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St Stephen's Green

- A History of the Green and its Environs: The Sights, Sounds, Characters and Events

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A random collection of tales of human tragedy, eccentrics, crime and punishment, hanging and rioting on ‘The Green’.  ‘The Green’ for several hundred years was effectively the killing fields of Dublin, where the city''s criminals were taken to be hanged. Within these pages you will find tales of high-profile executions and lesser-known ones such as the hanging of the brothel-keeper Darky Kelly and the barbaric execution of Mary Fairfield the last person to be hanged there [1784]. Also included are Dan ''The Liberator,'' who fought a battle with his love rival at Harcourt Fields, the champion archer Celia Betham, and Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of Adolf. Tales of rioting on the Green, a race in the Iveagh Gardens between a man and a horse called Rover and a host of characters and incidents that you won''t find in any guidebook.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781781176924
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 224
  • Utgitt:
  • 18. september 2020
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 198x130x20 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 214 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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Leveringstid: 4-7 virkedager
Forventet levering: 22. november 2024

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A random collection of tales of human tragedy, eccentrics, crime and punishment, hanging and rioting on ‘The Green’. 

ΓÇÿThe GreenΓÇÖ for several hundred years was effectively the killing fields of Dublin, where the city''s criminals were taken to be hanged. Within these pages you will find tales of high-profile executions and lesser-known ones such as the hanging of the brothel-keeper Darky Kelly and the barbaric execution of Mary Fairfield the last person to be hanged there [1784]. Also included are Dan ''The Liberator,'' who fought a battle with his love rival at Harcourt Fields, the champion archer Celia Betham, and Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of Adolf. Tales of rioting on the Green, a race in the Iveagh Gardens between a man and a horse called Rover and a host of characters and incidents that you won''t find in any guidebook.

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