The German historian Friedrich Von Raumer, visiting in 1835, had never seen beggars, or popular amusements, quite like Dublin’s.

A no-man’s land twixt Norse and Brit, chained to the granite quays.

Trinity College students in the early twentieth century were denied association with women, so their energies found other outlets.

A Dublin poem, of going and returning, from Gerard Smyth.

The supreme place given to the national question meant some Dublin politicians had to affect a deep concern for the poor they did not necessarily really feel.

A stroll along the banks of the Dodder recalls a murder committed in 1900, and its reverberations in two of Joyce’s works.

Like the famous literary character he created, Bram Stoker was a healthy feeder.

Four generations ago Dublin had a vibrant and numerous working class Protestant community. For some of their middle class co-religionists they were too vibrant.

Philip Larkin visited Dublin for a library conference in 1967. He wasn’t hugely impressed.

A German visitor to Dublin in 1783 was impressed by the city’s beautiful location, its bays and mountains, and the thriving trade of its port.