Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets

Based on the popular Dublin History podcast, Three Castles Burning is a companion book that explores some of Dublin's less obvious but more interesting streets and roads, such as Henrietta Street, Watling Street, Fownes Street, and Kildare Road. It celebrates the activists, workers, architects, poets, migrants, artists, and merchants who have made and remade the city, offering a fresh and unexpected take on Ireland's capital city.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: New Island Books

Based on the popular Dublin history podcast of the same name by Donal Fallon, THREE CASTLES BURNING is an enjoyable wander through some of Dublin's less obvious but more interesting streets and roads, such as Henrietta Street, Watling Street, Fownes Street, and Kildare Road. On the Dublin streets we walk every day, there are hidden reminders of the lesser-known heroes and events that have contributed to the evolving story of our capital. The city's motto, 'the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city,' may feel outdated and loaded today, but the three burning castles of its ancient coat of arms have come to represent the indomitable spirit, creativity, and vision that define this big town. Inspired by the No. 1 podcast, Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets champions the activists, workers, architects, poets, migrants, artists, and merchants who have made and remade the city we know and love by going beneath the many layers of twelve key streets where they lived and worked. Because, in the city Joyce called the 'Hibernian Metropolis,' the disobedience of its citizens is the cornerstone of its past, present, and future. This combination of social, cultural, industrial, and commercial history, through the prism of the places where revolutions great and small were sparked, offers the reader a fresh and unexpected take on Ireland's capital city.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781848408722