Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 305
Title
1991 Panorama Photo of Dublin City
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Paper, ink. 39 x 121 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
13/07/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A poster of a panoramic photograph over looking Dublin City taken for the European City of Culture, 1991 with the quote ‘... from swerve of shore to bend of bay ...’ Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce.
This photo commemorates Dublin’s reign as European City of Culture in 1991. The Scottish Ballet came over to symbolically hand over the title from Glasgow, and there was a 31-hour reading of Ulysses on the radio.
