Our Team

The Dublin City Council Culture Company team is made up of people from a mixture of backgrounds and experience across engagement, programming, history, project management, policy, communications, heritage, finance, tour guiding and community engagement.

Development and Research

Director of Strategic Development and Research
Tracy Geraghty
development@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Research and Development Manager
Danielle Breslin
research@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Cultural Audit and Map Administrator
Claire Duggan
culturalaudit@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Partnerships and Advisory Groups
partnerships@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Engagement

Head of Engagement
Laura Keogh
engagement@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Culture Club
Engagement Coordinators:
Eva Griffin
cultureclub@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Katalin Varnyu
join-in@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Your Tenement Memories
Engagement Co-ordinator
Tracey Bardon
memories@14henriettastreet.ie

Engagement Co-ordinators
Emma Hodges, Christine Flynn, Ciarán Lynam

Creative Engagement

Director of Creative Engagement
Linda Devlin
experiment@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Creative Engagement Programme Manager
Catherine O'Donnell
programme@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Creative Engagement Education Manager
Dervilia Roche
education@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Creative Engagement Coordinators:

Evan Musgrave
neighbourhood@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Sinéad White
create@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Heather MacLeod
projects@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Catherine Kelly
historians@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Culture Connects @ Richmond Barracks

Programme Manager
Laura Howe
cultureconnects@richmondbarracks.ie

Programme Coordinator
Sinéad White
create@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Richmond Barracks Engagement Coordinator
Emma Hodges
engagement@richmondbarracks.ie

Richmond Barracks Artists-in-Residence
Niki Collier (craft)
Philippa Donnellan and Mia DiChiaro (movement and dance)
Michael McCartan (singing)
Polly Rowley Sams (eco gardening and biodiversity)
artists@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Dublin City Council Historians in Residence

Historian, Dublin Central
Mary Muldowney

Historian, Dublin South Areas
Catherine Scuffil

Historian, Dublin North Central
Cormac Moore

Historian, Dublin North West
James Curry

Historian in Residence for Children
Dervilia Roche

Programme Coordinator
Catherine Kelly
historians@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Digital Officer
Sree Sen
digitalofficer@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Festival of History

Festival Programmers
Donal Fallon, Cormac Kinsella

Festival Coordinator
Heather MacLeod
festivalofhistory@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Dublin City Council Culture Company was established in March 2018, wholly owned by Dublin City Council. It was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and has a Board of Directors of 7 persons.

Board of Directors

Chairperson

Owen Keegan

Directors

Tim Carey (Author and Principal Officer Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government);
Tom Dunne (Group Financial Controller at The Rehab Group);
Councillor Vincent Jackson (Independent Councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh);
Kerry McCall Magan (Country Director, British Council);
Councillor Cat O'Driscoll (Social Democrat for Cabra-Glasnevin, and Chair of Culture Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) for Dublin City Council);
Brendan Teeling (Deputy City Librarian, Dublin City Public Libraries).

Finance and audit committee

Tom Dunne, Mary Griffin, Owen Keegan, Evelyn Whyms.

Executive and staff

Find a full list of our executive and staff here.

Advisory Group

We have established an advisory group to support the creation of ideas and connections for the organisation. They are working collaboratively with the team to support and guide our ambitious, meaningful and achievable cultural initiatives.

Advisory Group 2021 - 2023

Helen Shaw, Brian Treacy, Brian Mullins, Lisa Jones, Emily O'Callaghan, Jessica Smyth, Danielle Masterson, Joan Hannon, Eileen Murphy, Aileen Caffrey, Jennifer Winder-Baggot, Jo O'Donoghue, Liza Michael, Johnathan Santos, Anne Marie Hayes, Stephen Manning, Ruth Hegarty, Deirdre Ryan, Craig Connolly, Barbara Mellon, Liliana Fernandez Mitchell, Trish Cronin, Anthony O'Keeffe, Carmel Hanley, Eamon O'Flaherty, Aine Ni Chaoimh, Shauna Lyons, Fergal Hynes, Michael Kinsella, Jade Connell Carroll, Hazel Tucker Fogarty, Caitlin White, Katrina Enros, Claire Gogarty, Rick O'Shea, Isabelle Keenan, David Gunning, Pearse Corcoran, Niall McGuirk, Lisa Griffith, Michael Ginty,

The group includes community advocates, artists, singers, dancers, researchers, academics, makers, digital storytellers, publishers, social innovators, historians, and more. We're delighted to have them working with us.

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Antonella Scanu, Sarah McKenna, Helen Doherty, Simon Maguire, Michele Walshe, Emer Meehan, Margarita Vásquez Cárdenas, Karen Aguiar, Alessandra Azevedo, Deirdre Ní Cheallaigh, Damien McGlynn, Jeffrey Roe, Grainne Walker, Muirne Bloomer, Emilie Conway, James Stafford, Felicia Olusanya, Martha Moloney, Nessa McNamara, Julia Moustacchi, Aidan Clifford, Mary Griffin, Emma Loughney, Helen Barry, Muriel McAuley, Mary Weir, Eleanor Collier, John Scott, William Cumming, Dr Darren Kelly, Kim Ennis, Stephen Mandal, Rachel Collier Orla Ryan, Denise Brophy, Evelyn D'Arcy, Godfrey Chimbganda, Dr Conor Kostick, Maretta Dillon, Brian Crowley, Muireann Ahern, Jo McNamara, Gilly Clarke, Sarah Durcan, Beverly Sperry, Megan Riordan, Veronica Dyas, Siobhán Doyle, Gerry Clabby, Michael Foley.

Advisory panels 2018 - 2020

The contributions of the 2018 - 2020 Advisory Panels proved invaluable in helping us with the development of our work and policies and many of our projects found their roots within the group. We’d like to thank them for all of their work and commitment over the last few years.

Heritage Advisory Panel

As of March 2019, panel includes: Muireann Ahern, Denise Brophy, Tom Burke, Godfrey Chimbganda, Gerry Clabby, Brian Crowley, Willie Cumming, Michael Foley, Rob Goodbody, Mary Griffin, Sandra Heise, Beatrice Kelly, Ray Kennedy, Sorcha Kenny, Heather Maitland, Dr Stephen Mandel, Nessa McNamara, Paddy Matthews, Kerrie O’Brien, Mark Reynolds, Fiona Walsh.

Culture Advisory Panel

As of March 2019, panel includes: Helen Barry, Peter Brannigan, Angela Broderi, Gilly Clarke, Aidan Clifford, Eleanor Collier, Rachel Collier, Evelyn D’Arcy, Loughlin Deegan, Maretta Dillon, Deirdre Doherty, Philippa Donnellan, Fergal Dowling, Siobhan Doyle, Sarah Durcan, Veronica Dyas, Gerard Flanagan, Kimberly Gray Ennis, Dr. Linda Green, Denis Horan, Breda Jackson, Darren Kelly, Conor Kostick, Emma Loughney, Fiach MacConghail, Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, Anne Matthews, Muriel McAuley, Jo McNamara, Martha Moloney, Julia Moustacchi, Nor Nasib, NiamhO’Donnell, Felicia Olusanya, Shaz Oye, Betty Purcell, Dr Bernadette Quinn, Megan Riordan, Orla Ryan, John Scott, Beverly Sperry, David Teevan, Karen Twomey, Mary Weir.

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Our Team

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Development and Research

Engagement

Creative Engagement

Visitor Experience

Communications

Operations and Administration

Our Organisation

Board of Directors

Chairperson

Directors

Finance and audit committee

Executive and staff

Advisory Group

Advisory Group 2021 - 2023

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Advisory panels 2018 - 2020

Heritage Advisory Panel

Culture Advisory Panel

Development and Research

Engagement

Creative Engagement

Visitor Experience

​Communications

Operations and Administration

Board of Directors

Chairperson

Directors

Finance and audit committee

Executive and staff

Advisory Group

Advisory Group 2021 - 2023

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Advisory panels 2018 - 2020

Heritage Advisory Panel

Culture Advisory Panel

Communications