Caught in the barbed wire wrapped around the convent’s front gate, a woman was trying to escape. As the couple passed by, she called for help.
Tag: city folk
Posted inCity Desk
The Christmas Merchant
The story of Samuel Stavenhagen, the man who brought baubles to Dublin.
Posted inCity Desk
Bang Bang’s Burial and the Hunt for a Headstone
When groundskeeper Joe Tyrrell buried Bang Bang in the early 1980s, it was in an unmarked grave. A local business wants to get the Dublin legend a headstone.
Posted inThe Dish
Tomorrow, We Start Again
Amid the grandeur of Baggot Street, Ismael Yildiz’s kebab shack has been sat for 36 years like a leftover piece of a movie set.
Posted inCity Desk
This Is the Place
Off Abbey Street, Dublin’s Turks gather at the Turkish Social Club.
Posted inCulture Desk
The Beauty of Bugs
As a creative entomologist, Nessa Darcy wants to spread her love of insects through art.
Posted inCity Desk
An Italian mountain retreat
In Rathfarnam, a clubhouse is a focal point for three generations of Dublin’s Italian community.
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Bard of the Blocks
After two decades of writing, has Karl Parkinson’s time finally come?
Posted inCity Desk
The One-Stop Shop
On James’ Street, Christy Egan knows who needs oranges, and who needs cigarettes.
Posted inCulture Desk
Through the Years, Through the Layers
On Molesworth Street, James Gorry restores paintings the old-fashioned way.