Hidden Dublin
Subtitle: Deadbeats, Dossers and Decent Skins
Publisher: Mercier Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781856357258; 9781856355919
Subjects: Dublin Lockout, Dublin, Ireland, 1913; Anecdotes; Biography; History
Description: Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublins brilliant parade in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. Hopkins describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. He also introduces us to the weird, wonderful, and often downright strange customs and pastimes of Dubliners stretching back to the Middle Ages, such as the bearing of balls annual parade by the citys bachelors and th.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Night of the Big Wind; Sweep School; Emmet's Grave; Napper Tandy; James' Street; Four Courts; Oliver Bond; McCready; The Muglins; Dame Street; Provost Prison; James Clarence Mangan; Hibernian Marine School; Dublin Oil; Portobello Gardens; Fighting Fitz; Theatre Royal; Holy Wells; Old Newgate Prison; Simpson's Hospital; State Coach; Lundy Foot; Mount Jerome; Roomkeeper's Society; Bullock Harbour; Dunlop; Art's Escape; Bishop Whateley; Zozimus; Walking Gallows; Martello Towers; Ha'penny Bridge; First Hanging; Custom House Fire; Frank Du Bedat; St Stephen's Green.; title: White QuakersPrince of Pickpockets; Church Street Disaster; Jonathan Swift; Rochdale Disaster; Ball-bearing; May Day; City Guilds; Wellington; Daly's Coffee House; Dublin Exhibition; Bleeding Horse; Madame Tussaud; Liffey Ferry; Joseph Damer; Star-shaped Fort; Linen Hall; Theatre Riots; William Street; Monto; The Poddle; Brass Money; Black Death; Grievance Association; St Audoen's; Copper-Faced Jack; City Scavenger; Molyneux House; Kilgobbin; Lepers; Maturin; Newgate Prison; Almanacs; Usshers; William Mulholland; Asculv; Croke Park; Trinity Riots; Great Fire; Bull-baiting.; title: Kevin Street KillingFirst Horse Show; Parliament Fire; Father Vlad; John Atherton; James Annesley; Soup Kitchens; Loughlinstown Camp; John O'Keeffe; Oxmanstown; Grafton Street; Red Lighthouse; Fyan's Castle; Thomas Crawley; Olympics; Larry; Paddy Flemming; First Lord Mayor; City Bellman; Saint Valentine; Duke of Richmond; Father Fay; Constable Sheahan; Frank De Groot; Howth Disaster; Select Bibliography.