Come Here to Me!: Dublin's Other History - Softcover

Donal Fallon; Sam McGrath; Ciaran Murray

3.95

61 ratings by Goodreads

9781848405806: Come Here to Me!: Dublin's Other History

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848405804 ISBN 13: 9781848405806

Publisher: New Island Books, 2016

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In a history book that looks at things from a different angle, Come Here To Me discusses everything from punk music and stand-up comedy venues to pirate radio stations and drug use in Dublin city. It talks about fire-fighters, newspaper boys, street gangs, gay bars and footballers, as well as our changing attitudes to feminism and sex.... Dublin's Social History, as seen through the eyes of these historians, is to be found hidden in the small details everywhere, from the design of its shopfronts to the graffiti scribbled on the walls of its pubs. In this beautifully illustrated hardback, Sam McGrath, Donal � Fall�in and Ciar�n � Muireadhaigh bring the best of their hugely popular blog Come Here To Me: Dublin Life & Culture to a new audience. Bringing a fresh, new perspective to their historical snapshots of the life of Dublin city, the authors have written dozens of new articles for this publication. The book also features new images, alongside its healthy dose of bizarre and wonderful tales of Dublin's hidden history.

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Review:

One of the most amusing and valid social/cultural/political history books of recent times. --The Sunday Times

The CHTM bloggers have hit upon a simple truth: their stories are our stories, and our stories are theirs. --Dublin Review of Books

About the Author:

Sam McGrath's main research interests are the radical history of UCD, international connections to the Easter Rising and the social history of Dublin. Sam likes to think he s a good poker player, occasionally puts on gigs and lives in a nondescript south Dublin housing estate. Donal Fallon writes mainly on his two passions: the social history of the Irish capital and the beautiful game that is League of Ireland football. He is a Saint Patrick s Athletic supporter of good west Dublin (and south of the river) origins. Ciar�n Murray is the only non-native on the CHTM! team; don t hold it against him. His main interests lie in social and political history, Irish music and literature, and, like the other two, League of Ireland football, in particular Bohemians FC. He also has a penchant for wandering the streets of Dublin with his camera, taking the most random of shots.

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