Dublin pub life and lore : an oral history / Kevin C. Kearns
1996, First Edition. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #476194
ISBN: 0717124495
Physical description; 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index. Contents; History and evolution of Dublin public houses. Origins and uses of alcohol -- A city of taverns and alehouses -- Dublin's colourful [i.e. colorful] public houses -- Drinking customs of the social classes -- Disreputable drinking dens -- Proud and prosperous publicans -- Dublin temperance movement -- Government inquiry into intemperance and the role of public houses -- Oral history and pub lore -- Dublin pub culture and social life. The pub as a living social institution -- The publican's role and status -- Pub regulars and their local -- Porters, apprentices and barmen -- Pubs as IRA meeting places -- Women on the "holy ground" -- The pintman and his pint -- Pub customs and traditions -- Pub entertainment -- Singing pubs -- Literary pubs. Cont.): Notable pub characters -- Eccentric publicans and notorious pubs -- Underworld of shebeens, kips and speakeasies -- Famous barmen's strikes -- Transformation and desecration of venerable pubs -- Oral testimony of publicans and barmen -- Oral testimony of pub regulars and observers. Subjects; 1900-1999. Bars (Drinking establishments) Ireland Dublin History 20th century. Bars (Drinking establishments). Manners and customs. Folklore Ireland. Bar.
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