Peter Varga is an author, photographer, and creator of the social media phenomenon Humans of Dublin.

Over the past decade, he has approached thousands of people on the streets of Dublin and posted over 2,500 portraits and stories to his page. His collection beautifully encapsulates the essence and spirit of Dublin through its residents. Each portrait and accompanying story serve as a glimpse into an individual's life but also as a piece of a larger narrative that celebrates the collective human experience.

These stories range from uplifting tales of love and success to poignant accounts of

A collaboration between the Yeats Sisters Commemoration Project and the Irish Guild of Embroiderers, with the support of DLR Heritage and Dublin City Library and Archive.

This exhibition will tell the origins of the Dum Emer & Cuala Industries in Dundrum and Churchtown, the engagement between the Yeatses but specifically Susan ‘Lily’, and the pioneering figure of Evelyn Gleeson; elaborate through a series of visuals from original prints, the work of the many women artists who contributed to the Cuala portfolio, and present original works by the members of the Irish Guild of Embroiderers, who

Peter Varga is an author, photographer and creator of the social media phenomenon Humans of Dublin. Over the past decade, he has approached thousands of people on the streets of Dublin and posted over 2,500 portraits and stories to his page. His collection beautifully encapsulates the essence and spirit of Dublin through its residents. Each portrait and accompanying story serve as a glimpse into an individual’s life but also as a piece of a larger
narrative that celebrates the collective human experience. These stories range from uplifting tales of love and success to poignant accounts of

Peter Varga is an author, photographer and creator of the social media phenomenon Humans of Dublin. Over the past decade, he has approached thousands of people on the streets of Dublin and posted over 2,500 portraits and stories to his page. His collection beautifully encapsulates the essence and spirit of Dublin through its residents. Each portrait and accompanying story serve as a glimpse into an individual’s life but also as a piece of a larger narrative that celebrates the collective human experience. These stories range from uplifting tales of love and success to poignant accounts of

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Quakerism, a sect inspired by the preaching of George Fox, arose during the religious upheavals of seventeenth-century England. The Society of Friends of the Truth, as they called themselves, attempted to return to the simpler values of the early Christian church. The fundamental belief was that there is that of God in every human being, and that intermediaries, such as priests, between God and man are unnecessary.

The first Irish Quakers came from England in the early 1650s and the exhibition will reflect their history and life since then, showing how this dissenting minority group came to