Soccer and Society in Dublin

Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house

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Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that ‘Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.’ Throughout Ireland and Britain the country house...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s

Cars, shops and suburbs

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After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards of living improved and Dublin,...
Author/Editor: Joseph Brady

Dublin, 1910–1940

Shaping the city and suburbs

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Between 1910 and 1940 Dublin's suburbs grew considerably. For the first time, planned suburbanization of the working classes became a stated policy, with new and idealistic schemes such...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus

Dublin, 1930–1950

The emergence of the modern city

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Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and...
Author/Editor: Joseph Brady

Dublin from 1970 to 1990

The City Transformed

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Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Blanchardstown. It was a time...
Author/Editor: Joseph Brady

Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising

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The Easter Rising mostly took place in Ireland’s capital city and directly impacted on Dublin City Council. Some fighting occurred in sites belonging to the council, including City...
Author/Editor: John Gibney, editor

The Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin

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Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Opened on 19 May 1816, the first dedicated footbridge over the river Liffey, it was also...
Author/Editor: Michael English

Bridges of Dublin

The remarkable story of Dublin's Liffey bridges

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A vivid history of Dublin unfolds in this exploration of more than one thousand years of bridges over the river Liffey. From the time of the Vikings...
Author/Editor: Annette Black & Michael B. Barry

Lansdowne FC

A History

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Lansdowne FC is one of the most iconic rugby clubs in Ireland. Based at the headquarters of Irish rugby, the Club was established even before the international...
Author/Editor: Charles Ivar McGrath