Eason Favourite Book of the Year 2022
'she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .'
BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST
A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name by Donal
Fallon, THREE CASTLES BURNING is an enjoyable wander through some of
Dublin's less obvious but more interesting streets and roads such as
Henrietta Street, Watling Street, Fownes Street and Kildare Road.
On the Dublin streets we walk every day, there are hidden reminders of
the lesser-known heroes and events that have contributed to the evolving
story of our capital. The city's motto, 'the obedience of the citizens
produces a happy city', may feel outdated and loaded today but the three
burning castles of its ancient coat of arms have come to represent the
indomitable spirit, creativity and vision that define this big town.
Inspired by the No. 1 podcast, Three Castles Burning: A History of
Dublin in Twelve Streets champions the activists, workers, architects,
poets, migrants, artists and merchants who have made and remade the city
we know and love by going beneath the many layers of twelve key streets
where they lived and worked. Because, in the city Joyce called the
'Hibernian Metropolis', the disobedience of its citizens is the
cornerstone of its past, present and future.
This combination of social, cultural, industrial and commercial, and
political history, through the prism of the places where revolutions
great and small were sparked, offers the reader a fresh and unexpected
take on Ireland's capital city.
