In Our Day: An Oral History of Dublin's Bygone Days
In Our Day: An Oral History of Dublin's Bygone Days by Kevin C. Kearns
English | 1 Sept. 2022 | ISBN: 0717195597 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 12.9 MB
English | 1 Sept. 2022 | ISBN: 0717195597 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 12.9 MB
For over fifty years, Kevin C. Kearns trekked the rough-and-tumble streets of the heart of Dublin, hoping to record and preserve the city’s vanishing oral history. Armed only with a Sony tape recorder, the ordinary people he encountered – street traders, dockers, factory workers, tram drivers, housewives and midwives, children and grandparents – shared private stories of hardship, joy, sorrow, suffering, survival and triumph.
In Our Day is the culmination of a life’s work – a treasure trove bursting with whispers from the past – 450 vignettes, memories and recollections gathered to present an evocative, poignant portrait of a forgotten Dublin.