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Follow Me Down to Dublin
Deirdre Purcell
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Description for Follow Me Down to Dublin
paperback. In Follow Me Down to Dublin, Deirdre Purcell takes to the streets of Dublin to meet those who inhabit her city and who, like her, love it. Num Pages: 256 pages, Photo sections. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WQN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196. Good copy showing light shelf wear. Light spotting to preliminary pages and exterior of pages. Text remains unaffected and is clean and clear throughout
In the course of conversation, she learns how her birthplace is viewed and remembered by a host of Dubliners - from broadcasters to shop workers recalling showband days; by the city's writers, actors, historians and, most tellingly, her ordinary folk who, with wit and fondness, share far from ordinary reminiscences, Here are images of the clip-clop of Guinness drays, of thronged and opulent Corpus Christi processions, of penitential but sociable rounds of The Seven Churches on Holy Thursdays, of Jewish tailoring houses, of the gentle self-sufficiency of the Dublin Protestant ... Read more
In the course of conversation, she learns how her birthplace is viewed and remembered by a host of Dubliners - from broadcasters to shop workers recalling showband days; by the city's writers, actors, historians and, most tellingly, her ordinary folk who, with wit and fondness, share far from ordinary reminiscences, Here are images of the clip-clop of Guinness drays, of thronged and opulent Corpus Christi processions, of penitential but sociable rounds of The Seven Churches on Holy Thursdays, of Jewish tailoring houses, of the gentle self-sufficiency of the Dublin Protestant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Dublin
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9780340992876
SKU
KMK0025016
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Deirdre Purcell
Deirdre Purcell was born and brought up in Dublin, and educated there and in a County Mayo convent. Before turning to the writing of fiction, she lived through an eclectic set of careers, including acting, as a member of the permanent company of Ireland's National Theatre (The Abbey), and journalism for all media - for which she won Ireland's top ... Read more
Reviews for Follow Me Down to Dublin
An absorbing book that can be enjoyed by blow-ins just as much as jackeens
Sunday Business Post
Wonderfully evocative ... wallows in the sights, sounds, smells, customs and characters of a largerly vanished city ... scores of good stories.
Irish Independent
Fascinating ... entertaining ... filled with wonderful images of the capital in days of yore ... Read more
Sunday Business Post
Wonderfully evocative ... wallows in the sights, sounds, smells, customs and characters of a largerly vanished city ... scores of good stories.
Irish Independent
Fascinating ... entertaining ... filled with wonderful images of the capital in days of yore ... Read more