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All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies 2

Children’s traditional street-games play an important part in the folk-life of a country. This book will help parents and educators to realize how happy children are, when given an opportunity to use their imagination and to create their own...Children’s traditional street-games play an important part in the folk-life of a country. This book will help parents and educators to realize...
Author/Editor: Eilís Brady
Dublin in 1707
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Dublin in 1707

A year in the life of the city

What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of the decisions reached of 1707 persist to this day. The Ballast Office (Dublin Port), the Registry...What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of...
Author/Editor: Brendan Twomey
Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin

Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin

Richard Twiss's 'Tour of Ireland'

This book explores the visit of the English tourist Richard Twiss to Ireland and the resulting controversy - enthusiastically stoked by Dublin's printers - that followed the publication of the account of his travels. A Tour in Ireland in...This book explores the visit of the English tourist Richard Twiss to Ireland and the resulting controversy - enthusiastically stoked by Dublin's...
Author/Editor: Martyn J. Powell
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

A history

Dublin is an unusual city in having two Anglican cathedrals within a few hundred yards of each other, St Patrick’s cathedral and the diocesan cathedral of Christ Church. The history of St Patrick’s cathedral over the millennium of its...Dublin is an unusual city in having two Anglican cathedrals within a few hundred yards of each other, St Patrick’s cathedral and...
Author/Editor: John Crawford & Raymond Gillespie, editors
Dublin in the medieval world

Dublin in the medieval world

Studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke

This volume celebrates medieval Dublin. Among the many subjects and topics covered are the intellectual climate of Dublin in the 1970s, the exciting theme of cross cultural processes between the Scandinavian settlers and the native Irish, focusing on language,...This volume celebrates medieval Dublin. Among the many subjects and topics covered are the intellectual climate of Dublin in the 1970s, the...
Author/Editor: John Bradley, Anngret Simms & Alan J. Fletcher, editors
Tallaght, 1835–50

Tallaght, 1835–50

A rural place

Tallaght has undergone dramatic change in the past forty years. Immense changes to the physical landscape in that time make very difficult any attempt to visualise the rural character and culture of the place when it was a...Tallaght has undergone dramatic change in the past forty years. Immense changes to the physical landscape in that time make very difficult...
Author/Editor: Sean Bagnall
Georgian Dublin

Georgian Dublin

This collection looks at the less obvious remnants of Dublin’s Georgian past; the literature, the publishing industry, the clothes, the music and the hobbies associated with this period. *Gillian O’Brien* is senior lecturer in history at Liverpool John Moores University....This collection looks at the less obvious remnants of Dublin’s Georgian past; the literature, the publishing industry, the clothes, the music and...
Author/Editor: Gillian O'Brien & Finola O'Kane editors
Dublin docklands reinvented

Dublin docklands reinvented

The post-industrial regeneration of a European city quarter

Over the last twenty years, the redevelopment of the docklands has radically altered the physical fabric and social structure of a large part of Dublin City both north and south of the river. What has happened in the...Over the last twenty years, the redevelopment of the docklands has radically altered the physical fabric and social structure of a large...
Author/Editor: Niamh Moore
Dublin through space & time

Dublin through space & time

This is the first volume in a series that deals with the planning and development of Dublin from the earliest times to the present day. The focus is on the built environment - from both geographical and historical...This is the first volume in a series that deals with the planning and development of Dublin from the earliest times to...
Author/Editor: Anngret Simms & Joseph Brady, editors
The Vestry Records of the united Parishes of Finglas, St Margaret's, Artane and the Ward, 1657–1758

The Vestry Records of the united Parishes of Finglas, St Margaret's, Artane and the Ward, 1657–1758

The importance of parish records for the reconstruction of many aspects of past societies is becoming clear from research in other countries. Irish parochial records have not survived well, but where they have the records of the vestries are...The importance of parish records for the reconstruction of many aspects of past societies is becoming clear from research in other countries....
Author/Editor: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, editor
The Georgian Squares of Dublin

The Georgian Squares of Dublin

An architectural history

Dublin's Georgian squares are 18th-century architectural gems and this is the first publication to examine each of them in detail. Essays by conservation architects describe the planning, design and construction of Parnell, Mountjoy, Merrion, Fitzwilliam and Mountpleasant Squares, giving...Dublin's Georgian squares are 18th-century architectural gems and this is the first publication to examine each of them in detail. Essays by...
Author/Editor: Dublin City Council
Smithfield and the Parish of St Paul, Dublin, 1698–1750

Smithfield and the Parish of St Paul, Dublin, 1698–1750

In the 1720s William Hendrick was the leading property developer in the Smithfield area of Dublin. The civic administration of the area at this time was largely within the jurisdiction of the local Church of Ireland vestry of St....In the 1720s William Hendrick was the leading property developer in the Smithfield area of Dublin. The civic administration of the area...
Author/Editor: Brendan Twomey