Author : Éamonn MacThomáis
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 184717776X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin by : Éamonn MacThomáis
Download or read book Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin written by Éamonn MacThomáis and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of historical facts, anecdotes and Dublin wit, this book evokes the spirit, the characters and colours, the sights, sounds and even the smells of old Dublin. With sections on markets, pawn shops, street characters, the Liberties, slang and wit of Dublin's newspapers, the city's history is traced right back to Brian Boru, the Huguenots, the 'debtors' prison', and Dublin's troubled history of risings and revolutions.