{"id":61401,"date":"2026-06-04T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=61401"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:07:19","slug":"trinity-talks-dublins-hidden-histories-catherine-strong-dung-queen-of-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=61401","title":{"rendered":"Trinity Talks: Dublin\u2019s Hidden Histories – Catherine Strong, Dung Queen of Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This live interview features the story of Catherine Strong, Dublin\u2019s official city \u201cscavenger\u201d tasked with running sanitation teams to clear the streets of human and animal waste. Audiences will hear how over four centuries ago Catherine Strong earned her money through levies on shopkeepers and traders but when the dung began to pile up and the stench spread across the city, her career in public service ended. Professor Jane Ohlmeyer (Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History (1762) at Trinity College Dublin) tells the audience how things went spectacularly wrong for Catherine but how she in turn profited by setting herself up subsequently as a moneylender. We also hear some suprising details about women’s lives and work practices in this era. Songs are provided by Ann Buckley from An G\u00f3il\u00edn Traditional singers .<\/p>\n

About the series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dublin\u2019s Hidden Histories<\/strong> now in its second series, is in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub and Unit18.\u00a0 Recorded in front of a live audience, and featuring songs sung by An Goilin Traditional singers, the series will bring to light histories of Dublin that have been lost or forgotten The series is made with the support of Coimisi\u00fan Na Me\u00e1n\u2019s Sound and Vision scheme, with the Television License fee.<\/p>\n

The Trinity Long Room Hub is Trinity\u2019s research institute for the Arts and Humanities. For more visit https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/trinitylongroomhub\/about\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

For more on An G\u00f3il\u00edn Traditional singers please visit https:\/\/goilin.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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This live interview features the story of Catherine Strong, Dublin\u2019s official city \u201cscavenger\u201d tasked with running sanitation teams to clear the streets of human and animal waste. Audiences will hear how over four centuries ago Catherine Strong earned her money through levies on shopkeepers and traders but when the dung began to pile up and […]<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (Duration: 56:54 — 130.3MB)<\/p>

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