CONF: Conflict + the City (Dublin, 31 May – 1 June 2016)

Conflict  + the City  is a public conference organised by Dublin City Council. It is designed to place architecture at the centre of Ireland’s and especially Dublin’s centenary celebrations of the street battles for Irish independence, 1916 – 1922
The conference is organised over 2 days from 31st May to 1st June 2016, in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre, free to attend, book via our website below and will coincide and compliment the EAHN conference in Dublin Castle.

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