A City Runs Through Them by Fergal Tobin

A City Runs Through Them by Fergal TobinAn original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges. Dublin started life on the south bank of the River Liffey and for six or seven centuries that is more or less where the town stayed. In all that time, there was only one bridge across the river. Then, suddenly, in the twenty years after 1670, three more bridges were thrown up and the north side was born. Within a century, Dublin was being talked of as

empowered birth

defiant - and honest

And here is where they will learn to say goodbye

In Age Proof

What started as a macabre game of virtual make-believe quickly spiralled into the spread of virulently hateful

as well as his travels in Ireland and Europe

Full of ideas to reflect upon and introduce into our world for a calmer life

' Literary Review'A history so outlandish and unlikely that you feel it must be true

the poems in this collection are brimming with originality and the startling imagery that would later confirm her status as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century

Róisín McIntosh

a cop killer

Sections include: The Island of Ireland - illustrated by Linda Fahrlin Early Ireland - illustrated by Diarmuid O Cathain Warring Ireland - illustrated by Alan Dunne Haunted Ireland - illustrated by Lydia Hughes Magical Ireland - illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald The Living Landscape - illustrated by Ashling Lindsay The Human Landscape - illustrated by Graham Corcoran Underground Ireland - illustrated by Jennifer Farley The Culture of Ireland - illustrated by Conor Nolan Fun Things to Do in Ireland - illustrated by Donough O'Malley