The original was published 15 years ago. Still in print and popular, it appears in several editions. But times chagnge. And People too. The second Southside is a different book entirely.
Conan Kennedy’s Dún Laoghaire is different, both as a book and as a place. As a book it is interactive, with QR links throughout to bring the reader to further info, and as a place it is different because the town is essentially, the writer’s home town…
Six roundabouts in County Longford bear the names of six historical figures. Six ordinary looking roundabouts, remembering six interesting people from our past.
Genealogical/Local History interest. Based on a petition raised by “workingmen” in the 1890’s, this book tracks the families of those who signed, who they were, and what became of their children and grandchildren. One of whom turned out to be a top man in present day RTÉ!