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Mallet's Folly: the original white elephant of Phibsboro
Newspaper reports of the tragedy recorded that the accident occurred close to the landmark mills that everyone knew as ’Mallet’s Folly’
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Feb 12, 20231 min read
Preston Street, Dublin: in the Shadow of the Railway
Preston Street lies in the civil parish of St. Thomas and was built between 1810 and 1817 in the northeast outskirts of Dublin City
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
Tour of Dublin locations from Joyce's Dubliners
Historyeye tours key locations from five of James Joyce's stories:
An Encounter, A Painful Case, Araby, A Boarding House, & The Sisters.
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Feb 9, 20214 min read
Brendan Behan's Paternal Ancestors
Writer Brendan Behan (born on this day 98 years ago) was nothing if not a proud Dubliner. He was particularly proud that the Behans had...
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Jan 6, 20211 min read
The death of Harry Clarke
Today is the 90th anniversary of the death of stained-glass artist Harry Clarke at Chur, near Davos in Switzerland.
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