Bøker av Joe Curtis

In late-Georgian and Victorian Ireland, most towns and many villages had an impressive public Market House, administered by the local landlord or Town Council, where farmers weighed and sold their merchandise. Often, the first floor of the building was used as the local Court House, or for public events, or even by the Town Council for their monthly meetings. Thankfully, many of these important public buildings have survived, and converted to alternative use, such as the public library, or Council offices. This book, with many colour photographs, confines itself to the province of Leinster, in an effort to give a flavour of what the rest of Ireland has to offer.

This book provides sketch histories of a wide selection of important old Dublin businesses and institutions, many no longer trading or operating, although quite a number are still in existence today. Old letterheads and advertisements provide further information about the companies, especially those with good graphic design or sketches of the premises or products. The book therefore provides a rare insight into old Dublin, when the city was compact and bustling, yet human in scale.

At the foundation of the State in 1922, Kimmage was just a crossroads (KCR), with farmland all around, but then thousands of houses were built by Dublin Corporation in the 1930's, bringing life to the area.

Castlebar derived its name from Barry's Castle (Castle Barry), which was located in the open square of the present Army Barracks, up until the time of "The Races of Castlebar" in 1798.