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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Life in old Dublin, historical associations of Cook street, three centuries of Dublin printing, reminiscences of a great tribune

Life in old Dublin, historical associations of Cook street, three centuries of Dublin printing, reminiscences of a great tribune

James Collins

Paperback

Art HistoryGeneral SociologyIrish History

ISBN10: 9353604435
ISBN13: 9789353604431
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step back into the crowded courts and narrow lanes of Old Dublin, where printers' ink and political passion shaped a city. James Collins opens a doorway onto Cook Street, its presses, and the tribune whose voice stirred a nation. Dublin lives in these pages. Collins writes with intimacy and precision, letting long-vanished voices and trades step into view. Blending Irish local history with vivid old Dublin reminiscences, Collins traces the history of Cook Street and its Dublin printing presses across three centuries, with a sharp eye for everyday tradespeople, neighbours, and street life in eighteenth century Dublin and nineteenth century Dublin. Part social chronicle, part Irish political tribune memoir, it captures the sounds, smells, and arguments of a community in motion, offering rich Dublin social history that is at once intimate and panoramic. For Irish history students and curious general readers it offers a lively primary flavour of the period; as a reference for historians and a cornerstone of any Dublin history collection or classic Irish history book shelf, it preserves invaluable detail about the city as it once was. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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