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The Chronicles of Tallaght

What's the story?

'The Chronicles of Tallaght' is a large collaborative arts programme by TCA, which will celebrate the history, and examine the future of, the Tallaght area. It will be wholly focused on the local community and, beginning with the initial research and outreach phase which took place during 2025/2026, we consulted the people of Tallaght - past and present - to incorporate their stories into the project.

What's Happening?

The first iteration of the "The Chronicles of Tallaght" was a Two-Day Time Machine Festival, which took place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026. It looked back at Tallaght in the 1970s & 1980s. There were six sold-out shows, consisting of an immersive bus tour around Tallaght, with live actors and an audiovisual presentation. There were gigantic outdoor screens set up at various points along the bus route, showing a range of Tallaght landmarks as they appeared back in the day! And the last stop on the tour was a 1980s style street party at The Making Space, with a live band performing classic hits from the era!
The event was an overwhelming success with all 30 tickets booked for each of the 6 shows. The festival team at TCA received hugely positive feedback from the attendees, who were delighted to see the history of their home town represented with such warmth and good humour.

What's Next?

The next steps for The Chronicles of Tallaght remain fluid. As with this first phase, there will be a research period at some stage in 2027 to determine what will come next and when. But, as always, TCA will put the community first and make sure that it’s a fun experience that can be enjoyed by all.

Will you be part of the story?

  • If you feel you'd like to be part of this project, in whatever form the next phase takes, we'd like to hear from you.
  • If you have stories about Tallaght you want to share, we'd like to hear from you.
  • If you love Tallaght and want to contribute your knowledge, time, or talent towards this project, we'd like to hear from you.

We want to gather stories, photos, memories and archives from a wide variety of the residents of Tallaght. We then aim to work with the contributors and create a range of wonderful participatory arts projects with the gathered materials and stories.

Any groups, organisations or individuals interested in chatting with TCA about this project can get in touch by phone on 0862706581 or by emailing us at chroniclesoftallaght@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you.

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The Chronicles of Tallaght is funded by The Arts Council of Ireland, SDCC Arts Office, and Creative Ireland.