Moore Street: The Story of Dublin's Market District: The Story of Dublin's Market District - Softcover

Kennerk, Barry

9781781171776: Moore Street: The Story of Dublin's Market District: The Story of Dublin's Market District

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781171777 ISBN 13: 9781781171776

Publisher: Mercier Press, 2013

Moore Street has long held a special place in the hearts of Irish people. Whether playing host to its local customers or to the generations of country folk who visit the area at Christmas, the market is as synonymous with Dublin as coddle or a pint of porter. It has given rise to some of the city's most vibrant characters and has witnessed pivotal moments in Irish history. It was here that the redoubtable Biddy Mulligan was dreamt up, where the leaders of the 1916 Rising made their last stand and where businessman Bill Cullen learnt his trade. Yet for all that, the street was once just part of a much larger market - home to a myriad of second-hand clothes dealers, furniture brokers, poulterers, rabbit sellers, butchers and vegetable traders, all plying their trade in the narrow lanes and alleys. For the first time, 'Moore Street - Dublin's Market District' recounts the history of the entire market area, charting its growth and development since the eighteenth century - the real 'heart of the rowel'.

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About the Author:

Barry Kennerk is a post-graduate student affiliated with St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. His previous book, 'Shadow of the Brotherhood' was published in 2010. He works at the Children's University Hospital, Temple Street. He is married with two children and lives in Ashbourne, County Meath. His family ran a shop on Little Denmark st. up until the 1950s and his paternal grandparents grew up across the road from each other there.

Review:

"a fitting tribute to a great part of our capital" -- Joe Duffy * Irish Mail on Sunday *

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