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Dublin Pub Life and Lore: An Oral History
Author(s): Kevin Corrigan Kearns (Author)
- Publisher: UNKNO
- Publication Date: January 1, 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 273 pages
- ISBN-10: 1570981647
- ISBN-13: 9781570981647
Book Description
Offers the recollections of old publicans and “regulars” at Dublin pubs of life, politics, and friends
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Kearns (cultural geography and social history, Univ. of Northern Colorado; Dublin Tenement Life, Gill & Macmillan, 1994) has chosen a fascinating subject for his latest exploration of Irish customs. Dublin pub life should insure an interesting read and, in bits and pieces, it does. What rankles is Kearns’s repeated use of the same information. By the time we reach the transcribed oral histories on page 90, we’ve already had the best of what’s to come. That the pub has traditionally been the center of male-dominated socializing and drinking in Ireland is already well known, but there are unexpected elements, including the highly respected role of most Dublin publicans in the city, the near-monopoly of Guinness, and the barmen’s strike of 1955. The appendix lists Dublin’s genuine Victorian pubs, along with others of near-period architecture and fixtures. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with Irish collections. (Photographs not seen.)?Janet N. Ross, Sparks Branch Lib., Nev.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
