Dublin City Council and NCBI marked Social Inclusion Week (14th – 19th April) by setting off on a history tour of Drumcondra which will see both vision impaired and sighted participants find out more about the area in the company of leading historian and author, Pat Liddy.
Let’s Walk & Talk is an initiative from Dublin City Council, which organises regular, free walks and tours around Dublin on a weekly basis. The initiative is a great way for people to stay healthy, meet people and learn a little something about our fair city and has proved to be highly popular too, with 150 people taking part on a recent walk.
The walks and accompanying talks take place at various locations and cover a variety of topics, including Bull Island Nature Reserve, the Phoenix Park Murders, the canals, Mercy International Centre, the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Dail.
Participants in the Drumcondra history tour met on Thursday, 17th April at 2pm at NCBI Head Office, Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. This tour also incorporated a visit of the training centre and facilities at NBCI.
To mark both European Year For Intercultural Dialogue and European Neighbours Day, the 27th of May will see the launch of ‘Lets Walk & Talk – New Shores, Ancient Footprints’. This programme of historical walking tours and discussion evenings which will encourage members of new communities and Irish people to learn from each other and discuss the history of Dublin in relation to how each new group of people arrived, the barriers they faced, how they integrated and how they contributed to Irish society. The theme of the first event in the series will be “The Jewish Community in Dublin”.
For further details on Dublin City Council walking tours and groups, please contact Ronan O’Donnell on 01 222 3726 or email “ronan.o’donnell@dublincity.ie”:mailto:ronan.o’donnell@dublincity.ie
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About NCBI
NCBI is a not for profit charitable organisation which offers support and services nationwide to people experiencing difficulties with their eyesight.
About 18% of people using NCBI’s services are completely blind, while 82% have varying degrees of usable vision. NCBI was established in 1931 to promote the full independence of people who are blind or vision impaired and now provide a range of services to over 12,500 people.