num_pages: 272
description: For over fifty years Kevin C. Kearns trekked the rough-and-tumble streets of the heart of Dublin hoping to record and preserve the citys vanishing oral history. Armed only with a Sony tape recorder the ordinary people he encountered - street traders dockers factory workers tram drivers housewives and midwives children and grandparents - shared private stories of hardship joy sorrow suffering survival and triumph.In Our Day is the culmination of a lifes work - a treasure trove bursting with whispers from the past - 450 vignettes memories and recollections gathered to present an evocative poignant portrait of a forgotten Dublin.
language: English
title: In Our Day: An Oral History of Dublin's Bygone Days
publisher: Gill Books