the statues in O’Connell Street, which feature in Nuala O’Connor’s ‘Jesus of Dublin’ and Peter Sirr’s Intimate City. Nuala O’Connor will read her flash-fiction piece from the anthology and discuss how O’Connell Street inspired her.

Nuala O’Connor lives in Co. Galway; her sixth novel Seaborne, about Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, is nominated for the Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards. Her fifth poetry collection, Menagerie, is published by Arlen House, spring 2025.

Elizabeth Kehoe is Historian in Residence for the Dublin Central area. In 2015 she returned to formal education and completed a degree in history at Trinity College Dublin followed by an M. Phil. in Modern Irish History. She is an independent tour guide and researcher based in Dublin, working in Ireland and online. She shares her love for history with established local communities, new Irish communities, and visitors to this island.