Books

From The Grand Canal To The Dodder –
Illustrious Lives by Beatrice M. Doran

Dermot Carmody Beatrice M. Doran’s book is a collection of concise biographies of a number of extraordinary individuals who have dwelt at one time or another between the watery boundaries of the Dodder and the Grand Canal. Around 70 souls […]

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Her Keys to the City – Honouring the Women who made Dublin by Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn

Eoin Meegan This book is a too-long overdue roll call of gifted, intellectual, artistic, patriotic and heroic women who contributed in no small way to life in Dublin, and in many cases the nation. As well as names you would […]

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How to be a People Person, by Lara Cullen
Be Kind Be Brave Be Brilliant

Eoin Meegan This is a new book by Irish/Spanish entrepreneur and life coach Lara Cullen with the snappy format to be kind, be brave, be brilliant. The author breaks these ideas into their individual components, examining each separately, as well […]

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Me Myself & Eli by Thomas Gregg

This small volume of verse is the brainchild of local Ringsend native Thomas Gregg. The book is a collection of poems about Thomas’s life in and around Ringsend, and the ordinary/extraordinary people he met along the way. The Eli in […]

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Open invitation from the Lord Mayor of Dublin!

Open invitation from the Lord Mayor of Dublin!

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, has extended a public invitation to the Mansion House, for all interested in attending UNESCO World Book & Copyright Day.

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Second Sandymount Man: Book Review

Eoin Meegan One might be mistaken for thinking Second Sandymount Man was a book on Seamus Heaney owing to the title and cover, in fact the book is a collection of letters and correspondence gathered over the years between the […]

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Five Special Trees – Sandymount’s Living Link with Joyce’s Ulysses

Rodney Devitt Probably everybody who lives in Sandymount has walked up Leahy’s Terrace at some point, from Sandymount Road to Beach Road, by the side of Star of the Sea Church. And there, set into the footpath, starting at the […]

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Ulysses at 100

Eoin Meegan This year sees the 100rd anniversary of the publication of Ulysses. Joyce started writing the novel as early as 1914 and in the years that followed the manuscript began circulating around the Paris literary scene, catching the attention […]

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Jone$town: Book Review

Geneva Pattison Jone$town is Robert McDermott’s debut novel. The author is the winner of the TESEO 2019 short story competition and the book is published by Riversong Books. The novel explores all measures of truths and half-truths, as told by […]

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MOLI 2022 young writers bursary

The museum of Literature Ireland (MOLI) has just announced an exciting new venture for young writers across the country. The Edna O’Brien Young Writers Bursary will be a five day immersive programme for fifteen students from all over Ireland.

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