Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin by MacThomais, Eamonn - 1988

Dublin: The O'Brien Press, 1988 20th Anniversary edition, revised and update. "Full of historical facts, anecdotes and Dublin wit, this book evokes the spirit, the characters and olours, the sights, sounds and even the smells of old Dublin. With sections on markets, pawn shops, street characters, the Liberties, slang and wit of Dublin's newspapers, the city's history is traced right back to Brian Boru, the Huguenots, the 'debtors' prison', and Dublin's troubled history of uprisings and revolutions." Illustrations by Michael O'Brien First published in 1974, 192p, illus index Donorinscription, else fine. Reprint. Softcover. Fine. Illus. by Michael O'Brien.