Strolling around Hodges & Figgis yesterday a couple of new Dublin related books caught me eye, the first I’ve seen for the Christmas market
Dublin 1911 edited by Catriona Crowe (Royal Irish Academy) €20.00 RRP
The book will start in January 1911 with the New Year newspapers and work through the year’s events to explore themes such as poverty, health, the flight to the suburbs, leisure and transport. The Royal Irish Academy are working with the National Archives to produce a book which wil give people a chance through rich illustration, fold-out census reports and previously unpublished photographs to experience the Dublin of 1911.
Dublin 1911 - Catriona Crowe
Victorian Dublin Revealed: The Remarkable Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Dublin by Michael B. Barry (Andalus Press) €28.50 RRP
This is Dublin as you have never seen it. The surprising wealth of Victorian buildings throughout the city, including those hidden from the public gaze, is revealed here. Skilfully interwoven with these illustrations is the story of that important many-faceted era, being the formative years in which were created the foundations of the modern city. Written in a highly readable style, this entertaining book is essential for those who wish to explore the intriguing history and heritage of Victorian Dublin.
Victorian Dublin Revealed: The Remarkable Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Dublin - Michael B. Barry
Memories of Baggotonia: Bohemian Dublin from Wilde and Joyce to Beckett and Behan* by Brendan Lynch (The Liffey Press) €19.95 RRP (* Seems to be another version known as Prodigals and Geniuses: The Writers and Artists of Dublin’s Baggotonia)
Memories of Baggotonia: Bohemian Dublin from Wilde and Joyce to Beckett and Behan - Brendan Lynch
For online shoppers, you can get the three for €64.05 (with free delivery) on Books Depository or for €79.62 (includes delivery) with Amazon. A tidy saving of €15.57 for going with the former.
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I don’t mind spelling mistakes in general but when you discuss books you should avoid making elementary mistakes like this because they only undermine anything you have to say. Please remember the name of the bookshop is Hodges Figgis, not Figges
Sincere apologies Rory. Thank you for the comment.
Why, why, why do so many people here insist on speakg commenting on “victorian” this that d’oddur eg. “Victorian Dublin Revealed: The Remarkable Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Dublin”. Surely it shud be ’19th Cent’ this, that etc as opposed to commemerating “The Faminine Queen”. Half the population of the country starved r forced to emmigrate thro govt neglect (being kind to them). It’d be more informative to give a chronological reference like 19th Cent as opposed to to mentioning a overseer of possible genocide. Do the Israelis commemerate their historical period of the early 20th Cent as the Adolf Reign or the Stalin Years?…fooking ridiculous!!! Say what u want about the Greeks but at least they did something about things…in the 1940’s and protestg these days too.
Sheesh, it’s just a typo. Thanks for pointing these books out, I bought the Dublin 1911 as a present today and noted it’s in the top 5 (or so) in HF.