Hidden Dublin: Deadbeats, Dossers and Decent Skins
Book Details
Author(s)Frank Hopkins
PublisherMercier Press
ISBN / ASIN1856355918
ISBN-139781856355919
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank4,425,502
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublin's `brilliant parade' in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. Hopkins describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. He also introduces us to the weird, wonderful, and often downright strange customs and pastimes of Dubliners stretching back to the Middle Ages, such as the `bearing of balls' annual parade by the city's bachelors and the ritual humiliation of would-be bridegrooms at the bullring.

