Traders and Markets Teatime Talks

Markets and food are topics that come up regularly in the memories that we gather as part of our oral history programme, Your Tenement Memories. Many residents of Henrietta Street such as Mrs Sheils, and residents of other nearby tenements, would have worked in the markets.

Celebrating these links, our next two Teatime Talks will focus on different aspects of Dublin markets and street traders. In March we’ll be joined by historian Susan Marie Martin for a talk on Dublin's Women Street Traders, 1882-1932. Martin looks at the often contentious relationship between the City and the women who traded on its streets. Her talk will explore the resistance of the traders when those with power refused to recognize them as stakeholders. What the establishment learned was that the women were prepared to engage in civil disobedience, endure violence from Gardaí and serve time in jail to both protect their livelihoods and protest what they described as ‘banishment to the slums’.

Dublin's Women Street Traders, 1882-1932
When: 6 pm, Thursday 12 March

In April we welcome historian John Conroy for a talk on the Dublin Fruit and Vegetable Market. Constructed by Dublin Corporation and opened to the public in 1892, the Fruit and Vegetable Market was an historical hub of wholesale activity servicing the city. Through research and interviewing former market workers, Conroy’s work reveals much about the past of this important landmark building, which is currently undergoing significant refurbishment. From the annual ‘Strawberry Auction’ to the intergenerational nature of work at the market, Conroy will explore the fascinating past of one of Dublin’s most beloved buildings.

The Dublin Fruit and Vegetable Market with John Conroy
When: 6 pm, Thursday April 9.

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For more food related talks you can listen back to our previous Teatime Talk with Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, as he takes a journey through Ireland’s culinary past, from the fruit and veg markets, to coddle and Sunday dinners, former residents talk of food 'served with love'.

Teatime Talks is a series of talks inspired by the history and people of 14 Henrietta Street. By listening and engaging with visitors, historians, experts, local people, former tenement residents and their families, we continue to uncover, record and respond to the 300 year story of 14 Henrietta Street.