Looking for recommendations for a good historical Dublin book to read on a flight Friday. Something along the lines of @chtmdublin (read both of theirs).
— Keith (@lamhatrasna) August 13, 2019
Anyone?
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four roads to Dublin by Deirdre Kelly. it focuses on rathmines, Ranelagh and lesson st area. it’s very good
Nick Harris’s, Dublin’s Little Jerusalem.
https://www.amazon.com/Dublins-Little-Jerusalem-Nick-Harris/dp/1899047905
http://www.theirishstory.com/2012/02/27/a-stroll-through-jewish-dublin/
Dublin Pub Life and Lore by Kevin C Kearns is great, although it seems to be out of print unless you have a Kindle (did I see another of his books on the summer reading list here?)
Jammet’s of Dublin 1901 to 1967 – about the famous French restaurant.
Strumpet City
the setup is around the 1913 Dublin Lock-out (the most significant industrial dispute in Irish history over the workers’ right to unionise) Much of the story is set in Henrietta Street’s cool n trendy Georgian co-living units where 835 people lived in 15 houses. As you would expect there was a high rate of disease in these
slumsco-living units which was the result of these cramped living conditions + a lack of health care among other things, tuberculosis (TB) being most prevalent.a great read!
“Yer dinners poured out” or “me jewell darlin Dublin” are worth a read
Agreed :)
Dead Interesting by the late Shane Mac Thomais, resident historian at Glasnevin Cemetery.
Better still download and watch his documentary One Million Dubliners, an absolutely stunning documentary with an unexpected twist.
Michael O’Sullivan’s biography of Brendan Behan is excellent. Behan, it must be said, led a full life.
Also closer to Broadsheet’s heart, John Ryan’s memoir Remembering How We Stood, Bohemian Dublin at the mid-century is a great read.
https://www.lilliputpress.ie/product/remembering-how-we-stood-bohemian-dublin-at-the-mid-century
Beyond the Pale, the late Seamus Murphy’s memoir, Stone Mad is a beautifully told tale of the stone carver’s life and craft around Cork. Sticking with Cork, Frank O’Connor always.