Host Liz Gillis interviews this week's guest Cathy Scuffil, about a rare photograph found in the South Dublin Libraries digital archive, Source. It feature Patrick Pearse in Irish Volunteers uniform, speaking to a crowd in Dolphin's Barn. Hear the full story as Cathy unravels the complex tales attached to the photograph. ABOUT LIZ GILLIS Liz Gillis has a degree in Modern Irish History and specialises in the Irish Revolutionary period. She is a lecturer at Champlain College Dublin and a researcher on The History Show on RTE Radio. She has also worked as a curator on the RTE 1916 Centenary Project, as a tour guide in Kilmainham Gaol, and as historical consultant on projects including the Custom House Visitor Centre and Hyatt Centric Liberties Hotel. She is the author of several books including Revolution in Dublin: A Photographic History 1916-1923, Women of the Irish Revolution, and May 25: Burning of the Custom House 1921. She was the recipient of the Dublin City Lord Mayor’s Award in 2018 for her contribution to history and was co-organiser of the online conference to mark the centenary of the burning of the Custom House in May 1921. She was South Dublin County Council's Decade of Centenaries Historian in Residence. Liz believes in telling the national story from the local perspective and is passionate about getting people interested in history. ABOUT CATHY SCUFFIL Cathy Scuffil is Dublin City Council’s Historian in Residence for the Dublin South Central area. She is a consultant historian and tutor. As DCC Historian in Residence, Cathy established many community-based initiatives, including the multi award-winning The Liberties Weavers. Cathy has contributed to all volumes of History on Your Doorstep, co-editing two. She is currently teaching the Lord Mayor’s Certificate in Local Studies at Pearse Street Library. This podcast is funded by the Heritage Council's Heritage Stewardship Fund.
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