A labour history of Ireland 1824–2000 Emmet O’Connor (UCD Press, €34.50) ISBN 9781906359560 When I saw that UCD Press had brought out a refreshed and updated version of this book—so […]
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Read More →The Tenement Experience 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1 www.1913committee.ie by Tony Canavan Henrietta Street, off Bolton Street, is one of the oldest surviving streets in Dublin. Most of the houses […]
Read More →Strumpet City RTÉ DVD90, E14.99 by John Gibney Dublin City Council’s ‘One City, One Book’ initiative sees a work of literature connected with the city being officially promoted every April. […]
Read More →Speaking at the golden jubilee meeting of the Workers’ Union of Ireland (WUI) in September 1974, historian F.X. Martin supported the union’s attempt to have a monument erected on Dublin’s […]
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