Dublin 7Dublin 7 wanders through one of Dublins largest and most colourful postal districts. Nearys beautifully illustrated volume (with maps and photographs) covers the areas of Ashtown, Broadstone, Cabra, Cardiffsbridge, Grangegorman, the Navan Road, Phibsborough, the Royal Canal, Smithfield, Stoneybatter, Church Street and the Quays. Dublin 7 is rich in history and fast becoming an increasingly prominent part of the city. It is home to a vibrant cultural

Matt Wrenn and Con Hatchel

As an Irish Catholic raised in Leicester

Growing up on his parent’s farm he was attuned to the rhythms of weather and soil from his youth

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man of letters (novelist

as well as helping to found human rights law centres at universities from Ireland and Britain to Brazil and Japan

It is now being made widely available for the first time

vulnerability and idiosyncracy

I was given away by my parents to a Chelsea friend and taken on the Irish Mail to Dublin

impoverished

Charming but corrupt

sympathetic