Celebration Time

Last Tuesday, May 14th, we celebrated the anniversary of one of our longest employees, Gerry, who is working for Dublinia 20 years.

Gerry was presented with framed pictures of his time here, tickets and a card to mark the occasion. I noticed everyone that wrote one the card mentioned his funny humour and jokes. Gerry, who would always have a joke at the tip of his tongue, could not manage a joke on the night, he was that overwhelmed with surprise.

The staff had gathered in secret, in the Coffee shop along with his wife, who he met while she completed the Heritage course we run here, to welcome and surprise Gerry!

Asking Gerry a few questions on his 20 years at Dublinia, this is what he said:

What is you most treasured memory/ funniest moment from Dublinia?

Most Treasured Memory: I met Giovanna, my wife.

Funniest Moment: I was working in the shop during Ireland’s Celtic Tiger. A very distressed visitor came in and asked if we had or knew where they could buy a picture or postcard of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger.

What for you has been the biggest change in Dublinia since you started?

The big increase in the number of visitors from so many different countries all over the world. When we first opened domestic tourist’s made up the majority of our visitor number’s.

What’s your favourite part of the exhibition?

The Scale Model, a reconstruction of what Medieval Dublin would have looked like.

Tell us a joke.

A man is walking down a street with a monkey on a lead. Another man stops him and asks: ‘Where did you get the monkey?’ The first man says ‘I found him in my garden this morning’. Second man says, ‘do you not think you should bring him to the zoo?’ The first man then says ‘I brought him to the zoo this morning, now I’m bringing him to the cinema’!