Stand on any street in Dublin and one is confronted with history. Behind the façades of the ten buildings featured here is the story of Dublin; bringing to life key events and characters from the past. The buildings include: Christ Church Cathedral; Dublin’s oldest church; Dublin Castle; the colonisers’ castle; Trinity College Dublin; the first seat of learning; the Old Parliament House (Bank of Ireland); City Hall; the centre of civic life; Kilmainham Gaol; where leaders of the rebellions of 1798; 1803; 1848; 1867 and 1916 were detained; St James’ Gate Brewery; home of Guinness; the iconic GPO; the last great Georgian public building erected; the national theatre and ‘cradle of Irish drama’; the Abbey; and Croke Park; home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a cathedral of sport. These survive as tangible reminders of Dublin’s past and help shape the city landscape today. Bringing together the stories of these landmark buildings takes us on a wonderful journey through the shifting social; political and cultural history of Ireland’s capital.
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting readBy Rita KayI am no historian; and I am not much of a music-love; but I read this book on a recommendation.I enjoy Lynskeys writing style. He manages to pack a lot into each chapter and gave me a lot of new insight into the impact of the music he was discussing as well as the context in which it was written and a bit of history on the events and culture of the time. I learned a lot about the songs; the artists and each chapter was like a snapshot of the era it was discussing.However; some chapters seemed to barely discuss the title song of the chapter or even the artist. Hell discuss all of the political events going on and other artists and songs and then finally mention the song the chapter is titled for.This didnt really detract from the book; overall; in my opinion. While a thick book; I consider it a light read. Each chapter pretty self-contained. You dont have to read them all or in order if you dont want to; so its an easy book to pick up occasionally and take your time with or at the same time as other books.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. with great competence and great humilityBy DAWNo one interested in how pop-culture affects society; a vastly ignored subject by social scientists; can afford NOT to include this on their bookshelf. Linsky quite humbly invites us to share his assessment of music concerned with politics and humanity; with great competence and great humility. The printed book includes a fine set of photographs.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Lot Tackled in a Manner That Makes You Laugh and ThinkBy Kindle CustomerI realize that 5 starts is the max; however; for me this book hit all the marks. It uses just over 30 songs spanning from the late 1930s until the early 2010s as catalysts for a myriad of songs; artists and styles that created what can be called protest music. The writing is crisp and concise and includes dozens upon dozens of quotes from the artists themselves. Lynskeys voice as historian is strong as he succeeds in not only putting each song in context of the social and historic times in which it was written or propagated; but he also places these songs as complements; contrasts and comparisons to other ages and eras of pop music; politics and culture. Lastly; I was glad that he accounts for his scope in the introduction where he lets us know that he will be covering specific areas of the world; but not the entire planet! The U.S.; UK; Jamaica and Africa are well documented and pleasingly fills the text. I would be curious how he would cover Pussy Riots story as they are a realized culmination of so many aspects of so many artists that he covers in his book.
